North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Yorktown; Site Number: _____; County: York; State: VA; Country: USA; Ownership: National Park Service-Colonial National Historical Park; Landform: Bluff;

Date of Site: 17th Century; Period Type: Colonial Period; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Settlement; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Magnetometry;

Instrument: Geometrics Model G-856 Proton Magnetometer; Sampling Interval: 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: ~210 sq m; Date of Survey: 13-June-1995; Land Cover Type: Mowed Lawn; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Results of the magnetic survey;

 

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Gossen Geohm 3 Earth Resistance Meter; Sampling Interval: 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1 m; Area Surveyed: ~140 sq m; Date of Survey: 13-June-1995; Land Cover Type: Mowed Lawn; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Results of the resistivity survey;

  

Project Name: Yorktown, VA;

Reference: Bevan, B. (1995). Geophysical Remote Sensing at the Colonial National Historical Park, Findings of the June 1995 Course. Submitted to Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia.

Survey by: Bruce Bevan, Geosight, Pitman, NJ;

Survey for: Colonial National Historical Park;

Report Location: Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, VA; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary