North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Touro Cemetery; Site Number: _____; County: Newport; State: RI; Country: USA; Ownership: _____; Landform: _____;

Date of Site: AD 17th or early 18th Century; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Cemetery; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: GSSI SIR System-7 with model 3102 antenna (315 MHz); Sampling Interval: 1.5 m; Prospecting Depth: ~2 m; Area Surveyed: 1-~18m line crossing 2 marked graves and 2 possible unmarked graves; Date of Survey: 23-May-1985; Land Cover Type: Mowed lawn, some trees and bushes; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

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Project Name: Touro Cemetery, RI;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1991). The Search for Graves. Geophysics 56(9):1310-1319. (used with permission).

Survey by: Bruce W. Beven, Geosight, 356 Waddy Drive, Weems, VA, 22576.

Survey for: Joan Gallagher, Public Archaeology Laboratory, Pawtucket, RI;

Report Location: NA; Report Type: Journal Article;

Abstract/Summary