North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Fort St. Joeseph; Site Number: 20BE23; County: _____; State: Michigan; Country: USA; Ownership: City of Niles; Landform: Wetland, seasonally submerged, possibly submerged portions of the site;

Date of Site: 1691-1781; Period Type: Historic; Culture: French, Spanish, English; Site Type: Trading post/military post; Site Size: Unknown;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geometrics G-858 gradiometer; Sampling Interval: 0.1 x 0.5m; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5m; Area Surveyed: 2300 sq m; Date of Survey: June5-6, July 3 2002, Feb 2003; Land Cover Type: water (ice), shrubs, trees, grass; Ground Truthing: _____;

Graphics/Imagery:

All blocks of Fort St. Joseph magnetometer data.

 

   

 

Survey Type: GPR;

Instrument: GSSI SIR10A+ w/ 500mHz; Sampling Interval: 0.5m; Prospecting Depth: _____; Area Surveyed: 475m; Date of Survey: June5-6, July 3 2002, Feb 2003; Land Cover Type: shrubs, trees, grass; Ground Truthing: _____;

Graphics/Imagery:

All blocks of Fort St. Joseph GPR time/slice amplitude data.

 

   

Survey Type: Eletromagnetic Conductivity;

Instrument: Geonics EM38RT-H (40.4 khz); Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 0.5m; Prospecting Depth: up to 1.5m; Area Surveyed: 475 sq m; Date of Survey: June5-6; Land Cover Type: shrubs, trees, grass; Ground Truthing: _____;

Graphics/Imagery:

All blocks of Fort. St. Joseph conductivity data.

 

   

Project Name: 2002 Western Michigan University archaeological field school;

Reference: 2003 Laura Sherrod, Daniel Lynch, and William Sauck. Geophysical Investigations at the Archaeological Site of Fort St. Joseph, Niles, MiProceedings of the Annual Symposium on the Applications of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP). Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. April 6-10 2003, San Antonio Texas.

2002 Lynch, Daniel P., Laura Sherrod, and William Sauck, PhD. Geophysical Survey Techniques and Results at Fort St. Joseph. Paper presented at the annual Midwest Archaeological Society Meeting, Columbus OH, October 4th 2002

2002 Nassaney, Michael, William Cremin, Daniel Lynch and Jose Brandao Current Archaeological Investigations at Fort St. Joseph (20BE23), Niles, Michigan. Paper presented at the Ste. Genevieve Conference on French Settlements and Culture in North America and The Caribbean, Ste. Genevieve Missouri, November 15-17,2002.

Nassaney, Michael S., William M. Cremin and Daniel P. Lynch "Problems and Prospects in the Archaeological Identification of Colonial Fort St. Joseph (1691-1781) in the Western Great Lakes" (in press)

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Survey by: William Sauck, Daniel Lynch, and Laura A. Sherrod, Western Michigan University

Survey for: _____;

Report Location: _____; Report Type: _____;

Abstract/Summary