North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Fort Crawford Cemetery; Site Number: _____; County: Montrose; State: CO; Country: US; Ownership: Private; Landform: Alluvial Terrace;

Date of Site: 1880's; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Historic Cemetery; Site Size: 2 acres;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM36; Sampling Interval: .25 m x .5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1 - 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 9,000 sq m; Date of Survey: Oct 17-18, 2003; Land Cover Type: Hay field; Ground Truthing: none to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

Gradiometer data picked up the outline of an apparent encloser that may represent the outline of the Fort Crawford Cemetery;

 
   

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM15; Sampling Interval: .5 m x .5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5m; Area Surveyed: 2600 sq m; Date of Survey: Oct 17, 18, and 19th, 2003; Land Cover Type: Hay field; Ground Truthing: none to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistance data reveals ditches, roads, and the possible outline of the cemetery.

  

 

  

Project Name: Fort Crawford Cemetery;

Reference: Charles, Mona C. (2003)_Report on the Geophysical Survey of the Fort Crawford Cemetery, Montrose County, Colorado.

Survey by: Fort Lewis College

Survey for: Centuries Research, Inc;

Report Location: Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO; Report Type: MS on File;

Abstract/Summary