Archaeological field work does not always involve digging. Sometimes it means moving lots of magnolia branches so the area beneath the brush pile can be surveyed with ground penetrating radar (GPR).
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| Doug, Linda, Mary, Carol, Jim, Esther, and lots of magnolia branches that were moved |
On Saturday February 5, a really cold day, work began on new geophysical surveys around the Port Tobacco Village. Tim Horsley of Horsley Archaeolgical Prospection was contracted to do the survey, and members of CCASM were able to observe and to offer some help on Saturday and Sunday. The surveys include a magnetometer survey and a GPR survey. One of the larger tasks where we could help was dragging lots of magnolia branches and debris (from the big winter storm) from an area in front of the Courthouse that needed to be surveyed.
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| Tim Horsley doing GPR Survey |
CCASM members participating for at least one of the two days were Doug, Linda, Mary, Elsie, Carol, and Jim. Jim brought his equipment to map the sites, and Esther Read was the Principal Investigator.
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