Military Structure (Site Type Keyword)
Parent: Non-Domestic Structures
Military-related structure constructed for various purposes (personnel barracks, testing, aircraft storage or landing, etc.).
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Fort Sam Houston submitted to the Texas Historical Commission plans for new construction associated with the relocation of Air Force Air Base Ground Defense Training to Camp Bullis. The Commission concurs with the determination that this work will have "no adverse effect" on the historic resource. Copied to this correspondence is Mike Hilger, Historical Architect, Fort Sam Houston.
Results of a Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey of Westover Air Reserve Base in Massachusetts (1994)
A cultural resources reconnaissance survey was conducted of the Westover Air Reserve Base in Massachusetts. The cultural resources survey was conducted by the Office of Public Archaeology at Boston University for Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts, and Law Environmental of Georgia. The survey included an archaeological reconnaissance survey with limited subsurface testing and an architectural survey. During the archaeological survey, 173 shovel test pits were...
Results of Phase III Site Documentation and Other Field Studies for Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1998)
This report summarizes the results of Phase Ill site documentation and other field studies concluded at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB). During site revisits, a number of new sites were recorded. In addition, other surveys were conducted. These included a survey of Installation Restoration Program (IRP) sites, an intensive reconnaissance of arroyo cutbanks, a survey of the High Energy Research and Technology Facility (HERTF) antennae range at KAFB, and the ADAL water base survey. The results of...
A Review of the Cultural Resources of the U.S. Coast Guard Station, Humboldt Bay (BLM) (1983)
A cultural resources review for an Off-Road Vehicle Recreation Area project on excess public land within the former boundaries of the United Stated Coast Guard Station of Humboldt Bay. Three historic sites and two historic features were identified as a result of this survey.
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 16: Historic Sites Archeology in the Fort Randall Reservoir South Dakota (1960)
This report is a summary of the field activities concerning historic sites archeology in the Fort Randall Reservoir, S.Dak., undertaken in years 1947-52. It is not offered as a final work but is essentially a summary progress report of reconnaissance and excavation of several historic sites in this area. The work has been conducted as a part of the Inter-Agency Archeological and Paleontological Salvage Program under the direction of Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., Bureau of American Ethnology,...
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 17: The Excavation and Investigation of Fort Lookout Trading Post II (39LM57) in the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota (1960)
The purpose of this paper is to report on the archeology of the multiple components of Site 39LM57 in South Dakota, for which Mr. Mattes has provided the historical background in River Basin Surveys Paper No. 15. Starting in the uppermost level were the remains of Fort Lookout II, probably established in 1831 by the French Fur Trading Co. and subsequently occupied, 1840-51, by the trader La Barge. Below them were traces of two prehistoric aboriginal horizons. The excavations were carried on in...
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 18: Fort Pierre II (39ST217), a Historic Trading Post in the Oahe Dam Area South Dakota (1960)
From time to time since the establishment of the Missouri Basin Project of the River Basin Surveys, as funds and personnel were available, in addition to studies of native sites the Project has given attention to sites of White origin in areas to be flooded. Less numerous than native sites (both prehistoric and historic) in these areas, the White sites-fur-trade posts, military posts, and the like have also been carefully studied, with actual excavation in certain instances, inasmuch as they...
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 19: Archeological Investigations at the Site of Fort Stevenson (32ML1), Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota (1960)
The Garrison Dam and Reservoir, a Corps of Engineers project, on the Missouri River in west-central North Dakota, has inundated the immediate valley of that river from just below the city of Garrison nearly to the Montana State line. Within the now flooded area were formerly located a large part of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, as well as the Fort Berthold Agency town of Elbowoods; the town of Spanish; and the communities of Nishu, Independence, and Shell Creek. There also were the...
River Basin Surveys Papers, No. 39: An Interpretation of Mandan Culture History (1967)
This study presents the results of a field excavation and subsequent research project which investigated the major hypothesis that Mandan Indian culture emerged about A.D. 1500 under the impact of trade and contact with semisedentary village peoples from the Central Plains, and with adjacent pedestrian nomads. The research began with an intensive analysis of the material from the Huff Site (32M011) in the upper Middle Missouri area. Huff is a prehistoric Indian site enclosed by a rectangular...
River Basin Surveys Papers: Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program, No. 15-20 (1960)
In the present volume of River Basin Surveys papers there are six reports pertaining to a phase of the Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program which thus far has not been given as much publicity as some of the other activities. The articles deal with a series of historic sites investigations which were carried. on in the Fort Randall and Garrison Reservoir areas and in the spillway area below the Oshe Dam. The field investigations were based on extensive documentary studies which were made...
River Basin Surveys Papers: Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program, No. 26-32 (1963)
The seven reports which comprise the present volume of River Basin Surveys Papers pertain to work which was done in four reservoir areas in the Missouri Basin. Two of the reservoirs are located in North Dakota, one in Montana, and one in Kansas. The North Dakota reservoirs are the Garrison on the main stem of the Missouri River, located some distance above Bismarck, and the Jamestown on the James River above the town of Jamestown in the eastern part of the State. The Montana reservoir is the...
River Basin Surveys Papers: Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program, No. 33-38 (1964)
These papers include reports on archaeological sites surveyed and excavated as part of the Smithsonian Institute's River Basin Survey. Numbers 33-38 include sites from salvage archaeology projects from the construction of the Oahe Reservoir and Big Bend Reservoir in South Dakota and the Toronto Reservoir in Kansas.
River Basin Surveys Papers: Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program, No. 7 Archaeological Investigations in the Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, 1950-51 (1954)
The accompanying report on Archeological Investigations in the Oahe Dam Area, South Dakota, is Paper No.7 in the River Basin Surveys Papers and constitutes the second Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin to be devoted to results of the Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program. It is the first detailed, technical report to be issued covering a completed series of excavations carried on by the Missouri Basin Project of the River Basin Surveys of the Smithsonian Institution. The area where the...
River Basin Surveys Papers: Inter-Agency Archaeological Salvage Program, No. 9-14 (1958)
The six reports which fonn the contents of this volume of the River Basin Surveys Papers are based on the results of field investigations carried on as a part of the Inter-Agency Archeological Salvage Program. Three of the articles are concerned with projects in the Missouri Basin and three with studies made in the Georgia-Florida area. Three reservoirs were involved in the Missouri Basin and two in Georgia-Florida. The work at two Missouri Basin reservoirs was done by field parties under the...
Samples (1985)
Wilshusen et al. (1999) indicate that this dataset should be viewed as a comprehensive inventory of DAP samples by type and number. Samples were collected for a variety of reasons including chronometric dating, environmental and geological studies, and special documentation. Obtaining the results of their analysis requires users to consult other DAP datasets. Variables in the samples dataset have already been described by Wilshusen et al. (1999); see especially the section entitled "Samples" by...
Sand Creek Massacre Project (2000)
In May 1999, the Sand Creek Massacre Project Team completed its successful search for the site of the Sand Creek Massacre. On the banks of Sand Creek in Kiowa County, Colorado, an archeological team that included tribal members, National Park Service staff and volunteers, and local landowners, found evidence of the Indian village that was attacked by the U.S. Army on November 29, 1864. On that day, approximately 700 soldiers led by Colonel John Chivington had struck at dawn, following an all-...
Saratoga Battlefield
Archaeological crews under the direction of Dean R. Snow conducted various investigations at Saratoga Battlefield National Historical Park beginning in 1972 and ending in 1986. These reports relate to that work, which was undertaken via several contracts between the National Park Service and the Research Foundation of SUNY. All archaeological resources within the boundaries of the battlefield are protected. Nevertheless, documents that might lead looters to specific resources in the park are not...
Sawmills and Cordwood: Life in Natchez-Under-the-Hill during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (2005)
Between June and September 1999, Coastal Environments, Inc. (CEI), conducted Phase III data recovery excavations at the Well site (22AD993) in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Vicksburg District. Those cultural resources investigations were conducted as part of the COE’s Natchez Bluffs Stability Project and Natchez Riverfront Revetment projects. Both construction projects are designed to protect the historic Natchez Bluffs and Natchez-Under-the-Hill...
Scanned Asset Key, Field School at Sites 12G9 and 12G10 1975-1976 (2012)
This is the scanned asset key for the 'Field School at Sites 12G9 and 12G10 1975-1976' collection stored at the Applied Archaeology Laboratories, Ball State University, Indiana.
Scott Air Force Base Historic Building Inventory (2017)
The Center for Integrated Research on the Environment (CIRE) at the University of Montana provided all labor and materials necessary to perform an intensive level inventory of 15 historic buildings and structures located on land managed by Scott Air Force Base. The project, performed by CIRE staff, consisted of a survey of buildings and structures from the Cold War era that were 50 years old or nearing 50 years old, that had not yet been evaluated for National Register of Historic Places...
Scott Air Force Base Historic Building Maintenance Plan Final 2007 (2007)
This Plan explains in layman's terms the best methods to repair historic building materials, such as brick, metal, and wood. The Plan stresses the need to preserve first, and recommends the best materials to accomplish the work. The Plan also provides background information on regulatory requirements, who needs to be consulted and who provides approval, what replacement materials are approved, and the like. The goal of the Plan is to preserve the historic properties on Scott Air Force Base while...
Scott Air Force Base Historic Trail Patch Description (2022)
The Scott Air Force Base Historic Trail is a 10 mile trail that circles Scott Air Force Base. The trail began in 1984 by Steven A. Sulley who was scoutmaster of Troop 15 in cooperation with the Office of the Historian and the Base Civil Engineer. This document describes the history of this historic trail.
Scott Air Force Base Photo Log and Negatives, 1991 (2022)
Photo log of Scott Air Force Base Buildings. Includes photo negatives.
Scott Air Force Base Photographs (2019)
Photographs of Scott Air Force Base Buildings. Includes historic B/W photos (indeterminate date) as well as recent photos (2019).
Scott Air Force Base Photographs, 2011 (2011)
Photographs of various buildings on Scott Air Force Base dating to 2011.