North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Fort Scott National Historic Site (3); Site Number: 14BO302; County: Bourbon; State: KS; Country: USA; Ownership: National Park Service; Landform: River Terrace;

Date of Site: AD 1842-1853; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Military Post, Historic Structures, Privies; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Magnetic Suceptibility;

Instrument: Bartington MS-1 Susceptibility Meter and Field Coil; Sampling Interval: 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 10-12 cm; Area Surveyed: 3-20 m transects; Date of Survey: 5-9-May-1997; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Results of depth response experiments with the Bartington Susceptibility Meter and Field Coil;

Measurements of volume magnetic susceptibility with the Bartington Susceptibility Meter and Field Coil;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity Sounding;

Instrument: Gossen Geohm 3; Sampling Interval: _____; Prospecting Depth: 0.06 to 4.72 m; Area Surveyed: 2 sounding locations; Date of Survey: 5-9-May-1997; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Interpretation of resistivity sounding data;

 

Project Name: Fort Scott National Historic Site (3), KS;

Reference: Dalan, R. A. (1997). Geophysical Tests at Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas. Office of Contract Archaeology, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois. Submitted to National Park Service, Denver, Colorado.

Survey by: Rinita A. Dalan, Office of Contract Archaeology, Box 1458, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026.

Survey for: Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott, KS;

Report Location: National Park Service, Denver; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary