Final Report

Editors
G. Joseph Hudak
Elizabeth Hobbs
Allyson Brooks
Carol Ann Sersland
Crystal Phillips

Mn/DOT Agreement No. 73217
SHPO Reference Number 95-4098

Mn/Model was financed by the Minnesota Department of Transportation using funds set aside by the Federal Highway Administration's Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.

 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Management Summary
Chapter 2 Research Design and Project Time Line
Chapter 3 Minnesota's Environment and Native American Culture History
Chapter 4 GIS Design
Chapter 5 The Archaeological Database
Chapter 6 Archaeological and Environmental Variables
Chapter 7 Model Development and Evaluation
Chapter 8 Model Results and Interpretations
Chapter 9 Project Applications of Mn/Model
Chapter 10 Model Enhancements
Chapter 11 Mn/Model Implementation
Chapter 12 Landscape Suitability Models for Geologically Buried Precontact Cultural Resources
Chapter 13 Summary and Recommendations
Appendix A Archaeological Predictive Modeling: An Overview
Appendix B Mn/Model GIS Standards and Procedures
Appendix C Archaeology Field Survey Standards, Procedures, and Rationale
Appendix D Archaeological Field Survey Results
Appendix E Geomorphology, Survey Profiles, Sections, and Lists
Appendix F Building a Macrophysical Climate for the State of Minnesota
Appendix G Correspondance of Support for Mn/Model
Appendix H Glossary
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments

 

 

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