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This increases the possibility for clusters of values, in excess of 2000 nT, to be encountered on surveys, for example at Timberholme. Compared to iron, the geophysical study of lead-smelting sites, and indeed other non-ferrous metal smelting sites, is still in its infancy. Nevertheless from the limited work completed, it has been possible to draw some fundamental comparisons. The Grinton data clearly demonstrates the low responses that lead slag produces. Even within the - 1 0 nT to 10 nT range very few features stand out.
5-10m) is moved across the data, and solutions for (xo,Yo,Zo) are obtained. A window of 15-20 points was chosen as it gave enough solutions to define the body. Too few points give unstable solutions and high leastsquares errors; too many points give too few solutions to describe the body. The exact value is chosen iteratively. e. n = 1. Only those locations of (x0, Y0, z0) which are solutions for several windows are considered real. Figure 2 shows an E - W profile taken across a line 98 m north running from 30 to 60 m E - W .
1998. The geophysical evaluation of an iron-working complex: Rievaulx and environs. Archaeological Prospection, 5, 181-201. WILLIES, L. & CRANSTONE,D. (eds) 1992. Boles and Smeltmills. Historical Metallurgy Society, Matlock Bath. Euler deconvolution methods used to determine the depth to archaeological features RUTH E. M U R D I E 1, P E T E R S T Y L E S 2, PAULA U P T O N 1, P H I L E A R D L E Y 1 & NIGEL J. O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK Abstract: Field techniques, instrumentation and data processing for geophysical location of archaeological remains are now at such a standard that clear maps of the subsurface detail are readily obtainable.