Wallace Bottom Archaeogeophysics

Archaeogeophysics at Wallace Bottom




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Site Name: Wallace Bottom

Site Number: 3AR179

County: Arkansas

State: Arkansas

Country: USA

Surveyed by: Kenneth L. Kvamme ( University of Arkansas), Jami J. Lockhart (Arkansas Archeological Survey), Jay Johnson ( University of Mississippi), with Dr. John House, staff, students, volunteers.

Principal: Quapaw Tribe, Nature Conservancy, National Park Service, Arkansas Archeological Survey

References: Report in Progress

Ownership: Federal

Landform: Bottomland on oxbow lake.

Date of Site: Mississippi Period to Early European (17 th to 18 th century French)

Period Type: Prehistoric and Historic

Culture: Quapaw, French, Euroamerican

Site Type: Location of Quapaw settlement and French Arkansas Post

Site Size: Full extents unknown

Survey Type: Electrical resistance (R), Magnetometry (M), Electromagnetic Conductivity (C), Magnetic Susceptibility (S), Ground Penetrating Radar (G)

Instruments:

R = Geoscan RM15 with multiplexer

M = Geoscan FM36 gradiometer

C = Geonics EM38B

S = Geonics EM38B

G = GSSI SIR 2000, 400MHz antenna

Sampling Interval:

R = 50cm sample, 50cm traverse

M = 25cm sample, 50cm traverse

C = 50cm sample, 50cm traverse

S = 50cm sample, 50cm traverse

G = Continuous sample, 50cm traverse

Prospection Depth:

R = 50cm

M = 1.5m

C = 1m

S = 60cm

G = 2 to 3m

Cumulative Area Surveyed: R and M = +/- 20,000 sq.m

Date of Survey: Four weeks between 2000 and 2003

Land Cover Type: agricultural

Ground Truthing: French/Quapaw structure and pit feature