North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Hopewell Mound Group; Site Number: 33RO27; County: Ross; State: OH; Country: USA; Ownership: Hopewell Culture National Historic Park (National Park Service); Landform: terrace;

Date of Site: AD 0 to 500; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Hopewell; Site Type: earthen enclosure and mounds; Site Size: 83 hectares;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM36 fluxgate gradiometer; Sampling Interval: .125 m x .5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 to 2 m; Area Surveyed: 2.16 hectares; Date of Survey: March 2003; Land Cover Type: cultivated field; Ground Truthing: none to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic gradient data from bank stabilization project area and outlined anomalies which are targets for future archaeological research.

Geophysical data from grid units 31 and 38.

Geophyscial data from grid unit 4.  

Survey Type: Electrical Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics EM38 ground conductivity meter; Sampling Interval: .25 x .5 m; Prospecting Depth: .6 to 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 2.16 hectares; Date of Survey: March 2003; Land Cover Type: cultivated field; Ground Truthing: none to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

Conductivity from band stabilization project.

Geophysical data from grid units 31 and 38.

Geophyscial data from grid unit 4.

 

Project Name: River Bank Stabilization Project;

Reference: DeVore, Steven L. and Ann C. Bauermeister (2003). Interim Report of the Geophysical Investigations of the River Bank Stabilization Project Area at Hopewell Mound Group, Ross County, Ohio. National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Survey by: Steven L. Devore and Ann C. Bauermeister, 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, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, Ohio;

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

Abstract/Summary