North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
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Project Name: Jamestown Island (Brewhouse Area), VA;
Reference: Bevan, B. (1995). Geophysical Remote Sensing at the Colonial National Historical Park, Findings of the June 1995 Course. Submitted to Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia.
A resistivity sounding and its analysis. This indicates that the upper 0.9 meters of the soil is very sandy; however, below that, the soil probably becomes quite silty.