North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Fort Buford; Site Number: (32WI25); County: Williams; State: North Dakota; Country: USA; Ownership: State; Landform: Plains;

Date of Site: AD 1866-1895; Period Type: Historic; Culture: Euroamerican; Site Type: Fort; Site Size: 348 acres;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15_; Sampling Interval: 0.5 x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 0.5 m_; Area Surveyed: 2400 sq m; Date of Survey: June 31-August 1, 2000; Land Cover Type: field/short grass; Ground Truthing: Yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistance image showing the enlisted barracks, mess hall, possible sink (latrine), and other anomalies.

Project Name: Fort Buford, North Dakota;

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: Midwest Archaeological Center Federal Building, Room 474
100 Centennial Mall North Lincoln, NE 68508-3873 email: steve_de_vore@nps.gov ;
Don Johnson, Private Consultant, 11235 Magnolia St. NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55448, (612) 669-5317, don.w.johnson@attbi.com;

Survey for: Fort Buford State Historic Site;

Report Location: Midwest Archaeological Center, Lincoln, NE and Hemisphere Field Services Minneapolis, MN;

Report Type: CRM Report;

Abstract/Summary