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The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), has received a grant under the Department of Defense's Legacy Resource Management Program to conduct oral history research on the life and times of Pancho Barnes and her Happy Bottom Riding Club. The specific purpose of the project is to interview and record oral history concerning the life and times of Pancho Barnes while informants are still alive and available to interview.
Burial Practices: A Means to Identify Prehistoric Ethnic Groups at Edwards AFB, California (Final) (1997)
The purpose of the study was to attempt to identify characteristics which could be used to identify the ethnicity or cultural affiliation of human remains encountered in the archaeological record. Such "ethnic markers," should they be identified, could aid the Air Force in its efforts to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, and Air Force Instruction. 32-7065, Cultural Resources Management. These "ethnic markers" could...
CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLES FROM SITE CA-LAN-857, CALIFORNIA (2009)
Charcoal from two stone-lined earth ovens at site CA-LAN-857 in southern California were submitted for identification. The earth ovens are part of a series of cooking features recently exposed at the site, believed to be associated with the Tataviam cultural group. Identification of charcoal will provide information concerning woods burned as fuel in these features.
Cultural Resource Investigations at Area P Housing Complex and Adjacent Sites Edwards Air Force Base, California (Final Report) (1994)
This report presents the results of a cultural resources investigation at Area P in the south central portion of Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), Kern County, California. Cultural resources at Area P consist of 13 standing structures related to the military installation, two homestead ruins, a small historic debris scatter and one prehistoric site.
Cultural Resources Overview and Management Plan for Edwards AFB, California, Volume 1: Overview of Prehistoric Cultural Resources (1997)
This plan is presented as three volumes. Volume 1 (prehistoric resources) and Volume 2 (historic resources) are overviews that describe and synthesize existing knowledge. They establish the contexts and framework for understanding and evaluating cultural resources specific to the Base and region. Volume 3 provides the management approaches for both prehistoric and historic period resources. This volume is an overview of the prehistoric cultural resources at Edwards Air Force Base,...
Cultural Resources Overview and Management Plan for Edwards AFB, California, Volume 2: Overview of Historic Cultural Resources (1998)
This plan is presented as three volumes. Volume 1 (prehistoric resources) and Volume 2 (historic resources) are overviews that describe and synthesize existing knowledge. They establish the contexts and framework for understanding and evaluating cultural resources specific to the Base and region. Volume 3 provides the management approaches for both prehistoric and historic period resources. This is Volume 2 of the report which provides an overview of the historic cultural resources at...
Environmental Assessment for the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Edwards Air Force Base, California (Draft Final) (2005)
The 95th Air Base Wing (95 ABW) Commander of Edwards AFB, in coordination with the United States National Park Service and the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of Historic Preservation proposes to manage the cultural resources on Edwards AFB by developing and implementing an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP). The ICRMP emphasizes a continued cultural resources management approach by coordinating cultural resources management activities on Edwards AFB...
EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF A SAMPLE FROM THE FEFFER HOLLOWAY PROJECT, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA (2014)
The Feffer Holloway project site (Holloway BA-4) is located in West Hollywood, southern California. One soil sample, collected with a bucket auger (BA-4) from an alluvial fan deposit, was submitted for macrofloral analysis and subsequent AMS radiocarbon age determination. These deposits are expected to be 30,000 years old.
EXAMINATION OF BULK SOIL SAMPLES FOR POTENTIAL RADIOCARBON DATABLE MATERIAL FROM THE FRAZIER MOUNTAIN PALEOSEISMIC SITE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2015)
The Frazier Mountain Paleoseismic Site is situated along the San Andreas Fault near Gorman, California. Two samples, collected from an alluvial fan on the northern slope of Frazier Mountain (Kate Scharer, personal communication June 17, 2015) were submitted for macrofloral analysis to recover and identify charred botanic remains and charcoal suitable for AMS radiocarbon age determination.
Fiscal Year 2009 Edwards Air Force Base Historical Buildings, Facility, and Archaeological Compliance Report (2009)
The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Edwards Air Force Base (ICRMP) Fiscal Year 2009 requires Edwards AFB to annually track and coordinate historic facility efforts and provide an annual report to the California SHPO no later than December 1 for the previous fiscal year. This report is inspired by the Secretary of the Interior 's Report to Congress on Federal Archaeological Activities, but addresses the built environment with special focus on Edwards AFB's resources and...
FY06 Edwards Air Force Base, California Cultural Resources Program Review (Draft) (2007)
This document provides an overview of the activities of the Cultural Resources Program at Edwards Air Force Base during fiscal year (FY) 2006. It provides information on the activities of the Joint Range Technical Services contractor, JT3/CH2M HILL (JT3), as well as the activities of the outside contractors. It also provides an itemized list of Operations and Services (FSPMOS) and active Level 1 (FSPM) projects with their status at the end of FY06. There was a 13.9-percent increase in the size...
HIPROTECT Technical Report, Edwards AFB, California (1999)
In September 1995, the Environmental Management Office at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) tasked Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to install and field test the prototype HIPROTECT II remote monitoring system. The name HIPROTECT stands for Human Intrusion Detection/Response System for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Resources. The HIPROTECT testing was designed to provide 24-hour protection of the Lansford Adobe at site CA-LAN-1386H. Site CA-LAN-1386H is two adjacent homesites, the...
Historic Property Identification and Assessment of Effects for Test Stand 1-A (1993)
This report presents the results of a historic property identification and assessment of effects for the proposed modifications of static rocket Test Stand 1-A (TS1-A). The TSl-A is a rocket test stand located within the Phillips Laboratory area at Edwards Air Force Base. No new construction will be undertaken for this effort. The work consists entirely of cleanup, refurbishment, and tie-in to existing facilities and equipment installations. This location is very cost-effective due to upgrades...
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM A JAPANESE TEA HOUSE AT THE HUNTINGTON BOTANIC GARDENS, SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA (2009)
Two wood samples from a Japanese tea house were submitted for identification. The Japanese tea house is located in the Huntington Botanic Gardens in San Marino, California. Wood samples were collected from the mudsill and from the tongue and groove sub-flooring.
IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM THE CITY CEMETERY SITE, LOS ANGELES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL #9, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (2010)
A total of 25 wood samples from the fill of 18 features at the City Cemetery Site in Los Angeles County, California, were submitted for identification to provide information concerning types of wood used as coffin wood for the interments represented by these features. AECOM encountered the features during mitigation activities related to the construction of Los Angeles Central High School #9. This cemetery served as the official city cemetery for the city of Los Angeles between 1850-1890....
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Edwards Air Force Base, California, Volume I and II (2010)
This annual update of the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) has been prepared by Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California, as required by Air Force Instruction 32-7065, Integrated Cultural Resources Management. The ICRMP is based on cultural resource management principles and identifies responsibilities for the management of cultural resources, land use and mission activities and their potential effects on the environment, descriptions of the prehistoric, historic and...
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, 2014-2019, Air Force Plant 42, Palm Dale, California (Draft) (2013)
This is a draft Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) that covers the years 2014 through 2019 and is the primary tool for implementing the Air Force Plant (AFP) 42 cultural resources management program. The plan is designed to complement other AFP 42 plans, programs, and guidance, and presents information that will help Air Force and plant personnel make informed decisions about the treatment of cultural resources under Air Force control.
Late Holocene Paleoclimatic Stress and Prehistoric Human Occupation on San Clemente Island - Report (Legacy 91-083/91-473) (2000)
This doctoral dissertation discusses a study supporting the thesis that adverse paleoenvironmental conditions during the late Holocene appear to have notably influenced prehistoric cultural evolution in the Southern California Bight region. Radiocarbon dating confirmed changes in prehistoric settlement patterning, indicating a movement toward more reliable water sources, during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (AD 650-1250).
The Legacy of Buckhorn Springs: Phase I and II Cultural Resources Investigations Edwards AFB, Kern County, California, Volume I (1998)
The primary purpose of this Legacy Demonstration Project was to inventory all cultural resources within the Buckhorn Springs area (Phase I) and to evaluate those resources for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (Phase II).
The Legacy of Buckhorn Springs: Phase I and II Cultural Resources Investigations Edwards AFB, Kern County, California, Volume II: Appendices (1998)
The primary purpose of this Legacy Demonstration Project was to inventory all cultural resources within the Buckhorn Springs area (Phase I) and to evaluate those resources for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (Phase II). Volume II includes the Appendices A-I of the report which cover artifact analyses, site records, land chains, NRHP nomination form, and title page.
Legacy of Muroc, Community Inventory Edwards AFB, California (1998)
This report presents a history of the settler community of Muroc, California, which was located on what would later become Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). This report chronicles the development of Muroc and places it in the context of a series of critical historiographical themes relating to railroad development, homesteading, and the settlement of the arid West.
The Legacy of Pancho Barnes Oral History Program, Transcript of: OH-2 Colonel John P. Stapp, M.D., PH.D., USAF (Retired) (1994)
This resource is a transcript for an interview with Dr. John Paul Stapp GS) for the Pancho Barnes Oral History Project funded by the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program for the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). In this interview, Dr. Stapp discusses Pancho Barnes and the early days of Edwards Air Force Base.
Legacy of the Lifting Bodies, Volume I and II (1995)
The objective of this study is to critically examine the Air Force/NASA lifting bodies program and the issues, problems, and implications regarding the cultural resource management of resources associated with it. This resource contains both Volume I and II of the project. In 1993 the Legacy Resources Management Program provided funding to the Air Force for a study of AF/NASA Lifting Body Program. The Air Force tasked Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to undertake a historical, cultural, and...
Life in the Ballona: Archaeological Investigations at the Admiralty Site (CA-LAn-47) and the Channel Gateway Site (CA-LAn-1596-H) (1992)
The Admiralty site (CA-LAn-47) lies at the edge of the historic Ballona Lagoon. Situated between the mouths of Ballona and Centinela creeks and the Pacific Ocean, the region known as the Ballona was a sheltered environment that hosted a diverse array of terrestrial and aquatic plants and animals. The seasonal rhythms of the lagoon marched in harmony with the never-ending tug-of-war between the ebb and flow of the oceanic tides and the freshwater emptied from the mouths of rivers and streams....
List of Buildings Evaluated for Potential Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California (2004)
Inventory forms for buildings evaluated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 at Air Force Plant 42.