North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Hitchcock House and Hitchcock Cabin; Site Number: 13CA46 and 13CA47; County: Cass County; State: IA; Country: US; Ownership: Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Private Property; Landform: Uplands;

Date of Site: Mid to late 1800's; Period Type: Settlement; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Farmstead; Site Size: 1 hectare each ;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM36 fluxgate gradiometer; Sampling Interval: 12.5 m x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 to 2 m; Area Surveyed: .2 hectares / .25 hectares; Date of Survey: May 5-6, 2003; Land Cover Type: grass yard / corn stubble field; Ground Truthing: none to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

Interpretations of magnetic gradient data from the Hitchcock cabin project area;

 

   

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM15 resistance meter and PA5 twin probe array; Sampling Interval: .5 x 1; Prospecting Depth: .5m; Area Surveyed: .05 hectares at Hitchcock House; Date of Survey: May 5-6, 2003; Land Cover Type: grassy yard; Ground Truthing: none to date;

Graphics/Imagery:

Combined resistance and magnetic gradient data from grid 3 and 6 at the Hitchcock House project area;

 

 

 

Project Name: Geophysical Investigations at the HItchcock House and Possible Cabin Location;

Reference: DeVore, Steven L. (2003) Geophysical Investigations at the Hithcock House (13CA46) and Possible Cabin Location (13CA47). 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_____

Survey for: Douglas W. Jones, Archeologist, Department of Cultural Affairs, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa;

Report Location: CRM Report; Report Type: _____;

Abstract/Summary