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Archaeological Use of the Universal Transverse Mercator Grid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert L. Edwards*
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis

Abstract

The Universal Transverse Mercator Grid is a rectangular grid system now used on all standard military maps. Archaeologists could use this system for site location, which would prove especially beneficial in areas where townships and range grids have not been drawn. The use of the series of numbers in the system would help eliminate duplication in state or regional site files.

Type
Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1969

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References

Edwards, Robert L. 1966 Archaeological Survey of Yuki. Paper given at Southwestern Anthropological Association meeting, 1966, in San Francisco. MS on file with the National Park Service, Western Region, San Francisco.Google Scholar
Edwards, Robert L. 1968 Archaeological Survey of Pt. Reyes Peninsula. MS on file with the National Park Service, Western Region, San Francisco.Google Scholar