North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Bunker Hill National Monument; Site Number: _____; County: Suffolk; State: MA; Country: USA; Ownership: National Park Service; Landform: Drumlin;

Date of Site: AD 1775; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Battlefield (Revolutionary War); Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1 m; Area Surveyed: 2,000 sq m; Date of Survey: Nov-1997; May-1998; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistivity map showing clear indications of several linear subsurface features;

Resistivity image incorporating later work that illustrates a myriad of features including historic 19th century diagonal walkways, trenches from the park's sprinkler system, the historic fortifications, and linear features that may represent historic pathways;

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument: Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc., SIR System 3 with 300 MHz antenna; Sampling Interval: 1 m transects; Prospecting Depth: ~3 m; Area Surveyed: 520 sq m; Date of Survey: Nov-1996; Land Cover Type: Mowed Grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Six 20 meter long ground penetrating radar profiles showing possible fortification ditches from the Revolutionary War battle, or subsequent modifications made by the British;

One ground penetrating radar profile showing possible fortification ditches from the Revolutionary War battle, or subsequent modifications made by the British;

Project Name: Bunker Hill National Monument, MA;

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2001) Current Practices in Archaeogeophysics: Magnetics, Resistivity, Conductivity, and Ground-Penetrating Radar. In Earth Sciences and Archaeology, P. Goldberg, V. Holliday, and R. Ferring, eds., Kluwer/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp. 353-384.

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: National Park Service;

Report Location: NA; Report Type: Edited Volume;

Abstract/Summary