North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Sparks Cemetery (Booker T. Washington National Monument); Site Number: _____; County: Franklin; State: VA; Country: USA; Ownership: National Park Service; Landform: Southwest-facing slope above Gills Creek;

Date of Site: AD 1850's; Period Type: Historic; Culture: _____; Site Type: Cemetery; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM15 Resistance Meter; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.5 m; Area Surveyed: 400 sq m; Date of Survey: 22-26-June-1998; Land Cover Type: Woods; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistivity data from Sparks Cemetery;

  

Project Name: Sparks Cemetery (Booker T. Washington National Monument), VA;

Reference: De Vore, S. L. (1998). Geophysical Investigations of the Three Areas within the Boundaries of Booker T. Washington National Monument, Franklin County, Virginia. National Park Service, Intermountain Support Office, Denver, Colorado.

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

Survey for: National Park Service;

Report Location: National Park Service, Intermountain Support Office, Denver, CO;

Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary