North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Double Ditch Indian Village State Park; Site Number: 32BL8; County: Burleigh; State: ND; Country: USA; Ownership: State; Landform: River Terrace;

Date of Site: uncertain; late1400s - mid-1780s A.D.; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Plains Village (protohistoric Mandan); Site Type: Fortified Village ; Site Size: Approximately 4.8 ha

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geoscan Research FM-36; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Cumulative Area Surveyed: 38,000 sq. m; Date of Survey: June 2001 and June 2002; Land Cover Type: Open Grassland; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15; Sampling Interval: 1.0 m x 1.0 m; Prospecting Depth: 1 m; Area Surveyed: 17,200 sq. m; Date of Survey: June 2001 and June 2002; Land Cover Type: Open Grassland; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistivity image from Double Ditch, ND, showing areas surveyed in 2000 and 2001; numerous houses, borrow pits, at least four fortification systems, and other features.	Resistivity image from Double Ditch, ND, showing detail of three of the fortification ditches and bastions.
Resistivity image from Double Ditch, ND, showing evidence of a rectangular house by a high resistance zone of eroded roof sediments.	Comparison between 1906 excavation plan made by Will and Spinden with resistivity results at Double Ditch, ND.
Resistivity image showing features and interpretations at Double Ditch Village State Park, ND.

Survey Type: Electromagnetic Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics, Ltd., EM-38 (quadrature phase); Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 1,200 square meters; Date of Survey: 28-July-1997; Land Cover Type: Open Grassland; Ground Truthing: No;

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Project Name: Double Ditch Indian Village State Park (32BL8), ND;

References:

• Ahler, S.A., and F.E. Swenson (2001). Geophysics, Hand Coring, and Behavioral Organization at Double Ditch Village, North Dakota. Paper presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln.

• Ahler, S.A., W.R. Wood, and F.E. Swenson (2002). A Century After Will and Swinden: Excavations at Double (Double) Ditch Village. Paper presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

• Kvamme, K.L. (2000). Geophysical Explorations at Double Ditch Indian Village State Park (32BL8), Burleigh County, North Dakota, 1997. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck.

• Kvamme, K.L. (2002). Report of Geophysical Findings at the Double Ditch State Historic Site (32BL8): 2001 Investigations. Submitted to PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona, on file at the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck.

• Kvamme, K.L., and J.A.C. Kvamme (2001). New Insights About The Structure Of The Double Ditch Site, North Dakota, Through Geophysical Surveys. Paper presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln.

• Kvamme, K.L., and J.A.C. Kvamme (2002). Double-Double Ditch? New Insights Concerning Double Ditch (32BL8) Gained Through Geophysical Surveys. Paper presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, Oklahoma City.

• Will, G.F., and H.J. Spinden (1906). The Mandans: A Study of their Culture, Archaeology and Language. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Other Links: http://www.cast.uark.edu/%7Ekkvamme/geop/double.htm

Survey by: Kenneth L. Kvamme, Department of Anthropology, Old 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: State Historical Society of North Dakota;

Report Location: State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND; Archeo-Imaging Lab, Department of Anthropology, Old 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;

Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary