North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
Graphic/Image:
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.
Multiple
depth resistivity data were acquired at Whistling Elk Village, SD,
in an area
bisecting the western
fortification ditch immediately below the bastion loop.
This 10
x 20 m region was sampled from 50-200 cm below the surface in depth increments
of
25 cm, yielding 7 plan views (left). The resulting three-dimensional data matrix
allowed resistivity tomography methods to be employed where the data volume
could be sliced in vertical sections yielding cross-sectional views (right)
giving
indications of the shape and depth of the fortification ditch.