North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Sylvester Manor, NY; Site Number: _____; County: Suffolk; State: NY; Country: USA; Ownership: Private; Landform: Island/sandy beach deposits;

Date of Site: 1651-present; Period Type: Historic; Culture: English-Dutch; Site Type: Plantation/warehouses/shipping docks; Site Size: 250+ acres;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15 with MPX-15 multiplexer; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.25 & 0.5 m; Area Surveyed: 5,800 sq m; Date of Survey: June 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistivity map in the vicinity of Sylvester Manor, NY, illustrating garden and structural features in the historic warehouse district;

  

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: 6,500 sq m; Date of Survey: June 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic map in the vicinity of Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, NY;

 

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: GSSI SIR-2000, with 400 MHz antenna; Sampling Interval: 0.02 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: about 2 m; Area Surveyed: 1,100 sq m; Date of Survey: June 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

GPR study block in the vicinity of Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, NY, illustrating a rectangular cultural feature;

 

Project Name: Sylvester Manor, NY;

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2001). Final Report of Geophysical Investigations Conducted at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York, 2000. ArcheoImaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Kvamme, K.L. (2000). Preliminary Report of Geophysical Work Conducted at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York, 2000. ArcheoImaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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: Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston;

Report Location: Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary