North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
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Project Name: Dike, Revetment, and Weir Construction, AR and MS;
Reference: Duff, J.A., A. Mitchell, and S.R. James, Jr. (1995). Historical Assessment and Magnetometer Survey for Dike, Revetment, and Weir Construction at Six Locations Along the Mississippi River: Victoria Bend, Below Prentiss, Chicot Landing, Warfield Point, Vaucluse, and Refuge Dikes. Panamerican Consultants, Inc., Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Planning Division, Environmental Resources Branch, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
A three-dimensional surface plot of the magnetic data at Victoria Bend in the Mississippi River showing a large anomaly. The anomaly is probably a steel barge and the minor signatures are possibly steel wire and rip-rap that secures the bank.