North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village; Site Number: 32ME2; County: Mercer; State: ND; Country: USA; Ownership: State; Landform: River Terrace;

Date of Site: 1822-1860; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Mandan / Arikara; Site Type: Fortified earthlodge village; Site Size: about 11 ha;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36; Sampling Interval: 0.25 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 7,900 sq m; Date of Survey: July 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Contemporary vertical aerial photograph showing Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village, ND, and geophysical survey transect;	Magnetic image of 400 x 20 m transect through Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village, ND, showing principal cultural features;
Detail from magnetic transect through Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village, ND, showing fortification ditch and circular house with numerous iron artifacts;	Detail from geophysical survey transects through Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village, ND, showing magnetic results at the large Arikara ceremonial lodge;

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: 6,800 sq m; Date of Survey: July 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistance image of 340 x 20 m transect through Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village, ND, showing principal cultural features;	Detail from resistance survey transect through Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village, ND, showing overlapping circular houses;
Detail from geophysical survey transects through Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village, ND, showing resistance results at the large Arikara ceremonial lodge;

Survey Type: Ground-Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: GSSI SIR-2000, with 400 MHz antenna; Sampling Interval: 0.02 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: about 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 500 sq m; Date of Survey: July 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes, by coring;

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Project Name: Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village (Fort Clark State Historic Site, 32ME2), ND;

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2001). Final Report of Geophysical Investigations at the Mandan/Arikara Village, Fort Clark State Historic Site (32ME2), 2000. Archeo-Imaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona and the 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. Archeo-Imaging 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.

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;

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