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Chapters
- Management Summary
- Research Design & Time Line
- Environment & Native American Culture
- GIS Design
- Archaeological Database
- Archaeological & Environmental Variables
- Model Development & Evaluation
- Model Results & Interpretation
- Project Applications
- Model Enhancements
- Model Implementation
- Landscape Suitability Models
- Summary & Recommendations
Appendices
- Archaeological Predictive Modeling: An Overview
- GIS Standards & Procedures
- Archaeology Field Survey Standards, Procedures & Rationale
- Archaeology Field Survey Results
- Geomorphology Survey Profiles, Sections, & Lists
- Building a Macrophysical Climate Model for the State of Minnesota
- Correspondence of Support for Mn/Model
- Glossary
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
MnDOT would like to thank the following individuals, who all contributed to the success of the Mn/Model project:
Management Team
David Ekern, MnDOT, MnDOT Management
Patrick Hughes, MnDOT, MnDOT Management
Dick McAtee, MnDOT, MnDOT Project Manager
G. Joseph Hudak, MnDOT, MnDOT Project Manager
Craig Amundsen, BRW, Principal-in-Charge
Doug Differt, BRW, Officer-in-Charge
Tom Bailey, formerly of BRW, Phase 1 Project Manager
Allyson Brooks, Washington State Historic Preservation Officer (formerly of BRW and MnDOT), Phase 2 BRW Project Manager and Phase 3 MnDOT Liaison
Dennis Carlson, formerly of BRW, Phase 3 BRW Project Manager
Research Team
Guy Gibbon, University of Minnesota, Phase 1 and 2 Research Director
Elizabeth Hobbs, MnDOT (formerly of BRW), Principal Investigator for GIS and Phase 3 Research Director
James Gallagher, Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center, Principal Investigator for Archaeology
Craig Johnson, MnDOT (formerly of BRW), Archaeologist
Geomorphology Team
Curtis M. Hudak, Foth and Van Dyke, Principal Investigator for Geomorphology
Edwin Hajik, Foth and Van Dyke
Advisors
Kenneth Kvamme, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas (formerly of Boston State University)
Frederick Limp, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas
Michael Michlovic, Department of Anthropology, Moorhead State University
Gary Oehlert, Department of Applied Statistics, University of Minnesota
Mn/Model Steering Committee
Scott Anfinson, Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office
Elysse Aune, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribal Historic Preservation Office
Rich Berg, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Brenda Boyd, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Mark Dudzik, Minnesota State Archaeologist
Homer Hruby, formerly of Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office
James Jones, Minnesota Indian Affairs Commission
Tom Peters, MnDOT (formerly Federal Highway Administration)
GIS Support
Gina Buss, BRW, GIS data conversion
Sarada Cherukuri, formerly of BRW, GIS modeling
Rene Destrampe, formerly of BRW, GIS data conversion and modeling
Mark Ellis, BRW, GIS data conversion
Rhonda Groothousen, formerly of BRW, GIS data conversion
Guy Harper, MnDOT, technical advice
Tatiana Nawrocki, BRW, GIS modeling
Peter Pascale, formerly of BRW, GIS modeling
Carol Sersland, BRW, GIS data conversion and modeling
Etoile Strachota, BRW, GIS data conversion
Huilin Wang, formerly of BRW, GIS modeling
Archaeologists
Constance Arzigian, Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center
Holly Halvorsen, BRW
David Kluth, Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program
Rose Kluth, Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program
Chandra Maki, formerly of BRW
Stacey Morris, formerly of BRW
Outreach
Kristin Guild, formerly of BRW
Additional Support
All landowners who permitted access to their properties for archaeological field work
County engineers of Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Nicollet, Stearns, Wabasha, and Wright counties
John Craig, assistance to Wright County field crew
Dan Hanson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Ecological Classification System
Andrea LeVasseur, Chippewa National Forest Archaeologist, archaeological database
Gordon Peters, Superior National Forest Archaeologist, archaeological database
Crystal Phillips, MnDOT, Final Report editing
Staff members of various agencies who helped procure aerial photographs
Staff of the Chippewa and Superior National Forests
Staff of the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office
The Mn/Model Final Report (Phases 1-3) is available on CD-ROM. Copies may be requested by e-mail: mnmodel@state.mn.us
Acknowledgements
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.
Copyright Notice
The Mn/Model process and the predictive models it produced are copyrighted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), 2000. They may not be used without MnDOT's Consent.