North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Merritt Cemetery; Site Number: _____; County:Cabell; State: West Virginia; Country: USA; Ownership: City; Landform: _____;

Date of Site: pre 1850s; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Cemetery; Site Size: 1,003 sq m;

Survey Type: Magnetic Gradiometry;

Instrument: Geometrics G-858G; Sampling Interval: 2 feet x 3 inches (10 measurements/second); Prospecting Depth: ~1 m; Area Surveyed: 16,000 sq ft; Date of Survey: October 1999; Land Cover Type: Brush; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Image showing area of investigation, mapped graves, fence location, and other features;

Magnetic image showing metal anomalies, prehistoric hearths, and other features. Reds indicate high (nT/m) and blues are low;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15; Sampling Interval: 2 x 2 ft; Prospecting Depth: ~1 m; Area Surveyed: 12,500 sq ft; Date of Survey: October 1999; Land Cover Type: Brush; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistance image showing graves as low values (blues);

Survey Type: Ground Penetrating Radar;

Instrument:RAMAC2 (200 MHz antenna); Sampling Interval: 3 feet; Prospecting Depth: 1-1.5 m; Area Surveyed: 12,000 sq ft; Date of Survey: October 1999; Land Cover Type: Brush; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistance image with GPR anomalies overlain. The filled ellipses indicate strong readings and open ellipses are moderate readings;

Profile image of GPR readings showing a grave, soil horizons, and air wave signatures;

Project Name: Merritt Cemetery, Barboursville, West Virginia;

Reference: Johnson, W.J., D.W. Johnson, G. Gozdzik (2001). Geophysics Comes of Age in North American Archeology. Paper Presented at Society of American Archaeology, 66th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 18-22, 2001.

Survey by: Bill Johnson, D'Appolonia, 275 Center Road, Monroeville, PA 15146-1451 (412) 856-9440, wjjohnson@dappolonia.com; Don Johnson, Private Consultant, 11235 Magnolia St. NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55448, (612) 669-5317, don.w.johnson@attbi.com;

Survey for: Gloria Gozdzik, Horizon Research Consultants, Inc., Rt. 4, Box 320, Morgantown, WV 26505, email: ggozdzik@horizoncrm.com;

Report Location: Horizon Research Consultants;

Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary