North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Kasita Town; Site Number: 9CE1; County: Chattahoochee; State: GA; Country: US; Ownership: DoD; Landform: _____;

Date of Site: _____; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Creek Indian; Site Type: Settlement; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36 fluxgate gradiometer; Sampling Interval: .125 m x .5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 12,000 sq m; Date of Survey: Nov 17-28, Dec 9-11 2002; Land Cover Type: Grasses; Ground Truthing: None to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic data revealing possible ditches

Adjusted contrast on the magnetic data shows possible burned structure foundations with hearths

   

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15 resitance meter; Sampling Interval: .5 m x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: .5 m; Area Surveyed: 12000 sq m; Date of Survey: Nov 17-28, Dec 9-11 2002; Land Cover Type: Grasses; Ground Truthing: None to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistance data shows a possible ditch feature and other linear anomalies

 

 

  

 

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: Sensors and Software pulseEkko 1000 with a 450 Mhz antenna; Sampling Interval: .50 m with 20 traces per meter; Prospecting Depth: _____; Area Surveyed: 12000 sq m; Date of Survey: Nov 17-28, Dec 9-11 2002; Land Cover Type: Grasses; Ground Truthing: None to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

GPR data for Kasita town

  

 

  

Project Name: Multi-dimensional Remote Sensing: A SERDP Project Fusing Ground, Air, and Satellite Data (Kasita Town Component);

Reference: Maki, David (2003). Ground Based Geophysical Investigations of Two Archaeological Sites 9CE1 (Kasita Town) and 38AK7 (Silver Bluff) Archaeo-physics report of Investigation Number 66. Prepared for the Center of Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas.

Survey by: Archaeo-Physics, LLC, 1313 Fifth Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414;

Survey for: Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Department of Defense;

Report Location: Archaeo-Physics, LLC Lab and Archeo-Imaging Lab; Report Type: Unpublished technical paper;

Abstract/Summary