North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Huff Village State Historic Site; Site Number: 32MO11; County: Morton; State: ND; Country: USA; Ownership: State; Landform: River Terrace ;

Date of Site: mid-1400s ; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Ancestral Mandan ; Site Type: Fortified Village; Site Size: 3.5 ha .;

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: 7,100 sq m; Date of Survey: July, 1999; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Aerial photograph of Huff Village with the 20 x 20 m magnetic survey grids superimposed;	Magnetic survey results at Huff Village with interpreted features and surface house depressions indicated;
A comparison of houses excavated by W.R. Wood in the 1960s at Huff Village with the magnetic data;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 1,600 sq m; Date of Survey: July, 1999; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Electrical resistance survey results from Huff Village at approximately 1.5 m prospecting depth;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity Tomography;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15 & MPX-15 Multiplexer; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 400 sq m; Date of Survey: July, 1999; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistivity tomography images in the vicinity of a house depression at Huff Village;

Reference: Ahler, S.A. and K.L. Kvamme (2000). New Geophysical and Archaeological Investigations at Huff Village State Historic Site (32MO11), Morton County, North Dakota. PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona. Report submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck.

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: State Historical Society of North Dakota;

Report Location: State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND; Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary