Lake Enterprise Mound
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Site Name: Lake Enterprise Mound
Site Number: 3AS379
County: Ashley
State: Arkansas
Country: USA
Surveyed by: Jami J. Lockhart with Dr. Marvin Jeter, Dr. J. Saunders, and Arkansas Archeological Society volunteers
References:
Ownership: Private
Landform: Mississippi Alluvial Valley, relic river channel terrace
Date of Site: Archaic Period
Period Type: Prehistoric
Culture: Poverty Point
Site Type: Mound
Site Size: Undetermined
Survey Type: Electrical resistance (R), Magnetometry (M), Electromagnetic Conductivity (C), Magnetic Susceptibility (S)
Instruments:
R = Geoscan RM15 with multiplexer
M = Geoscan FM36 gradiometer
C = Geonics EM38B
S = Geonics EM38B
Sampling Interval:
R = 50cm sample, 50cm traverse
M = 25cm sample, 50cm traverse
C = 50cm sample, 50cm traverse
S = 50cm sample, 50cm traverse
Prospection Depth:
M = 1.5m
C = 1m
S = 60cm
Cumulative Area Surveyed: 600 sq.m.
Date of Survey: April 22-26, 2002
Land Cover Type: mown with trees
Ground Truthing: Confirmed Archaic Period features and artifacts
