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Spatial Analysis

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 For this blog post I originally tried to do a kernel density map but kept receiving error codes so I switched over to using the Mean analysis tool. These maps show the mean point for tornadoes during different years across the United States. I chose to show 1970,1980, and 1990. At first I was unsure that I was doing this correctly because the points changed so little but when I compared the three maps on top of each other it did prove that the points had changed slightly. This makes sense though that this center points would not have moved much between the years just due to the areas that are more dominantly effected by tornadoes on average. Though I do wish I could have figured out how to show all three at once more similarly to Mark's blog post. 
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Project Update

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 I have run into a few issues with content that is available for my project to be able to answer this questions I had hoped to. To begin, I hoped to incorporate the Ground Penetrating Radar survey that indicated enslaved housing, though the problem I have run into is not only the fact that this survey was done in the 1990s but also that the maps the surveyors provided had no real life context to connect the data too. I've included a photo of the type of map that was produced during this survey, this is very disappointing because this information is very important to my project but more importantly to the history of the site.  Given this information I will still try to compare the location of the four known tenant sites to the mansion, I will include historical maps to see which of these homes were mapped throughout the years which will help with understanding of how long these structures were standing. I will include a 1913 soil survey map of Union county, multiple SCDOT maps,...
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Project Proposal

 For my final project I would like to examine the placement of tenant homes around the Gist mansion on Rose Hill Plantation in Union, South Carolina. Post emancipation many previously enslaved individuals continued to live and work on the land they were tied to but now as tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and wage laborers. The same was true for Rose Hill Plantation, there are fourteen known tenant farmer homes that were associated with the property, though only four of these house sites have been excavated and have recorded gps points for their location. Another important question regarding this site is, where were the enslaved cabins located? Over the course of 128 years of this plantation being in use, 280 individuals were enslaved on the property. I have found reports of ground penetrating radar being done and locating evidence of structural remains of enslaved housing. I would like to compare this data to current known locations of tenant houses to see if there are similar patter...
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