Abstract
Geophysical and geochemical prospection studies were carried out at George Washington Carver National Monument in the mid- to late 1970s. Together with a reanalysis of materials excavated by P. L. Beaubien in the 1950s, a reasonable historical and archaeological picture of Dr. Carver’s birthplace and family dwellings has been developed. Revisiting the geophysical data in the 1990s prompted this synthesis of the various studies by this author. The results will be seen as informative of the methodology of archaeological geophysics as well as to midwestern historical archaeology.
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Garrison, E.G. Archaeogeophysical and geochemical studies at George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, Missouri. Hist Arch 30, 22–40 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03373586
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