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The archaeological site at Stoddartsville,
PA is in a picturesque setting adjacent to
the Lehigh River in the Poconos. Dr.
Khori Newlander of the
Anthropology/Sociology Department at KU
established a field site at this location
for his
archaeology field school in summer
2015. Dr. Newlander invited KU's
geophysicist, Dr. Laura Sherrod, to the site
to give his students experience with
geophysical methods as well as to pinpoint
target areas for excavations during the
four-week course.
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Ruins of a mill located at the Falls of the
Lehigh
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Dr. Newlander instructs students on the use
of the transit
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Two geophysical methods,
magnetometry
and ground
penetrating radar (GPR) were used at the
site under the instruction of Dr. Sherrod,
with the help of Geology major, Ryan
Higgins. A large grid of 50m x 50m was
established on the hill slope behind the
farm house at the site. A northern
survey block (20m x 15m) and a southern
survey block (30m x 25m) were added to the
at the top and base of the hill.
North-south survey lines were performed
every 0.5m across the site, with archaeology
students operating the equipment.
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