Archaeological Feature (Site Type Keyword)

A localized area containing evidence of human activity. Use more specific term(s) if possible.

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Using GIS to Describe and Understand Archaeological Site Distribution: Mapping Fort St. Joseph (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Benston.

Geography and geographic perspectives make important contributions to many other disciplines. This thesis project is designed to bring a geographic perspective to an ongoing archaeological investigation. The project is focused on Fort Saint Joseph, a French colonial mission, garrison and trading post built in 1691 and occupied for 90 years. The site has been excavated for six years and plans are in place for annual excavations until 2018. As the body of information about the site increases, a...


USS Tecumseh Shipwreck: Management Plan (Legacy 94-1704)
PROJECT W. Wilson West Jr..

The Union ship USS Tecumseh was sunk off Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, Alabama, in 1864 and found by the Smithsonian in 1967. The USS Tecumseh Commission met in 1993 to discuss the future management and protection of the shipwreck, and this draft plan addressing the ship not as an isolated site but within its historical, geographical, and technological context was produced, the report outlines options and recommendations for the protection and preservation of this tomb of 93 Union sailors.


USS Tecumseh Shipwreck: Management Plan - Report (Legacy 94-1704) (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text W. Wilson West Jr..

The Union ship USS Tecumseh was sunk off Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, Alabama, in 1864 and found by the Smithsonian in 1967. The USS Tecumseh Commission met in 1993 to discuss the future management and protection of the shipwreck, and this draft plan addressing the ship not as an isolated site but within its historical, geographical, and technological context was produced, the report outlines options and recommendations for the protection and preservation of this tomb of 93 Union sailors.


Utah BLM Statewide Wilderness Draft Environmental Impact State, Volume VI, East-Central Region, Winter Ridge Wsa (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Marian L. Revitte. D. K. Young. F. L. Clegg. N. Fox. P. W. Carter.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Utility Codes, Archaeological Survey of Pender Camp Wastewater Force Main, Fort A.P. Hill (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text The Louis Berger Group, Inc..

Utility Codes used in analyzing the artifacts found during the Archaeological Survey of Pender Camp Wastewater Force Main, Fort A.P. Hill.


Utilized Artifact Inventory Codes, Phase I and II Investigations, Washington Navy Yard Quarters, Washington D.C. (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Louis Berger.

This records contains a code sheet for the codes used in the artifact inventory of historic and prehistoric artifacts collected during phase I and II investigations of site 51SE66, Washington Navy Yard Quarters, Washington D.C. These codes are related to the artifact inventory record: https://core.tdar.org/dataset/393137


Utilized Codes, Greenbury Point Monitoring, Site 18AN160, NSS Annapolis (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Louis Berger.

This record contains the artifact catalog's utilized codes for site 18AN160, identified during the Greenbury Point monitoring, NSS Annapolis, Maryland.


UTM cell map (1984)
IMAGE Uploaded by: Jacqueline Don

Universal Transverse Mercator map of the site


V-Bar-V-Ranch Arizona Site Steward File (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Hanson.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the V-Bar-V-Ranch site, located on Coconino National Forest land. The site is comprised of a pit house village, petroglyphs, and rock alignments and clearing indicative of a prehistoric field. The file consists of four site data forms.


VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report (1974)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne. Michael A. Glassow.

This document is a preliminary report that presents the details of mapping 80 sites (maps not included) known in the project area, brief descriptions, and an initial evaluation of the significance of each site tested in the project area. Only 32 of the 80 sites were tested. As such this report was not considered adequate to provide supporting data for a draft EIS for the proposed Space Transportation Systems (STS) facilities at VAFB. A comprehensive final report on all aspects of field and lab...


VAFB-1974-02: Archaeological Survey of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California, 1971 to 1973 (1974)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This report is a document that describes the results of an archaeological survey that has been conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (see Map 1) over the last three years by the author while working in the capacity of Research Assistant and Research Anthropologist for the University of California at Santa Barbara. Two separate contracts funded by the U. S. Air Force and administered by the National Park Service have helped to support an on going archaeological inventory survey of...


VAFB-1975-01: Letter Report on an Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Cable Trench Between Minuteman Launch Facilities 21 and 23 (1975)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is a letter report for the archaeological survey and subsurface testing conducted by Laurence Spanne on December 5, 1975 to determine the impact of the installation of a cable trench near Launch Facility No. 23 on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The archeological survey focused on the east and northeast margins of CA-SBA-733, a previously recorded prehistoric site. The report also provided four recommendations in order to avoid or mitigate project impacts.


VAFB-1990-13: Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This report presents the results of a subsurface archaeological testing program at Sba-793 conducted by the Directorate of Environmental Management in May and June 1990. The purpose of the work was to evaluate the effect of construction of the proposed waste water treatment plant on this National Register eligible site. Despite the disturbed appearance of the ground surface an undisturbed deposit exists within this portion of Sba-793. The deposit, however, does not contain any new or unique...


VAFB-2002-05: Inventory and Assessment of Historic Properties for the Providence Landing Project Drainage Route Alternatives A - F, at the Antennae Farm, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert O. Gibson. Jeff A. Parsons.

This document addresses the potential for effects to occur to significant historic properties as a result of a proposal to channel storm water from the Providence Landing Project onto and across the Antennae Farm on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA.


VAFB-2009-14: Macrobotanical Analysis of Soil Samples from CA-SBA-658, Santa Barbara County, California (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Virginia S. Popper.

This document is a report of the results of a Macro botanical Analysis of Soil Samples from CA-SBA-658. This analysis suggests that the inhabitants of site CA-SBA-658 collected plants from Honda Creek, nearby grasslands, and scrub/chaparral to obtain food and firewood. Some of the recovered taxa were also used for medicinal and utilitarian purposes. Extremely poor preservation conditions at both sites have greatly hampered our understanding of how their inhabitants interacted with the plant...


VAFB-2011-10: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Adverse Effects: K1, K4, K6, K7, and K8 Feeder Line Replacement Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kelli S Brasket.

This document is a Section 106 report on the Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Adverse Effects for the K1, K4, K6, K7, and K8 Feeder Line Replacement Project at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Santa Barbara County, California. The Area of Potential Effects (APE) was defined and delineated by VAFB archaeologists. An Area of Direct Impact (ADI) was developed to include those areas that would sustain ground disturbance during demolition and construction. The APE contained 17...


VAFB-2017-02: Identification of Historic Properties And Assessment of Effects, Outdoor Recreation Cabins Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Outdoor Recreation Cabins Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Outdoor Recreation Cabins project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and...


VAFB-2017-08: Identification of Historic Properties, Space Launch Complex (SLC)-4 East Flame Trench Catchment Area Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Space Launch Complex (SLC)-4 East Flame Trench Catchment Area Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the SLC-4 East flame trench catchment area project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the...


VAFB-2017-15: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Karin Pitts-Olmedo.

This contractor generated Section 106 and 110 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County in California. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District project as a single...


VAFB-2018-01: Identification of Historic Properties, Oak Mountain Solar Farm Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML). Christopher Ryan. 30 CES/CEIEA, Vandenberg Air Force Base.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Oak Mountain Solar Farm Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Oak Mountain Solar Farm project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and...


VAFB-2018-03: Identification of Historic Properties, Coast Road Culvert Repair Project 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (VAFB Log ID 1035138; 813-18-014) (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich. 30 CES/CEIEA, Vandenberg Air Force Base.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Coast Road Culvert Repair Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Coast Road culvert repair project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project findings and...


VAFB-2018-06: Installation Remediation Program Site ST171 Remediation Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Environmental Flight Cultural Resources Section (30 CES/CEVNC).

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Installation Remediation Program, Site ST171 Remediation Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Installation Remediation Program, Site ST171 Remediation project as a single Section 106 report. Applied EarthWorks was tasked with supporting the 30 CES/CEIEA Section 106 compliance effort through...


VAFB-2018-11: Extended Phase I Testing Results for the South Base Utility Underground Project (XUMU 12-1276B) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Nicchitta.

This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Extended Phase I Testing Results for the South Base Utility Underground Project (XUMU 12-1276B). The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Extended Phase I Testing for the South Base Utility Underground project as a single Section 106 report. The CAPE Environmental Management, Inc. (CAPE) contracted with Albion to...


VAFB-2018-15: Vandenberg Air Force Base: Fiscal Year 2017 Vandenberg Rock Art Monitoring (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents and outlines the condition assessment of each rock art site on VAFB for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17). This report lists information about each site and brief summaries about common impacts, tasks, and specific observations at sites. Information in this report focuses on areas at rock art sites with significant impacts, high-risk areas for impacts, and professional insight to help understand the sensitivity of sites and implemented management strategies. This report outlines...


VAFB-2018-16: Extended Phase I Testing Results for the ATV/Obstacle Course Improvements Project at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Nicchitta.

This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the All Terrain Vehicles (ATV)/Obstacle Course Improvements Project. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the ATV/Obstacle Course Improvements project as a single Section 106 report. To support Section 106 compliance requirements, CAPE Environmental Management, Inc. (CAPE) contracted with Albion to complete this...