North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Wright Memorial Mounds; Site Number: 33GR30; County: Greene; State: OH; Country: USA; Ownership: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; Landform: Low Ridge;

Date of Site: 1000 BC-AD 100; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Adena; Site Type: Mounds; Site Size: ~7,500 sq m;

Survey Type: Electromagnetic Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics Limited EM 31 Conductivity Meter; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: ~6 m; Area Surveyed: 1,200 sq m; Date of Survey: 11-June-1996 to 14-June 1996; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Conductivity image of Mound 1, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

Deep conductivity at Mound 2, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

Survey Type: Electromagnetic Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics Limited EM 38 Conductivity Meter; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: ~1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 1,200 sq m; Date of Survey: 11-June-1996 to 14-June 1996; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Shallow conductivity at Mound 2, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

Shallow conductivity at Mound 6, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity Sounding;

Instrument: Gossen Geohm 3 Resistivity Meter; Sampling Interval: _____; Prospecting Depth: 0.1 to 1.5 m; 0.1 to 2 m; Area Surveyed: 2 sounding locations; Date of Survey: 10-June-1996; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

A resistivity sounding on top of Mound 5, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

A resistivity sounding made just to the east of Mound 5, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity Pseudosection;

Instrument: Gossen Geohm 3 Resistivity Meter; Sampling Interval: 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.5 to 5 m; Area Surveyed: 2-32 m transects; Date of Survey: 12-June-1996; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

A resistivity pseudosection along line E58 at Mound 6, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

A resistivity pseudosection along line W9 at Mound 5, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: GSSI SIR System-7 with 180 MHz and 315 MHz antennas; Sampling Interval: 4 cm; Prospecting Depth: 0.6 to 1.5 m; 0.2 to 1 m; Area Surveyed: 1,200 sq m; Date of Survey: 14-June-1996; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Radar profile along line W27 at Mound 2, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

Radar profile along line W27.5 at Mound 2, Wright Memorial Mounds, Ohio;

Project Name: Wright Memorial Mounds, OH (33GR30);

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1996). Geophysical Surveys Over Mounds at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Geosight, Pitman, New Jersey. Prepared for Mark J. Lynott, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Survey by: Bruce W. Bevan, Geosight, 356 Waddy Drive, Weems, VA 22576, Phone: (804) 435-0054.

Survey for: National Park Service;

Report Location: Midwest Archaeological Center, Lincoln, NE; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary