SW Michigan Cemetery Survey Results

Laura Sherrod - 2013

The data from the five-acre cemetery were processed in Reflexw to migrate the hyperbolic reflections of the burials (bottom left) for better presentation in time slice images.  The survey area was divided into 10 blocks for analysis of anomalies within each section (right).  These smaller segments show the burial locations as high amplitude GPR responses (bottom right). 

Site location in Carleton Township, Michigan
 

Post map of headstones and gravemarkers within the cemetery
 
 

Hyperbolic reflections show the locations of unmarked burials.
 

Time slice image of the Hastings Cemetery, Block 04.
 

View of the site from the north east corner looking south west. The site was originally surveyed in 2008 with GVSU undergraduate students Cam Ross and Miguel Merino.  View of the site from the north west corner looking south east.  
2013 SW Michigan Cemetery Survey Archaeological Geophysics Ground Penetrating Radar
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