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Given a monic degree $N$ polynomial $f\left(x\right)\in \mathbb{Z}\left[x\right]$ and a non-negative integer $\ell$, we may form a new monic degree $N$ polynomial $f_{\ell }\left(x\right)\in \mathbb{Z}\left[x\right]$ by raising each root of $f$ to the $\ell$th power. We generalize a lemma of Dobrowolski to show that if $m\<n$ and $p$ is prime then $p^{N(m+1)}$ divides the resultant of $f_{p^m}$ and $f_{p^n}$. We then consider the function $(j,k)\mapsto Res(f_j,f_k)mod{p}^m$. We show that for fixed $p$ and $m$ that this function is periodic in both $j$ and $k$, and exhibits high levels of symmetry. Some discussion of its structure as a union of lattices is also given.