Geophysical Survey (Investigation Type)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Nassaney.

Summarizes the activities conducted under the auspices of the project, particularly in regards to fieldwork, public education, public outreach, and laboratory analysis and collections management from September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011. Includes a comprehensive list of Project outcomes for this time period including all presentations and publications.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Erica D'Elia. Michael Nassaney.

Presents results of survey and excavations conducted by the 2011 Western Michigan University Archaeological Field School under the auspices of the Project.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Strezewski. Robert G. McCullough.

The contents of this report describe the results of geophysical survey on the recently-established Ouiatenon Preserve, located southwest of Lafayette, Indiana, in Tippecanoe County. This project was co-directed by Dr. Michael Strezewski (University of Southern Indiana) and Dr. Robert G. McCullough (Illinois State Archaeological Survey), with financial support from the National Park Service Historic Preservation Fund, administered through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Strezewski.

This report details the results of magnetometry investigations at two fur trade-era sites in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The first (12-T-9) contains the remains of Fort Ouiatenon, which was founded by the French in 1717 and served as a regional trade hub through most of the eighteenth century. The second site (12-T-335) represents the remains of a Native American village site located adjacent to Fort Ouiatenon. Test excavations were conducted at 12-T-9, resulting in the identification of a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Western Michigan University - Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project.

Series of interpretive panels created for the 2011 Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Open House. Individual panel themes are: New France and the Place of the Fur Trade, How the Fur Trade Worked, Fur Trade Society, Native Peoples and the Fur Trade, Getting Around in 17th and 18th Century New France, Birchbark Canoes, Beaver - Mainstay of the Trade, Trade Goods (two panels), and Fur Trade Myths.

PROJECT Margaret Nelson. National Science Foundation.

Long-Term Coupled Socioecological Change in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico: Each generation transforms an inherited social and environmental world and leaves it as a legacy to succeeding generations. Long-term interactions among social and ecological processes give rise to complex dynamics on multiple temporal and spatial scales – cycles of change followed by relative stasis, followed by change. Within the cycles are understandable patterns and irreducible uncertainties; neither...

IMAGE Stephanie Barrante. Victoria Hawley. Jessica Hughes.

Images depicting the site of Fort St. Joseph in general, before, during, and after excavation, in particular highlighting the site's proximity to the Fort St. Joseph River and the challenges this poses, 2006-2010.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Onken. Michael R. Waters. Jeffrey A. Homburg.

Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI), under subcontract to ASM Affiliates, conducted geoarchaeological investigations in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) Tres Rios project area. The Tres Rios project involves flood control, wetland restoration, water reclamation and reuse (creation of wetland, marsh, and open water areas), and construction of a pipeline and levees. The project area is located in central Arizona in the area surrounding the confluence of the Salt, Gila, and Agua Fria Rivers....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael R. Waters.

Geoarchaeological investigations of the alluvial piedmont or bajada emanating from the Tortolita Mountains, Arizona, show that the distribution of Hohokam sites apparent from the surface is complete and undisturbed by geological processes. Late Holocene geomorphic processes and their resultant deposits on the bajada affected the location of prehistoric Hohokam agricultural settlements. Hohokam settlements were commonly situated on small alluvial fans dominated by sheetwash processes and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Dilley.

In order to facilitate the surveying for archaeological sites on Elmendorf AFB, this report contains the following information: 1) A review of the geomorphology and geological history of the area, including a synthesis of the available geological literature concerning the area. 2). A surficial geological map of the area, including a detailed description of the map units involved. 3). A description of the landforms and deposits encountered in the area and their origins. The above information will...

DOCUMENT Full-Text C. Vance Haynes, Jr.. Bruce B. Huckell.

As part of the Santa Cruz Industrial Park Project, the City of Tucson planned to bridge and stabilize the banks of a large, deeply entrenched wash that flows into the Santa Cruz River approximately one-quarter mile south of Irvington Road on the right bank of the river. Airport Wash, as it is called, has cut deeply into the ancient sediments filling the valley at this point, exposing a long record of late Pleistocene and Holocene alluvium. Earlier examinations by archaeologists in the mid- to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas Dilley.

This document includes a topographical map drawing of Elmendorf Air Force Base grounds and was prepared by archaeologist, Thomas Dilley, from data presented in Yehle, et. al.,1991.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roger T. Saucier.

During the period 10 to 13 September 1980, the writer was afforded the opportunity of a brief reconnaissance of portions of the Ozark River Hays in Shannon County, Missouri. Physiographic features, often in association with archeological sites, were pointed out and discussed by personnel of the Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, and the Southeast Missouri Field Station, Southwest Missouri State University, at the Akers Ferry, Pulltite, Round Spring, Alley Spring, Owls Bend,...

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Analysis of some resistivity and magnetic data that Rinita Dalan (Minnesota State U) measured at this protohistoric site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore. William E. Altizer.

Geophysical and archeological investigations were conducted at four residences at the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in Independence, Missouri. The investigations were conducted as part of the park’s rehabilitation projects for the replacement of basement foundations at the Noland House and the Frank Wallace House. The four property lots associated with the Noland House (23JA636), the Truman Home (23JA635), the George Wallace House (23JA634) and the Frank Wallace House (23JA637) were...

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Using the Surfer program for enhancing magnetic, conductivity, and similar maps.

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These can be difficult to locate with a magnetic or radar survey.

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These are generally difficult to locate with radar, magnetics, or resistivity on the US coastal plain.

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Drawings and photographs of high-resolution equipment that can be applied to the geophysical mapping of excavated surfaces.

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An evaluation of the capability of geophysical exploration to locate buried mounds; survey with Rinita Dalan (U of Minnesota) for Illinois Trans Arch Research Project.

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A magnetic survey in Norway for Dagfinn Skre (Univ. of Norway).

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This volume introduces geophysical surveys to archaeologists; it is illustrated with geophysical findings at the Petersburg Civil War battlefield.

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This volume describes how individuals may do their own geophysical surveys; it is illustrated with data from the Petersburg Civil War battlefield.

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This volume describes detailed geophysical procedures for individuals who are already experienced with geophysics.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce W. Bevan.

This volume is written for all archaeologists who would like to learn how to do geophysical surveys. While this volume is more detailed than volume A, I have kept the technical complexity to a minimum. Even if you are not interested in doing your own geophysical surveys, you may wish to look quickly at this volume in order to learn more about the practices of geophysical exploration. This might help you to specify how a geophysical survey should be done by someone else.