North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Daw Farm; Site Number: _____; County: Lee; State: IA; Country: USA; Ownership: private; Landform: uplands;

Date of Site: 19th and 20th century; Period Type: _____; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: farm; Site Size: unknown;

Survey Type: Metal Detector;

Instrument: White Eagle Spectrum metal detector; Sampling Interval: random sweeps; Prospecting Depth: .25 m; Area Surveyed: 1 hectare; Date of Survey: 12 -16 August 2002; Land Cover Type: grass lawn and pasture; Ground Truthing: none;

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Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geometrics G-858 cesium gradiometer; Sampling Interval: .125 m x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 to 2 m; Area Surveyed: 1060 sq m; Date of Survey: 12 -16 August 2002; Land Cover Type: grass lawn; Ground Truthing: none;

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Magnetic gradiometer data with contour lines overlain image map;

 

 

 

 

Survey Type: Magnetic Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics EM38 ground conductivity meter; Sampling Interval: .25 m x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 1060 sq m; Date of Survey: 12 -16 August 2002; Land Cover Type: grass lawn; Ground Truthing: none;

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Conductivity with contour lines overlain image map;

 

 

 

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM 15 resistance meter with PA5 twin probe array; Sampling Interval: .50 m x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: .5m; Area Surveyed: 1060 sq m; Date of Survey: 12 - 16 August 2002; Land Cover Type: grass lawn; Ground Truthing: none;

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Resistance data with contour lines overlain image map;

 

 

 

Project Name: Alleged Mormon Cemetery;

Reference: Steven L. Devore (2003). Geophysical Investigations of Alleged Historic Mormon Cemetery near Montrose in Lee County, Iowa. National Park Service, Midwest Archaeological 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: Superintendent, Long Distance Trails Office, National Park Service, Salt Lake City, Utah;

Report Location: Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3873; Report Type: CRM repot;

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