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North-Central Section - 47th Annual Meeting (2-3 May 2013)

Paper No. 4
Presentation Time: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOPHYSICS AT THE NATHAN BOONE HOMESTEAD STATE HISTORIC SITE, SW MISSOURI


MICKUS, Kevin L., Department of Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897, LARSON, Mark, Geology, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897 and SOBEL, Elizabeth, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, Mark3@live.missouristate.edu

The Nathan Boone Homestead was established by Nathan Boone, his family, and enslaved African Americans in Ash Grove, Missouri in the 1830s. Nathan Boone was the son of famed frontiersman Daniel Boone and was a significant figure in Euroamerican settlement of the trans-Mississippi west. Previous archaeological excavations and geophysical studies indicated a number of cultural features (both identified and anomalous) at the site. In this study, we synthesize the results of new and previous geophysical research at the site including GPR, resistivity, magnetic, and electromagnetic surveys. The results clarify the location and composition of cultural features including the Boone family cemetery, slave cemetery, pathways, domestic structures, and agricultural structures. These findings will aid management and research at the site by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Session No. 18--Booth# 10

T2. Applications of Near-Surface Geophysics (Posters)
Thursday, 2 May 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Courtyard (Schneider Hall)
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 4, p.24
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