North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
Database Report:
Site Name: Magic Mountain; Site Number: 5JF223; County: Jefferson; State: CO; Country: USA; Ownership: Private; Landform: Alluvial Fan;
Date of Site: 2950 BC to AD 640; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Archaic; Plains Woodland; Site Type: Open-air Camp; Site Size: >20,000 sq m;
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Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;
Instrument: Geoscan Research FM36 Fluxgate Gradiometer; Sampling Interval: 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 100 sq m; Date of Survey: March 1995; Land Cover Type: Grasses; Ground Truthing: Yes;
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Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;
Instrument: Geoscan Research RM15 Resistance Meter with PA-5 twin probe array; Sampling Interval: 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.5 m; Area Surveyed: 100 sq m; Date of Survey: March 1995; Land Cover Type: Grasses; Ground Truthing: Yes;
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Project Name: Magic Mountain (5JF223), CO;
Reference: Kalasz, S.M., et al. (1997). 1997 Report of 1994/1996 Grid Block Archaeology Excavations at the Magic Mountain Site (5JF223) in Jefferson County, Colorado. Centennial Archaeology, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado.
Survey by: Steven L. DeVore and William B. Butler, Interagency Archeological Services, National Park Service, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, Colorado 80225-0287.
Survey for: Centennial Archaeology, Inc., 2400 Hawthorne Court, Fort Collins, CO 80524;
Report Location: Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical Society; Report Type: CRM Report;