Integrating geophysical survey with the study of community settlement patterns can be challenging because of cultural and environmental factors including (1) site formation and house preservation, (2) the coordination of domestic tasks at extra-household scales, and (3) the survey environment of the study area. In this article, we present the results of a program of geophysical survey comprising magnetic susceptibility and magnetometry at Weeden Island (8Pi1)—a shell-bearing, wooded site with nearly pure sand soils on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Combining remote sensing techniques mitigated some of the challenges of surveying forested terrain while providing insight into community organization at a site with minimal preserved structural remains. Compared with previous traditional surveys of the area, the geophysical survey extended the recognized boundaries of occupational activity, provided additional definition to the spatial structure of deposits, and allowed us to identify specific domestic features. Excavations at each area of intensive occupation provided evidence about the organization of the domestic economy at the site and showed the potential of this approach to reveal significant patterns of community settlement.

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使用多阶段磁测量和挖掘来评估社区定居组织：佛罗里达州中部半岛墨西哥湾沿岸的案例研究

将地球物理调查与社区聚落模式研究相结合可能具有挑战性，因为文化和环境因素包括（1）场地形成和房屋保护，（2）家庭外规模的家庭任务协调，以及（3）调查环境的研究区域。在本文中，我们介绍了在威登岛 (8Pi1) 的地球物理调查项目的结果，该项目包括磁化率和磁力测量——这是佛罗里达州墨西哥湾沿岸的一个带壳、树木繁茂的地点，几乎是纯沙土。结合遥感技术减轻了调查森林地形的一些挑战，同时提供了对保存最少结构遗迹的地点的社区组织的洞察。与以往对该地区的传统调查相比，地球物理调查扩展了公认的职业活动范围，为矿床的空间结构提供了额外的定义，并使我们能够确定特定的国内特征。在每个密集职业区域的挖掘提供了关于该地点国内经济组织的证据，并显示了这种方法在揭示社区定居的重要模式方面的潜力。