North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park (2); Site Number: 3LN42; County: Lonoke; State: AR; Country: USA; Ownership: State; Landform:River floodplain/oxbow cut-off;

Date of Site: AD 600-1050; Period Type: Prehistoric; Culture: Plum Bayou; Site Type: Ceremonial Center; Site Size: about 35 ha;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15/MPX-15 Multi-plexer; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: for area survey, 0.5 m/for multi-depth study, .25, .5, .75, 1, 1.25, 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 5,600 sq m/ 400 sq m; Date of Survey: November 17-19, 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Electrical resistivity results at a depth of 75 cm showing the loci of 1985 excavations and a circular anomaly at Toltec Mounds, AR; Electrical resistivity results at a depth of 50 cm in the area of Mound G;

Magnetic susceptibility and resistivity results in the area of Mound G. A number of oval features, probably cultural, are indicated;

 

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: 2,400 sq m; Date of Survey: November 17-19, 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic gradiometry results in the area of Mound G showing a distribution of ferrous metal debris probably from an historic occupation;

 

Survey Type: Magnetic Susceptibility;

Instrument: Geonics Ltd. EM38B; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: < 1 m; Area Surveyed: 2,400 sq m; Date of Survey: November 17-19, 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic susceptibility and resistivity results in the area of Mound G. A number of oval features, probably cultural, are indicated;

 

Survey Type: Electromagnetic Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics Ltd. EM-38B; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5 m; Prospecting Depth: 1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 2,400 sq m; Date of Survey: November 17-19, 2000; Land Cover Type: Open mowed grass; Ground Truthing: No;

Graphics/Imagery:

Soil conductivity results results in the area of Mound G showing a metallic debris field probably associated with an historic occupation;

 

Project Name: Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park (3LN42), AR (2);

Reference: Lockhart, J.J. (2001). Exploratory Archaeogeophysics at Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park (3LN42), Mound G. Internal Arkansas Archeological Survey project report on file, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

Survey by: Jami J. Lockhart, Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 N. Hatch Ave., Fayetteville, AR, 72704, USA; Phone: 501-575-6551; email: jlockhar@comp.uark.edu; web: www.uark.edu/campus-resources/archinfo/.

Survey for: Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park, 490 Toltec Mounds Road, Scott, AR 72142 (http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/archinfo/toltec.html);

Report Location: Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 N. Hatch Ave., Fayetteville, AR, 72704; Report Type: CRM Interim Report;

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