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Site Name: Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park
Site Number: 3LN42
County: Lonoke
State: Arkansas
Country: USA
Surveyed by: Jami J. Lockhart with Dr. Martha Rolingson, Michael Evans and Dorothy G. Neely ( Arkansas Archeological Survey)
References: Report in Progress
Ownership: Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
Landform: Terrace on oxbow lake of Arkansas River
Date of Site: ca. A.D. 700 through Historic Period
Period Type: Early Mississippi Period
Culture: Native American, African American, Euroamerican
Site Type: Prehistoric town and Historic farm
Site Size: ca. 100 acres
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: 7,200 sq.m.
Date of Survey: July 12 – 16, 2004
Land Cover Type: Park
Ground Truthing: Yes
