North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: "Horse Cemetery" Site; Site Number: County: Big Horn; State: MT; Country: USA; Ownership: National Park Service; Landform: Ridgetop;Date of Site: AD-1881; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Native American and Euroamerican; Site Type: Battlefield; Site Size: 602.89 acres ;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36 fluxgate gradiometer; Sampling Interval: 16 samples/ sq m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 900 sq m; Date of Survey: 20-February-2002; Land Cover Type: short grasses, sage brush, yucca, and asphalt; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic image showing several anomalies probably related to modern park refuse;

 

 

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: Sensors and Software's Noggin Plus 250 SmartCart ground-penetrating radar system; Sampling Interval: 0.5 m traverses, 50 nanosecond window; Prospecting Depth: <2 m; Area Surveyed: 900 sq m; Date of Survey: 20-February-2002; Land Cover Type: short grasses, sage brush, yucca, and asphalt; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

GPR image showing a possible shallow grave;

 

Survey Type: Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics EM38 ground conductivity meter; Sampling Interval: 2 samples/ sq m; Prospecting Depth: to 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 900 sq m; Date of Survey: 20-February-2002; Land Cover Type: short grasses, sage brush, yucca, and asphalt; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Conductivity image showing a pipe feature, modern trash, and a rectangular shaped anomaly along the western edge that may be from a burial pit;

Interpretations of magnetic gradient and conductivity anomalies;

Project Name: Last Stand Hill horse cemetery;

Reference: Scott, Douglas D. (2002). Archeological Investigations of the "Horse Cemetery" Site, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.

DeVore Steven L. (2002). Search for the Horse Burial Pit: Conductivity and Magnetic Gradient Investigations at Last Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Submitted to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency, Montana.

Nickel, Robert K. (2001). A Ground-Penetrating Radar Search for a Horse Burial Pit Associated with the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn. Submitted to the Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Survey by: Steven L. DeVore, National Park Service, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508; Phone (402)437-5392x141; Fax: (402)437-5098; email: steve_de_vore@nps.gov and Robert K. Nickel, private consultant, Lincoln, Nebraska

Survey for: Research supported by the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency, Montana;

Report Location: Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508;

Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary