North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: St. George Tucker House; Site Number: _____; County: James City; State: VA; Country: USA; Ownership: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Landform: _____;

Date of Site: AD 1716-1993; Period Type: Colonial Period; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Urban Residence; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM15 resistance meter with PA5 twin probe array; Sampling Interval: 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.5 m; Area Surveyed: 400 sq m; Date of Survey: 14-June-1995; Land Cover Type: Lawn; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: GSSI SIR System-7 with 315 MHz antenna; Sampling Interval: 1 m transect spacing; Prospecting Depth: 0.3 to 0.9 m; Area Surveyed: ~900 sq m; Date of Survey: 14-June-1995 and 20-June-1995; Land Cover Type: Lawn; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Ground penetrating radar profile along line N1357;

Ground penetrating radar profile along line E771;

Survey Type: Magnetometry-Total Field;

Instrument: Gem model GSM-19GW Overhauser Magnetometer; Sampling Interval: 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 67.5 sq m; Date of Survey: 14-June-1995; Land Cover Type: Lawn; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic survey at the location of a stone circle which might have marked a small goldfish pond;

Magnetic map of a small area at the Tucker House;

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.

Survey by: Bruce Bevan, Geosight, Pitman, NJ; Steven L. DeVore, National Park Service, Interagency Archeological Services, Denver, CO.

Survey for: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation;

Report Location: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary