North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
Abstract/Summary:
Project Name: St. George Tucker House, VA;
Reference: Bevan, B. (1995). A Geophysical Survey at the St. George Tucker House. Submitted to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia.
In June of 1995, geophysical investigations were conducted in the back yard of the St. George Tucker House. The wooden frame house is located on Nicholson Street in the historic district of Williamsburg. The geophysical methods that were used include ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity, and magnetometry. The surveys revealed an oblique path or road through the survey area. Several buried pipes or wires were also delineated. Most of the features were located sharply enough so that excavation tests can be placed on their boundaries if wished. However, the edges of the path or road were not clearly defined in most locations. There are two areas were there is a greater density in the scatter of objects in the soil. Individual objects could be tested by excavation, but a metal detector might help to locate some of these objects. While the geophysical evidence by itself suggests that the ground penetrating radar might have been the most suitable for this survey, much less area was surveyed with the magnetic and resistivity instruments, so their value at this site is not known as well.