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Draft Report for Geoarchaeological Survey Methods for Enhanced Decision Making in the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Project Development Process
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2023-02-01
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Alternative Title:Geoarchaeological Survey Methods for Enhanced Decision Making in the Ohio Department of Transportation’s Project Development Process [Project Title from Cover]
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Edition:Final Report
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Abstract:The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Office of Statewide Planning & Research, Research Section contracted Gray & Pape, Inc., to conduct research to provide a comparison of geophysical survey methods, instruments, equipment, and associated software to determine what instrument or combination of instruments works best in different scenarios. The goal of the research is to provide the recommendations necessary for the Office of Environmental Services (OES) to establish a geophysical survey program. Gray & Pape, Inc., conducted a literature review, and the results provide two main conclusions: 1) the rate of success of a geophysical survey increases as more technologies are used; and 2) the more diverse the types of geophysical equipment used on a particular project, the more likely it is that the geophysical surveys will yield quality data that can be used to help guide future decisions. Gray & Pape, Inc., recommends that the ODOT’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center (UAS) operate the geophysical survey program under a cooperative agreement with OES, and with the support of archaeologists from that office. Leveraging in-house capabilities will make the geophysical program operational, sustainable, and successful; save labor and expense costs under this research project that can be allocated for more investment into reconfiguring and upgrading in-house instruments; and purchase new instruments, software, and licensing, which will ultimately provide a higher return on investment and a more operationally sound, sustainable, and successful program than thought possible as this research project was originally conceived—to build the geophysical survey program capacity within OES alone.
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