North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Projects Database (by geophysical survey type): Electromagnetic Conductivity

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Projects sorted alphabetically by state or country; within each by project name

ARIZONA

Project Name: La Ciudad, AZ;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1983). Electromagnetics for Mapping Buried Earth Features. Journal of Field Archaeology 10(1):47-54. Reproduced from Journal of Field Archaeology with the permission of the Trustees of Boston University. All rights reserved.

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ARKANSAS

Project Name: Lake Dumond Site (3AR110), AR;

Reference: Weymouth, J.W. (1998). Final Report on Geophysical Surveys of the Lake Dumond Site (3AR110). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Submitted to the Midwest Archeological Center, U.S. National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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.

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CALIFORNIA

Project Name: Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (CA-Son-2294/H), CA;

Reference: Silliman, S.W., Farnsworth, P., and K.G. Lightfoot (2000). Magnetometer Prospecting in Historical Archaeology: Evaluating Survey Options at a 19th-Century Rancho Site in California. Historical Archaeology 34(2):89-109. (used with permission).

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COLORADO

Project Name: 5LA9187, CO;

Reference: De Vore, S. L. (2001). Report of the Geophysical Investigations at Site 5LA9187, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Las Animas County, Colorado. Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska. Submitted to David Kuehn Consulting, El Paso, Texas.

Project Name: Sand Creek Massacre Site, CO;

Reference: De Vore, S. L. (1999). Geophysical Investigations at the Sand Creek Massacre Site, Colorado. National Park Service, Intermountain Support Office-Santa Fe, Cultural Resources and National Register Program Services.

Project Name: Twelve Mile House (5AH121), CO;

Reference: De Vore, S.L. (1992). Geophysical Applications in Archaeology: A Case Study at the Twelve Mile House (5AH121), Arapahoe County, Colorado. Southwestern Lore 58(1):1-16 (used with permission).

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GEORGIA

Project Name: Fort Stewart, GA;

Reference: Butler, Dwain K., Jose Llopis and Frederick L. Briuer (1993). Geophysical and Archaeological Investigations for Location of a Historic Cemetery, Fort Stewart, Georgia; prepared for U.S. Army Engineer District, Savannah.

Project Name: Upatoi Town (9ME395), GA;

Reference: Briuer, F.L., J. Simms, and L.M. Smith. (1996). Site Mapping, Geophysical Investigation and Geomorphic Reconnaissance at Site 9ME395 Upatoi Town Fort Benning, Georgia. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Prepared for the Environmental Management Division, Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army Installation, Fort Benning, Georgia.

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ILLINOIS

Project Name: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, IL (1);

Reference: Dalan, R.A. and B.W. Bevan (1998). Directionality of Geophysical Parameters as an Indicator of Cultural and Natural Deposits: Experiments at the Cahokia Mounds Site. Office of Contract Archaeology, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois. Geosight, Pitman, New Jersey. Submitted to Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, Illinois.

Project Name: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, IL (2);

Reference: Dalan, R.A. (1991). Defining Archaeological Features with Electromagnetic Surveys at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Geophysics 56(8):1280-1287 (used with permission).

Project Name: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, IL(4, Geophysical Investigations South of Mound 48);

Reference: DeVore, Steven L., Aaron Fogel and Kelsey Lowe (2003) Geophysical Investigations of the Area South of Mound 48, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, St. Clair County, Illinois. National Park Service, Midwest Archaeological Center Lincoln, Nebraska.

Project Name: Fort de Chartres, IL;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1983). Electromagnetics for Mapping Buried Earth Features. Journal of Field Archaeology 10(1):47-54. Reproduced from Journal of Field Archaeology with the permission of the Trustees of Boston University. All rights reserved.

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IOWA

Project Name: Daw Farm, IA;

Reference: Steven L. Devore (2003). Geophysical Investigations of Alleged Historic Mormon Cemetery near Montrose in Lee County, Iowa. National Park Service, Midwest Archaeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska

Project Name: Effigy Mounds, IA (3);

Reference: De Vore S.L. (1999). Investigations at Effigy Mounds National Monument during the 1999 "Recent Advances in Archeological Prospection Techniques" Workshop, May 10-14, 1999. Cultural Resources and National Register Program Services, Intermountain Support Office, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Submitted to Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry, Iowa.

Project Name: Plum Grove Historic House Site, IA;

Reference: De Vore, S. L. (1999). Magnetic Gradient and Electromagnetic Conductivity Investigations of the Plum Grove Historic House Site, Johnson County, Iowa. National Park Service, Intermountain Support Office-Santa Fe. Prepared for the State Historica Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.

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KANSAS

Project Name: Multi-diminsenial Remote Sensing: A SERDP Project Fusing Ground, Air, and Satellite Data (Army City Component);

Reference: Ernenwein, Eileen G. and Kenneth L. Kvamme (2002). Multi-dimensional Remote Sensing at Army City Kansas: A SERDP Project Fusing Ground Air, and Satellite Data. Paper Presented at the Plains Anthropological Conference, Oklahoma City 2002.

Project Name: Cavalry Stable Area, HS-35 (Fort Larned National Historic Site), KS;

Reference: De Vore, S. L. (1999). Geophysical Investigations of Potential 10th Cavalry Stables (HS-35) Location, Fort Larned National Historic Site, Pawnee County, Kansas. National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Intermountain Support Office, Santa Fe.

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MICHIGAN

Project Name: 2002 Western Michigan University archaeological field school;

Reference: Laura Sherrod, Daniel Lynch, and William Sauck (2003). 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.

MINNESOTA

Project Name: Medicine Lake Mounds (21HE0068), MN;

Reference: Mather, D., D.W. Johnson, and E.J. Abel. (1997). Burial Authentication Investigations of the Medicine Lake Mounds (21HE0068) for the Proposed West Medicine Lake Park Improvements - Phase II, City of Plymouth, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Loucks & Associates, Inc., Maple Grove, Minnesota. Prepared for the Office of the State Archaeologist, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, City of Plymouth, Parks and Recreation, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.

Project Name: USTH 11 Survey, MN;

Reference: Kluth R., and D. Kluth. (1995). A Phase I Archaeological Survey of U.S.T.H. 11 from Pelland to the NE 1/4 of Section 19 (S.P. 3605-32), Koochiching County, Minnesota. Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program, Cass Lake, Minnesota. Prepared for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, Minnesota.

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MISSISSIPPI

Project Name: Hollywood Mounds Site (22TU500), MS;

References: Johnson, J.K., Stallings, R., Ross-Stallings, N., Clay, R.B., and V.S. Jones (2000). Remote Sensing and Ground Truth at the Hollywood Mounds Site in Tunica County, Mississippi. Univ. Prepared for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

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MONTANA

Project Name: Last Stand Hill horse cemetery;

Reference:Scott, Douglas D. (2002). Archeological Investigations of the "Horse Cemetery" Site, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.

DeVore Steven L. (2002). Search for the Horse Burial Pit: Conductivity and Magnetic Gradient Investigations at Last Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Submitted to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency, Montana.

Nickel, Robert K. (2001). A Ground-Penetrating Radar Search for a Horse Burial Pit Associated with the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn. Submitted to the Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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NEBRASKA

Project Name: Fort Atkinson (25WN9), NE (2);

Reference: Carlson, G. F. (1998). Archeological Surveying, Testing, and Remote Sensing at Fort Atkinson. Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Prepared for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

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NEW JERSEY

Project Name: Lamington Black Cemetery, NJ;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1991). The Search for Graves. Geophysics 56(9):1310-1319. (used with permission).

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Project Name: Walton Cemetery, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ;

Reference: Simms, Janet E. and Bruce W. Bevan (1995). Locating Grave Sites Using Geophysics at Walton Cemetery, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. U.S Army Corps of Engineers.

NEW MEXICO

Project Name: Multi-dimensional Remote Sensing: A SERDP Project Fusing Ground, Air, and Satellite Data (Escondido Pueblo Component);

Reference: Ernenwein, Eileen G. and Kenneth L. Kvamme (In progress). Ground Penetrating Radar at the Landscape Scale: New Challenges and Possible Solutions. To be presented at the Archaeological Sciences in the Americas Conference,Tucson, 2004.

NORTH DAKOTA

Project Name: Double Ditch Indian Village State Park (32BL8), ND;

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2002). Report of Geophysical Findings at the Double Ditch State Historic Site (32BL8): 2001 Investigations. Submitted to PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona, on file at the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck.

Project Name: Fort Clark Trading Post (32ME2), ND;

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2001). Interim Report of Geophysical Investigations at the Fort Clark and Primeau's Trading Posts, Fort Clark State Historic Site (32ME2): 2000 Investigations. ArcheoImaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona, and State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota.

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OHIO

Project Name: Kettering Shaker Cemetery, OH;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1991). The Search for Graves. Geophysics 56(9):1310-1319. (used with permission).

Project Name: P Street Mound, OH (33GR31);

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1996). Geophysical Surveys Over Mounds at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Geosight, Pitman, New Jersey. Prepared for Mark J. Lynott, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Project Name: River Bank Stabilization Project;

Reference: DeVore, Steven L. and Ann C. Bauermeister (2003). Interim Report of the Geophysical Investigations of the River Bank Stabilization Project Area at Hopewell Mound Group, Ross County, Ohio. National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Project Name: Wright Memorial Mounds, OH (33GR30);

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1996). Geophysical Surveys Over Mounds at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Geosight, Pitman, New Jersey. Prepared for Mark J. Lynott, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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OKLAHOMA

Project Name: Deer Creek Site (34KA3), OK;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1983). Electromagnetics for Mapping Buried Earth Features. Journal of Field Archaeology 10(1):47-54. Reproduced from Journal of Field Archaeology with the permission of the Trustees of Boston University. All rights reserved.

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SOUTH DAKOTA

Project Name: Steamboat North Alabama, SD;

Reference: DeVore, S.L. (1998). Electromagnetic Conductivity Investigations Searching for the Buried Steamboat "North Alabama" in Clay County, South Dakota. National Park Service, Intermountain Support Office, Denver, Colorado. Submitted to the Archaeology Laboratory, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota.

Project Name: Whistling Elk Village, SD (39HU242);

Reference: Toom, D. L. and K. L. Kvamme (2001). The "Big House" at Whistling Elk Village (39HU242): Geophysical Findings and Archaeological Truths. Plains Anthropologist, in press.

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UTAH

Project Name: 42BO683, UT;

Reference: De Vore, S.L. (1999). Field Report for Magnetic Field-Gradient Survey of Prehistoric Sites on the Utah Test and Training Ranges, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Cultural Resources and National Register Program Services, Intermountain Support Office, Intermountain Region, National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Prepared for U.S. Air Force, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

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VIRGINIA

Project Name: Bruton Parish Cemetery, VA;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1991). The Search for Graves. Geophysics 56(9):1310-1319. (used with permission).

Project Name: Fort Morton (Petersburg National Battlefield), VA;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1996). Geophysical Exploration for Archaeology, Volume A: Archaeological Questions and Answers. Geosight Technical Report Number 4.

Project Name: Jamestown Island (Brewhouse Area), VA;

Reference: Bevan, B. (1995). Geophysical Remote Sensing at the Colonial National Historical Park, Findings of the June 1995 Course. Submitted to Colonial National Historical Park, Yorktown, Virginia.

Project Name: Taylor House (Petersburg National Battlefield), VA;

Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1996). Geophysical Exploration for Archaeology, Volume A: Archaeological Questions and Answers. Geosight Technical Report Number 4.

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WYOMING

Project Name: Fort Caspar (48NA209), WY;

Reference: De Vore, S. L. (1998). Geophysical Investigations of the Western Part of Fort Caspar Park, Natrona County, Wyoming. National Park Service, Intermountain Support Office, Denver, Colorado. Prepared for the Office of the State Archaeologist, Laramie, Wyoming.

Project Name: Kane Cemetery (48BH3104);

Reference: DeVore, Steven L. (2002). Geophysical Investigations at the Kane Cemetery (48BH3104), Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming, Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Project Name: Fort Laramie Geophysical Project (48GO1);

Reference: DeVore, S.L. (2002). Ground Conductivity Survey in the Area Surrounding the Hospital (HB-13) at Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Wyoming.

Project Name: Fort Laramie National Historic Site (3) Geophysical Investigations, WY (48GO1);

Reference: DeVore, Steven L. (2004). Conductivity, Resistivity, and Compaction Investigations at Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Goshen County, Wyoming. National Park Service, Midwest Archaeological Center, Lincoln, Nebraska

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