North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Sand Creek Massacre Site; Site Number: _____; County: Kiowa; State: CO; Country: USA; Ownership: National Park Service; Landform: Terrace of Big Sandy Creek;

Date of Site: AD 1864; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe; Site Type: Settlement; Battlefield; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM36 Fluxgate Gradiometer; Sampling Interval: 0.125 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 1,600 sq m; Date of Survey: 18-26-May-1999; Land Cover Type: Prairie Grasses; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic gradient data from Sand Creek Village;

 

Survey Type: Electromagnetic Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics EM38 Ground Conductivity Meter; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 1,600 sq m; Date of Survey: 18-26-May-1999; Land Cover Type: Prairie Grasses; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Conductivity data from Sand Creek Village;

 

Survey Type: Metal Detector;

Instrument: Geonics EM61 High Sensitivity Metal Detector; Sampling Interval: 0.25 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: _____; Area Surveyed: 1,600 sq m; Date of Survey: 18-26-May-1999; Land Cover Type: Prairie Grasses; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

High sensitivity metal detector top coil data from Sand Creek Village;

High sensitivity metal detector bottom coil data from Sand Creek Village;

High sensitivity metal detector, differential channel data from Sand Creek Village;

 

Project Name: Sand Creek Massacre Site, CO;

Reference: De Vore, S. L. (1999). Geophysical Investigations at the Sand Creek Massacre Site, Colorado. National Park Service, Intermountain Support Office-Santa Fe, Cultural Resources and National Register Program Services.

Survey by: Steven L. De Vore, National Park Service;

Survey for: National Park Service;

Report Location: National Park Service, Santa Fe; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary