North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Walton Cemetery; Site Number: _____; County: Morris; State: NJ; Country: US; Ownership: US Army; Landform: _____;

Date of Site: Late 1700's; Period Type: Historic; Culture: _____; Site Type: _____; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Magnetic Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics EM-31, 38, and 61; Sampling Interval: 5ft; 2.5ft; 2.5ft; Prospecting Depth: shallow; 12ft; 20ft; Area Surveyed: _____; Date of Survey: May 6th -10th, 1994; Land Cover Type: _____; Ground Truthing: _____;

Graphics/Imagery:

Results of the EM-38 conductivity survey shows many anomaly highs scattered across the site including the known grave of John Walton at 85E, 200N.

 
Results of the EM-61 Survey reveal three anomalies at 86E, 196N; 106E, 198N; 186E, 140N.  

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Gossen Geohm 3; Sampling Interval: _____; Prospecting Depth: _____; Area Surveyed: _____; Date of Survey: May 6th -10th, 1994; Land Cover Type: _____; Ground Truthing: _____;

Graphics/Imagery:

Analysis for the resistivity soundings performed along lines 200N and 235Eshows that the resistivity is high and the soil is weakly stratified.

  

 

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: Sensor and Software, Inc pulseEkko IV with 100Mhz and 200Mhz antennas; Sampling Interval: 5ft; 2ft; .25ft and .5ft; Prospecting Depth: _____; Area Surveyed: _____; Date of Survey: May 6th -10th, 1994; Land Cover Type: _____; Ground Truthing: _____;

Graphics/Imagery:

GPR profile showing reflection of possible grave.

  

Survey Type: Magnetic Total-Field;

Instrument: Shonstedt GA-52B fluxgate magnetometer; G-822 magnetometer; Sampling Interval: 2.5ft; Prospecting Depth: _____; Area Surveyed: _____; Date of Survey: May 6th -10th, 1994; Land Cover Type: _____; Ground Truthing: _____;

Graphics/Imagery:

A Combined plot of magnetic anomalies, possible headstones, and rocks.

  

Project Name: Walton Cemetery;

Reference: Simms, Janet E. and Bruce W. Bevan. Locating Grave Sites Using Geophysics at Walton Cemetery, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. U.S Army Corps of Engineers, 1995

Survey by: US. Army Corps of Engineers

Survey for: Environmental Resource Division;

Report Location: _____; Report Type: _____;

Abstract/Summary