North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
Database Report:
Site Name: Primeau's Trading Post; Site Number: 32ME2; County: Mercer; State: ND; Country: USA; Ownership: State; Landform: River terrace;
Date of Site: 1850s-1861; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euro-american; Site Type: Historic Fur Trade Post; Site Size: about 2,300 sq m;
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Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;
Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.25 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 2,200 sq m; Date of Survey: June 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: No;
Graphics/Imagery:
Magnetic
results at Primeau's Trading Post (mid-19th century), near Washburn, ND,
showing overall layout of the structure; |
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Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;
Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15 with MPX-15 multiplexer; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.5 m; Area Surveyed: 2,100 sq m; Date of Survey: June 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grasses; Ground Truthing: No;
Graphics/Imagery:
Electrical
resistance survey results at Primeau's Trading Post (mid-19th century),
near Washburn, ND, weakly showing the layout of the structure; |
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Project Name: Primeau's Trading Post (Fort Clark State Historic Site, 32ME2), ND;
Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2001). Interim Report of Geophysical Investigations at the Fort Clark and Primeau's Trading Posts, Fort Clark State Historic Site (32ME2): 2000 Investigations. ArcheoImaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona, and State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota.
Ahler, S.A., Kvamme, K.L, and J.C. Kvamme (2000) Summary Report on 2000 Field Investigations at Fort Clark State Historic Site, 32ME2, Mercer County, North Dakota. ArcheoImaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota.
Survey by: Kenneth L. Kvamme, Department of Anthropology, Main 330, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA; Phone: 501-575-4130; Fax: 501-575-6595; email: kkvamme@uark.edu; web: www.uark.edu/depts/anthinfo/kvamme.html.
Survey for: State Historical Society of North Dakota;
Report Location: State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND; Report Type: CRM Report;