North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
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Project Name: Whistling Elk Village, SD (39HU242);
References: Toom, D. L. and K. L. Kvamme (2001). The "Big House" at Whistling Elk Village (39HU242): Geophysical Findings and Archaeological Truths. Plains Anthropologist, in press.
Kvamme, K.L. (2000). Current Practices in Archaeogeophysics: Magnetics, Resistivity, Conductivity, and Ground-Penetrating Radar. In Earth Sciences and Archaeology, P. Goldberg, V. Holliday, and R. Ferring, eds., Plenum Press, New York, pp. 353-384.
Kvamme, K.L. (1999). Geophysical Explorations at the Whistling Elk Site (39HU242), Hughes County, South Dakota, 1998 Field Season. Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Office.
Kvamme, K.L. (1999). The Whistling Elk Subsurface Imaging Project. http://www.cast.uark.edu/~kkvamme/Whistle/Whistle.htm
Kvamme, K.L. (1998). Geophysical Exploration at the Whistling Elk Site (39HU242), Hughes County, South Dakota. Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Office.
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Ten
15 m ground penetrating radar transects were run over a 5 m
length of the fortification ditch at Whistling Elk Village, SD, each
separated by 50 cm. Each transect represents a 25 nS two-way travel
time with the fortification ditch occurring at about 12 nS.
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