The story of the search for Mission Santa Catalina illustrates

a. the utility of proton precession magnetometry for finding buried structures.
b. that soil resistivity survey, while sometimes useful, is extremely problematic as it is affected by soil wetness.
c. that ground-penetrating radar was not useful due to the shallowly-buried bedrock on St. Catherines Island.
d. there is no benefit to excavating wells and privies
e. burned daub walls are impossible to locate using proton precession magnetometry


a

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