Field Activity 2025-021-FA

Identifier 2025-021-FA
Alternate names Werowocomoco
Purpose To collect lidar elevation data across the Werowocomoco site to detect potential indigenous archaeological sites.
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location Werowocomoco, part of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. In planning phase and remains closed to the public.
Info derived Elevation, topography
Comments This field effort is headed by the USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office. They will be providing their own equipment and managing the data.
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Gloucester, VA 2025-12-13
End Gloucester, VA 2025-12-19
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -76.665735
East -76.631724
North 37.42818
South 37.406885

Personnel

Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
National Park Service(NPS)
multiple locations
Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jennifer M Cramer
Crew members
Affiliate principal USGS National Uncrewed Systems Office, National Park Service
Affiliate staff Mark Bauer, Victoria Scholl

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Photo, Video, Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity