North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Kane Cemetery; Site Number: 48BH3104; County: Bighorn; State: WY; Country: USA; Ownership: National Park Service; Landform: terrace above the Bighorn and Shoshone Rivers;Date of Site: AD-1903-2000; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Cemetery; Site Size: 5,180 sq m;

Survey Type: Electromagnetic Conductivity ;

Instrument: Geonics EM38; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 4,900 sq m; Date of Survey: May-2000; Land Cover Type: short grasses and sage; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Conductivity image showing anomalies in cemetery;

Interpretations of conductivity data;
   

Survey Type: Vertical Electrical Sounding;

Instrument: Gossen Geohm 40D; Sampling Interval: 0.1-5 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.1-5 m; Area Surveyed: North and south transects; Date of Survey: May-2000; Land Cover Type: short grasses and sage; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Offset resistivity profiles for vertical electrical sounding;

Interpretations of VES profile indicating a three-layer electrical stratification;

 

  

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: Noggin Smart Cart 250mHz antenna; Sampling Interval: 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 2 m; Area Surveyed: ~3,620 sq m; Date of Survey: May-2000; Land Cover Type: short grasses and sage; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Ground-penetrating radar point-location anomalies;

Ground-penetrating radar low-amplitude anomalies;

Ground-penetrating radar high-amplitude anomalies;

Interpretation of GPR data;

 

Project Name: Kane Cemetery (48BH3104), WY;

Reference: DeVore, Steven L. (2002). Geophysical Investigations at the Kane Cemetery (48BH3104), Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming, 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: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area and National Park Service;

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