North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Pea Ridge; Site Number: _____; County: Benton; State: Arkansas; Country: USA;

Ownership: National Park Service; Landform: Woods/fields;

Date of Site: March 7-8, 1862; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Battlefield; Site Size: 4,300 acres;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36; Sampling Interval: 0.25 m x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: ~1 m;

Area Surveyed:
0.4 ha.; Date of Survey: March 10 and 27, 2002; Land Cover Type: Open field;

Ground Truthing:
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Graphics/Imagery:

Portion of a magnetic image from the survey done at Pea Ridge Battlefield, click image to see complete image.

Hypothetical distribution of ferrous metal artifacts based on magnetometry results.

Comparison of magnetic image to artifacts discovered during metal detecting survey.  

Project Name: Geomagnetic Investigations at Leetown Battlefield in Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas.

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2002). Geomagnetic Investigations at Leetown Battlefield in Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas. Report by ArcheoImaging Lab, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas, submitted to Pea Ridge National Military Park, Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

Survey by: Kvamme, K.L.,Archeo-Imaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, Phone (479) 575-4130, email: kkvamme@uark.edu; and Dr. Douglas D. Scott, Midwest Archeological Center National Park Service, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508-3873;

Survey for: Pea Ridge National Military Park, Pea Ridge, Arkansas;

Report Location: Archeo-Imaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, Phone (479) 575-4130, email: kkvamme@uark.edu;

Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary