North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
Database Report:
Site Name: Angel Site; Site Number: _____; County: Vanderburgh; State: IN; Country: USA; Ownership: State; Landform: River Terrace;
Date of Site: AD 1100-1450; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Middle Mississippi; Site Type: Fortified Settlement, Mound; Site Size: 450 acres;
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Survey Type: Magnetometry-Total Field;
Instrument: Proton Magnetometer; Sampling Interval: 1 ft; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: _____; Date of Survey: 1961; Land Cover Type: Cultivated; Wooded; Ground Truthing: Yes;
Graphics/Imagery: None;
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Project Name: Angel Site, IN;
Reference: Johnston, R. B. (1961). Archaeological Application of the Proton Magnetometer in Indiana (U.S.A.). Archaeometry 4:71-72 (used with permission).
Survey by: Richard B. Johnston, Research Associate, Angel Mounds Archaeological Research Station, IN.
Survey for: Angel Mounds Archaeological Research Station, supported by the National Science Foundation;
Report Location: Angel Mounds Archaeological Research Station, IN; Report Type: Journal Article;