North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: On-A-Slant Village (1); Site Number: 32MO26; County: Morton; State: ND; Country: USA; Ownership: State; Landform: River Terrace;

Date of Site: AD 1575-1785; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Plains Village (protohistoric Mandan); Site Type: Fortified Village; Site Size: 37,500 sq m;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36; Sampling Interval: 0.125 x 0.25 m, 0.25 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 1,100 sq m; Date of Survey: 8-July-1999 to 10-July-1999; Land Cover Type: Open Grassland; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Geophysical survey results in the earthlodge survey area;

 

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15; Sampling Interval: 0.25 x 0.25 m, 0.5 x 1.0 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0 m; Area Surveyed: 1,100 sq m; Date of Survey: 8-July-1999 to 10-July-1999; Land Cover Type: Open Grassland; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Geophysical survey results in the earthlodge survey area;

 

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: GSSI SIR 2000 with 400 MHz antenna; Sampling Interval: 0.01 m; Range: 40 nS; 60 nS; Prospecting Depth: 1.5-1.9 m; 2.3-2.8 m; Area Surveyed: Several 15-20 m transects; Date of Survey: 8-July-1999 to 10-July-1999; Land Cover Type: Open Grassland; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

GPR transects in the western site perimeter survey, east of the road;

GPR transects in the western site perimeter survey, west of the road;

Project Name: On-A-Slant Village (32MO26), ND (1);

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (1999). Geophysical Investigations at On-A-Slant Village (32MO26), Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota. Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to Dr. Dennis Toom, Department of Anthropology, Anthropology Research, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 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.htm.

Survey for: Department of Anthropology, Anthropology Research, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota;

Report Location: Department of Anthropology, Anthropology Research, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary