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.

Magnetic three-dimensional surface plot of the Refuge Dikes survey area on the Mississippi River. The two large anomalies are thought to be modern steel barges and the smaller anomalies are ferrous debris, possibly from the barges.

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