Geophysical Prospection And Archeological Investigations Of The Proposed Bridge Replacement, Entrance Road Realignment, And New Visitor Parking Lot Project At The Fort Larned National Historic Site, 14PA305, Pawnee County, Kansas

Author(s): Steven De Vore; Albert M. LeBeau III

Year: 2012

Summary

The National Park Service’s Midwest Archeological Center staff with Volunteer-

In-Parks participants conducted geophysical investigations of the underground electric line installation construction project at the Fort Larned National Historic Site (14PA305) in Pawnee County, Kansas. The geophysical investigations were conducted between July 13 and July 18, 2009. The investigations were requested by the FOLS resource manager at the Fort Larned National Historic Site. The project was located along the western side of the fort next to the row of Officers’ Quarters. The geophysical survey included a magnetic survey with dual fluxgate gradiometer and a resistance survey with a resistance meter and twin probe array. The geophysical survey was conducted in an attempt to identify any buried archeological remains associated with the fort in the vicinity of the construction project for the installation of the park’s underground electric line. The archeological monitoring of the underground electric line installation

occurred between November 17 and 19, 2009. The monitoring activities included the documentation of the installation line and new transformer locations with a global positioning system unit and the monitoring of excavations for the directional boring access pits. The geophysical survey identified numerous buried archeological remains associated with the remnants of the military activities at the site, as well as more recent 19th and 20th century farming and park activities at the site. The total area investigated by the geophysical survey in the FOLS geophysical project area was 16,161 m2 or 3.99 acres.

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Geophysical Prospection And Archeological Investigations Of The Proposed Bridge Replacement, Entrance Road Realignment, And New Visitor Parking Lot Project At The Fort Larned National Historic Site, 14PA305, Pawnee County, Kansas. Steven De Vore, Albert M. LeBeau III. Lincoln, Nebraska : Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska. 2012 ( tDAR id: 394724) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8G162ZQ

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • PaleoIndian • Spanish

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Metal • Shell

Site Name
Fort Larned • Fort Larned National Historic Site • Site 14PA305

Site Type
Bridge • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Road • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Trail

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Ethnohistoric Research • Geophysical Survey • Reconnaissance / Survey • Remote Sensing • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Auger Testing • Civil War • Clovis Projectile Point • Excavation Units • Indian War of 1864 • Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 • Mortar • Paleoindian Projectile Points

Geographic Keywords
Arkansas River • Fort Larned, Kansas • Great Plains • Pawnee county, Kansas • Pawnee County (County) • Pawnee Creek • Pawnee River

Temporal Keywords
16th Century CE • 17th Century CE • 18th Century CE • 19th Century CE • 20th Century CE • Archaic • Ceramic Period • Clovis • Early Archaic • Folsom • Historic • Late Archaic • Plano Complex • Prehistoric • Protohistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -99.345; min lat: 38.004 ; max long: -98.981; max lat: 38.311 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Ashley Barnett

Sponsor(s): United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

Repository(s): Midwest Archaeological Center of the National Park Service

Prepared By(s): Midwest Archaeological Center of the National Park Service

Record Identifiers

MWAC Accession Number (s): 14PA305

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