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20th-Century Building Materials and Suitable Substitutes for Exterior Finishes and Roofs (Legacy 15-707)
PROJECT Uploaded by: McKenna McMahon

This project investigated problem areas associated with repair or in-kind replacement of exterior materials and addresses possible suitable substitute materials.


611th Air Support Group Resources
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.


The Antiquities Act
PROJECT Uploaded by: system user

This project includes documents related to the history and historical background of the Antiquities Act and its implementation during the century since its enactment. The Antiquities Act was signed into law in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. The history of American conservation often is told in terms of legal milestones, and rightly so. An environmental activist working to expand a local park, a historic preservationist trying to save a cherished old building, a volunteer working on a...


Archaeological Collection Sampling and Discard Protocols (Legacy 16-789)
PROJECT Brian Crane.

This project developed guidance on how to slow the growth in volume of materials requiring long-term curation and allow for future efficient management of collections of undetermined, little or no research potential. Guidance is given to relate collection management plans to associated project research designs. These guidelines should be distributed to DoD cultural resources subject matter experts and cultural resources managers for implementation. The best practices presented would be...


Archaeological Collections and Curation Facilities Assessment (Legacy 92-0304)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This project resulted in curation needs assessments of western U.S. Department of Defense military installations.


Archaeological Survey and Investigations Along the McCullough-Davis 230 kV Transmission Line, Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project, Clark County, Nevada and Mohave County, Arizona
PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office. Glen Rice. Patricia E. Brown.

Under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Cultural Resource Management (OCRM), Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, completed an archaeological survey of the McCullough-Davis 230 kV Transmission Line. The McCullough-Davis 230 kV Transmission Line stretches 61 miles from the McCullough Substation in the Eldorado Valley to Davis Dam on the Colorado River. Following the survey, OCRM archaeologists conducted archaeological investigations at two sites located...


The Archaeology of Great Basin National Park
PROJECT Uploaded by: Sophia Kelly

WACC report with an archaeological overview of Great Basin National Park.


The Archaeology of Lake Mead National Recreation Area
PROJECT Uploaded by: Sophia Kelly

WACC reports on archaeological and ethnographic work conducted within the boundaries of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.


The Archaeology of the Western Region of the National Park Service
PROJECT Uploaded by: Sophia Kelly

WACC reports summarizing archaeological projects and management plans in the Western Region of the National Park Service.


BLM Utah Project Metadata
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for cultural resources reports scanned from the Utah BLM office.


Cultural Resources Job Descriptions and Position Classification Standards (Legacy 15-713)
PROJECT Megan Tooker.

This project highlights two objectives: (1) to research and develop new job descriptions for architectural historian, cultural resources manager (CRM), and historic preservationist technician/specialist, and (2) to review the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) current job classifications for architectural historians, historic preservationists, and CRMs and then present a plan to improve the hiring process for those positions by recommending changes and additions to job classifications.


Cultural Resources Public Outreach and Interpretation Source Book (Legacy 10-127)
PROJECT Chad Blackwell.

This project created a guide that collects existing standards, guidance, and best practices on cultural resources interpretation and public outreach and examples of interpretation and public outreach projects. This project developed an evaluation rubric for comparing effectiveness of diverse project types and used that data to develop a source book of best examples and guidance to help DoD components and installations to develop their own creative cultural resources interpretation and public...


Design Guidelines for Implementing Energy Efficiency Strategies in Historic Properties (Legacy 11-382 & 13-382)
PROJECT Tina Reames.

This project provides guidelines intended to facilitate the planning of rehabilitation projects that will result in improved energy efficiency in historic buildings operated by the Department of Defense (DoD) and help the DoD meet historic preservation and energy savings design goals.


Digital Archive of Archaeological Documents Related to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
PROJECT Air Combat Command, United States Air Force.

This project, created by Digital Antiquity under contract with the United States Air Force, contains documents and other resources from archaeological research conducted at Dyess Air Force Base (Dyess AFB). Dyess AFB, established in 1942 as Abilene Army Air Base (AAB), is a B1-Bomber base on 6,409-acre located in the southwest corner of Abilene, TX in Taylor County. The archaeology of the Taylor County area dates the human occupation of the area from about 12,500 B.C. into the present. ...


Federal Archeology Program Description and Analysis
PROJECT Uploaded by: Francis McManamon

This project includes a variety of products related to the archeological activities carried out by or required by Federal agencies. The agencies include land managing agencies, such as the Bureau of Land Management or the National Park Service. Other agencies carry out or fund development activities, such as the Federal Highway Administration or the Bureau of Reclamation. Some agencies focus on regulatory activities, such as licenses issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. All of...


A Guide to Architecture and Engineering Firms of the Cold War Era (Legacy 09-434)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This reference provides biographical and historical information concerning A/E firms and associated principal architects and engineers. The document identifies military buildings designed by these firms and provides greater contextual understanding of A/E firms and military architecture in the Cold War era.


Integrating Military Training and Archaeological Site Integrity: A Data Analysis Approach (Legacy 09-435)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This project identified practical methods to measure impacts of military training activities on archaeological resources on DoD installations with the goal of sustaining these activities while complying with cultural resources stewardship responsibilities.


Jobs in American Archaeology
PROJECT Doug Rocks-Macqueen.

Jobs in American Archaeology is a project that looks at some of the job conditions of archaeologists in the United States. The project looks at data from 1999 to present.


Maintaining Elements That Are Efficient by Design: What's Already Green About Our Historic Buildings (Legacy 09-456)
PROJECT Karen Van Citters.

This document is intended to help Cultural Resources Managers (CRMs), architects, and engineers understand the existing green features of historic buildings and use those features optimally in adaptive reuse projects that are aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reaching sustainability goals.


The Military Heritage Guidebook (Legacy 03-196)
PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

This guidebook and its accompanying materials describe historic sites important to American military heritage. Its accompanying military heritage maps highlight historic sites associated with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force.


Nationwide Context and Evaluation Methodology for Farmstead and Ranch Historic Sites and Historic Archaeological Sites on DoD Property (Legacy 17-837)
PROJECT Susan Enscore. Carey Baxter.

This project developed a methodology for efficiently identifying the best examples of historic farmstead sites, and also those sites that are least likely to be deemed eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. It details testing the applicability of the methodology to regions across the country. Regional historic contexts were created to assist in the determination of “typical” farmsteads.


Neutron Activation Analysis of Ceramics from California
PROJECT Uploaded by: Matthew Boulanger

This project pertains to the compositional analysis of ceramic materials from the United States. These data were generated by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) between the late 1960s and early 1990s. Data from the LBNL were transferred to the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri, where they were digitized for distribution through tDAR.


An Optimal Foraging Model of Hunter-Gatherer Land Use in Carson Desert (Legacy 92-0497)
PROJECT David Zeanah.

This report expands and elaborates on an earlier model that predicted locations of prehistoric archaeology at Stillwater Marsh by analyzing the economic foraging potential of resource distributions there. A preliminary survey of selected lands administered by three federal agencies determined the predictive power of the model.


Programmatic Approaches to the Management of Cold War Historic Properties (Legacy 13-701)
PROJECT Karen Van Citters.

This project developed a programmatic approach for the consistent management of DoD Cold War-era resources by analyzing the existing Cold War documentation to reduce the need for case-by-case Section 106 compliance. The project report includes management categories of Cold War-related properties, recommendations for a variety of management approaches specific to each category, and next steps for developing approaches.


Protocols for 3D Visualization as Alternative Mitigation and Public Interpretation (Legacy 14-733)
PROJECT Brian Crane.

This project reviewed protocols and best practices for the use of 3D visualization in cultural resources projects