North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
Projects Database (by archaeological site type): Prehistoric/Native Ceremonial Complex
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Projects sorted alphabetically by state or country; within each by project name and geophysical survey type
Conductivity
GPR 
Induced
Polarization 
Magnetic
Magnetic Susceptibility
Metal Detector
Seismic Refraction
Self Potential
Resistance/Resistivity
ARKANSAS
Project Name: Toltec
Mounds Archeological State Park (3LN42), AR (1);
Reference: Kaczor, M.J. and J. Weymouth. (1981). Magnetic Prospecting: Preliminary Results of the 1980 Field Season at the Toltec Site, 3LN42. Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 24:118-123 (used with permission).
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.
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(3);
Reference: De Vore, S. L. (1996). Results of Geophysical Workshop Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site May 22-26, 1995. National Park Service, Intermountain Support Office, Denver, Colorado.
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.
OHIO
Project
Name: Hopeton
Works Enclosure (Hopewell Culture National Historical Park), OH;
Reference: DeVore, S. L. (2001). Magnetic Susceptibility Over West Wall of Hopeton Works Enclosure, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Ross County, Ohio. Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, Nebraska. Submitted to Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, Ohio.
PUERTO RICO
Project Name: Tibes,
Puerto Rico;
Reference: Curet, L.A., L.A. Newsom, and D. Welch. (1998). Report on the 1998 Tibes Archaeological Project Resistivity Survey, Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Conductivity
GPR Induced
Polarization Magnetic
Magnetic Susceptibility
Metal Detector
Seismic Refraction
Self Potential
Resistance/Resistivity
MEXICO
Veracruz
Project Name: San
Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico;
Reference: Breiner, S. and M.D. Coe. (1972). Magnetic Exploration of the Olmec Civilization. American Scientist. 60:566-575 (used with permission).
México
Project
Name: Teotihuacan,
México,
Mexico;
Reference: Manzanilla, L., L. Barba, R. Chávez, A. Tejero, G. Cifuentes, and N. Peralta (1994). Caves and Geophysics: An Approximation to the Underworld of Teotihuacan, Mexico. Archaeometry 36(1):141-157 (used with permission).