15986
Accession Number
17833
Author
Young, Charles T.; Droege, David R.
Editor
Wynn, J.C.
Author Affiliation
Dept. Of Geology and Geological Engineering. Michigan Technological University
Title Of Article Chaper
Archaeological applications of resistivity and magnetic methods at Fort Wilkins State Park, Michigan
Title Of Journal Book
Geophysics
Volume
51
Issue
3
Pages
568-575
Collation
12 figs.
Publisher
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Publisher City
Tulsa
ISSN
0016-8033
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Geophysical measurements were conducted to locate building sites at a 19th-century fort in Michigan. The survey area, Fort Wilkins, was built during the copper boom of the 1840's and is located at the tip of Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Resistivity and magnetic surveys were conducted over the locations of former privies, a guard house, a carpenter house, and a blacksmith shop. The resistivity surveys were made using a half-Schlumberger array with electrode spacings of 0.3, 0.6, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 m. A masonry foundation and the privies are indicated by high-low resistivity pairs. Analog modeling was used to create anomalies similar to those seen over the privies. Measurements of the vertical magnetic gradient yielded anomalies which are associated primarily with modern objects. -- AATA
pub_id
15986