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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
 
Mn/Model Final Report Phases 1-3, 2002
A Predictive Model of Precontact Archaeological Site Location for the State of Minnesota

Editors
    G. Joseph Hudak
    Elizabeth Hobbs
    Allyson Brooks
    Carol Ann Sersland 
    Crystal Phillips
MnDOT       Agreement No. 73217
    SHPO Reference Number 95-4098
Table of Contents
  
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            1 Management Summary
  
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              2 Research Design and Project Time Line
  
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                3 Minnesota's Environment and Native American Culture History
  
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                  4 GIS Design
  
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                    5 The Archaeological Database
  
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                      6 Archaeological and Environmental Variables
  
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                        7 Model Development and Evaluation
  
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                          8 Model Results and Interpretations
  
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                            9 Project Applications of Mn/Model
  
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                              10 Model Enhancements
  
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                                11 Mn/Model Implementation
  
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                                  12 Landscape Suitability Models for Geologically Buried Precontact Cultural 
                                  Resources
  
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                                    13 Summary and Recommendations
  
 Appendix 
                                      A Archaeological Predictive Modeling: An Overview
  
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                                        B Mn/Model GIS Standards and Procedures
  
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                                          C Archaeology Field Survey Standards, Procedures, and Rationale
  
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                                            D Archaeological Field Survey Results
  
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                                              E Geomorphology, Survey Profiles, Sections, and Lists
  
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                                                F Building a Macrophysical Climate for the State of Minnesota
  
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                                                  G Correspondence of Support for Mn/Model
  
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                                                    H Glossary
  
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                                                      of Figures
  
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                                                        of Tables 
    
 Acknowledgments
The Mn/Model Final Report (Phases 1-3) is available on CD-ROM. Copies may be requested by visiting the contact page.

Acknowledgements
MnModel was financed with Transportation Enhancement and State Planning and Research funds from the Federal Highway Administration and a Minnesota Department of Transportation match.
Copyright Notice
The MnModel 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.
