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Site Name: Menard/Hodges
Site Number: 3AR0004
County: Arkansas
State: Arkansas
Country: USA
Surveyed by: Jami J. Lockhart with Dr. John House, Michael Evans, Marion Haynes, Larry Porter and Chester Shaw, National Park Service, Arkansas Archeological Survey, Arkansas Archeological Society
References: Arkansas Archeological Survey Project Report
Ownership: National Park Service
Landform: Terrace along Arkansas River
Date of Site: Mississippi Period, European contact, historic
Period Type: Prehistoric, Mississippi Period, European contact, Historic
Culture: Quapaw, French, Euroamerican
Site Type: Village with mounds
Site Size: undetermined
Survey Type: Electrical resistance (R), Magnetometry (M)
Instruments:
R = Geoscan RM15 with multiplexer
M = Geoscan FM36 gradiometer
Sampling Interval:
R = 50cm sample, 50cm traverse
M = 25cm sample, 50cm traverse
Prospection Depth:
M = 1.5m
Cumulative Area Surveyed: ca. 3,400 sq.m.
Date of Survey: February 16 – 20, 2004
Land Cover Type: Bush-hogged pasture
Ground Truthing: Planned
