North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Projects Database (by archaeological site type): Prehistoric/Native Settlement

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Projects sorted alphabetically by state or country; within each by project name and geophysical survey type

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AL
AR
AK
AZ
CA
CO
CT
DE
FL
GA
HI
IA
ID
IL
IN
KS
KY
LA
MA
MD
ME
MI
MN
MO
MT
MS
NC
ND
NE
NH
NJ
NM
NV
NY
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VA
VT
WA
WI
WV
WY

 

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: Eaker Site (3MS105), AR (1)

Reference: Wadleigh, L. and K.W. Thompson. (1989). Proton Magnetometer Survey of Site 3MS105, Eaker Air Force Base, Arkansas. Archaeological Services, Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming. Submitted to the United States Air Force, Norton Air Force Base, California.

 

Project Name: Eaker Site (3MS105), AR (2)

Reference: Report in Progress

 

Project Name: Greenbrier Site (3IN1), AR

Reference: Johnson, D., T. Carr, and M. Watters. (1999). Geophysical Investigations at the Greenbrier Site, Site 3IN1, Batesville, Arkansas. Hemisphere Field Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Submitted to the Arkansas Archaeological Survey.

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CALIFORNIA

Project Name: CA-ORA-116, CA

Reference: http://www.archaeophysics.com/houses/index.html (used with permission).

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COLORADO

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.

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GEORGIA

Project Name: Kasita Town , GA

Reference: Maki, David (2003). Ground Based Geophysical Investigations of Two Archaeological Sites 9CE1 (Kasita Town) and 38AK7 (Silver Bluff) Archaeo-physics report of Investigation Number 66. Prepared for the Center of Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas.

 

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(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.

 

Project Name: Richland Archaeological Project, Grossmann Site, IL

Reference: Hargrave, M., S. Alt, D. Maki, and T. Pauketat (2002). Using Magnetic Gradiometry to Investigate an Early Mississippian Settlement. Poster presented at the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Biloxi, MS.

 

Project Name: Orendorf Site, IL

Reference: Klasner, J.S., and P. Calengas. (1981). Electrical Resistivity and Soil Studies at Orendorf Archaeological Site, Illinois: a Case Study. Journal of Field Archaeology 8:167-174. Reproduced from Journal of Field Archaeology with the permission of the Trustees of Boston University. All rights reserved.

 

Project Name: Richland Archaeological Project, Pfeffer Site, IL

Reference: Alt, S., M. Hargrave and T. Pauketat. (2001). Geophysical Investigations at Cahokia Outlying Settlements. Poster presented at the 66th Annual Meetingof the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA.

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INDIANA

Project Name: Angel Site, IN

Reference: Johnston, R. B. (1961). Archaeological Application of the Proton Magnetometer in Indiana (U.S.A.). Archaeometry 4:71-72 (used with permission).

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MISSISSIPPI

Project Name: Parchman Place (22CO511), MS

Reference: Dissertation Research in Progress;

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MISSOURI

Project Name: Iliniwek Village State Historic Site, MO (1)

Reference: Grantham, L.D., Butler, W.B., DeVore, S.L., and J.W. Walker. (1995). Geophysical Investigations at Iliniwek Village State Historic Site: A 17th Century Illini Village in Northeast Missouri. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Plains Conference, Laramie, Wyoming.

 

Project Name: Iliniwek Village State Historic Site, MO (2)

Reference: http://www.archaeophysics.com/iliniwek/index.html (used with permission).

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NEW MEXICO

Project Name: Adobe Pueblo Site (LA107488), NM

Reference: Abbott, J.T., R.B. Roxlau, and W.B. Butler. (1997). Kirtland Air Force Base: Geophysical Studies. TRC Mariah Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico. Submitted to Kirtland Air Force Base and National Park Service, Denver, Colorado.

 

Project Name: Aztec Ruins National Monument (LA1674) NM

 

Reference: Johnson, W.J. (2003). Geophysical Survey of LA 1674, Aztec Ruins National Monument, D'Appolonia, Monroeville, PA. Submitted to Aztec Ruins National Monument.

 

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.

 

Project Name: Hungo Pavi (Chaco Canyon National Monument), NM

Reference: Vickers, R., Dolphin, L., and D. Johnson (1976). Archeological Investigations at Chaco Canyon Using a Subsurface Radar. In Remote Sensing Experiments in Cultural Resource Studies: Non-Destructive Methods of Archeological Exploration, Survey, and Analysis. Reports of the Chaco Center. National Park Service and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:81-101.

 

Project Name: Pueblo Alto (Chaco Canyon National Monument), NM

Reference: Vickers, R., Dolphin, L., and D. Johnson (1976). Archeological Investigations at Chaco Canyon Using a Subsurface Radar. In Remote Sensing Experiments in Cultural Resource Studies: Non-Destructive Methods of Archeological Exploration, Survey, and Analysis. Reports of the Chaco Center. National Park Service and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:81-101.

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NORTH DAKOTA

Project Name: Big Hidatsa (Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site), 32ME12, ND

Reference: Weymouth, J.W. (1986). Archaeological Site Surveying Program at the University of Nebraska. Geophysics 51(3):538-552. (used with permission).

 

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: Flaming Arrow Village (32ML4), ND

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (1998). Geophysical Explorations at Flaming Arrow Village (32ML4), McLean County, North Dakota, 1997 Field Season. Boston University, Department of Archaeology, Boston, Massachusetts. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

 

Project Name: The Garden Coulee Site (32WI18), ND

Reference: http://www.cr.nps.gov/mwac/fous/garden_coulee/geo_invest.htm

 

Project Name: Huff Village State Historic Site, ND (32MO11)

Reference: Ahler, S.A. and K.L. Kvamme (2000). New Geophysical and Archaeological Investigations at Huff Village State Historic Site (32MO11), Morton County, North Dakota. PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona. Report submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck.

 

Project Name: Menoken Village State Historic Site, ND (32BL2)

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2001). Final Report of Geophysical Investigations Conducted at the Menoken Village State Historic Site (32BL2), 1997-1999. ArcheoImaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona and the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota.

 

Project Name: Mit-tutta-hang-kush Village (Fort Clark State Historic Site, 32ME2), ND

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (2001). Final Report of Geophysical Investigations at the Mandan/Arikara Village, Fort Clark State Historic Site (32ME2), 2000. Archeo-Imaging Lab, Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to PaleoCultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona and the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota.

 

Project Name: On-A-Slant Village (32MO26), ND (1)

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (1999). Geophysical Investigations at On-A-Slant Village (32MO26), Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota. Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Submitted to Dr. Dennis Toom, Department of Anthropology, Anthropology Research, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

 

Project Name: On-A-Slant Village (32MO26), ND (2)

Reference: Kvamme, K. L. (2002). Final Report of Geophysical Investigations Conducted at On-A-Slant Village (32MO26), Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, North Dakota, 2001. Archeo-Imaging Lab, University of Arkansas. Submitted to Anthropology Research, University of North Dakota.

 

Project Name: Ward Village, ND (32BL3)

Reference: Kvamme, K.L. (1998). Geophysical Exploration at Ward Village (32BL3), Burleigh County, North Dakota, 1997 Field Season. Boston University, Department of Archaeology, Boston, Massachusetts. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

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OKLAHOMA

Project Name: Deer Creek Site (34KA3), OK (1)

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.

 

Project Name: Deer Creek Site (34KA3), OK (2)

Reference: Weymouth, J.W. (1986). Archaeological Site Surveying Program at the University of Nebraska. Geophysics 51(3):538-552. (used with permission).

 

Project Name: Odessa-Yates Site (34BV100), OK

Reference: http://www.archaeophysics.com/odessa/index.html (used with permission).

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SOUTH CAROLINA

Project Name: Silver Bluff Plantation, SC

Reference: Maki, David (2003). Ground Based Geophysical Investigations of Two Archaeological Sites 9CE1 (Kasita Town) and 38AK7 (Silver Bluff) Archaeo-physics report of Investigation Number 66. Prepared for the Center of Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas.

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: Coder Site, UT

Reference: Conyers, L.B., and C.M. Cameron. (1998). Finding and Mapping Buried Archaeological Features in the American Southwest: New Ground-Penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-Dimensional Computer Mapping. Department of Anthropology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training.

 

Project Name: Cottonwood Falls Great House Site, UT

Reference: Conyers, L.B., and C.M. Cameron. (1998). Finding and Mapping Buried Archaeological Features in the American Southwest: New Ground-Penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-Dimensional Computer Mapping. Department of Anthropology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training.

 

Project Name: Shield Site, CO

Reference: Conyers, L.B., and C.M. Cameron. (1998). Finding and Mapping Buried Archaeological Features in the American Southwest: New Ground-Penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-Dimensional Computer Mapping. Department of Anthropology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training.

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WYOMING

Project Name: 48WE917, WY

Reference: http://www.archaeophysics.com/48WE917/index.html (used with permission).

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