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• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mn/Model Final Report Phases 1-3, 2002

A Predictive Model of Precontact Archaeological Site Location for the State of Minnesota

 

MnDOT Agreement No. 73217
SHPO Reference Number 95-4098

 

Executive Summary

Table of Contents

 

Editors:

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

 

Contributors:

Allyson Brooks, Dennis Carlson, Doug Differt, Mark Ellis, Guy E. Gibbon, Edwin R. Hajic, Guy Harper, Elizabeth Hobbs, Curtis M. Hudak, G. Joseph Hudak, Craig M. Johnson, Rose A. Kluth, Stacey Morris, Tatiana Nawrocki, Carol Ann Sersland, and Patricia A. Trocki.

 

Technical Contributors:

Kenneth Kvamme, University of Arkansas
Land Management Information Center (LMIC)
Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program
Fred Limp, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center (MVAC)
Gary Oehlert, University of Minnesota
United States Forest Service (USFS)

 

Acknowledgements:

Federal Highway Association (FHWA)
Leech Lake Reservation
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC)
Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA)
State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.