Kirtland Air Force Base (Geographic Keyword)
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This report presents the findings of the investigation and evaluation of two early historic-period archaeological sites at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB). The two sites, LA 155815 and LA 156001, are eroding from the edge of an alluvial floodplain at the lower edges Tijeras Arroyo, leaving them exposed to impacts from Air Force security patrol vehicles. The presence of subsurface features led to a recommendation that the sites be considered eligible for listing on the National Register of...
Evaluation for National Register of Historic Places Eligibility of Five Sandia National Laboratory Buildings, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1993)
A National Register of Historic Places evaluation has been conducted for Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) Buildings 824, 828, 834, 838, and 839. This evaluation is the second phase completed in response to a New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) reply (Lynne Sebastian, letter of 7 /12/91 to Albert Chernoff) that questioned the significance of these and two other early laboratory buildings (814 and 815). The eligibility of Buildings 814, 815, and their potential for inclusion into...
Evaluation for National Register of Historic Places Eligibility of Sandia National Laboratory's Buildings 814 and Building 815, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1991)
A National Register of Historic Places evaluation has been conducted for Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) Buildings 814 and 815. This evaluation was conducted in response to a New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) response (Lynne Sebastian, letter of 7 /12/91 to Albert Chernoff) that questioned the significance of these and five other early laboratory buildings. The State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) response went on to recommend that historical and architectural...
Final Draft: Archaeological Investigation and Stabilization of LA 152062 and an Archaeological Damage Assessment of LA 107494, Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2011)
This report presents the results of field investigations of two archaeological sites (LA 152062 and LA 107494) located at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) along Arroyo del Coyote that have exhibited adverse impacts. Both sites are eligible to the National Register of Historic Places.
Geophysical Studies at Kirtland Air Force Base Proposed Plan for Archaeological Ground Truthing (1995)
This report presents the results of a geophysical study of five sites on KAFB. The objectives for the geophysical study were two fold: (1) to explore the effectiveness of near surface geophysical techniques for verifying the presence and nature of architectural and other cultural features and (2) to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each of the four remote sensing techniques being employed--resistivity, gradiometer, magnetometer, and ground penetrating radar (GPR)--by assessing their...
Health and Safety Plan: Archaeological Survey of the Manzano Area, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1994)
The primary purpose of this Health and Safety Plan is to provide the Kirtland AFB, Manzano Area field survey team from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) with important information, procedures, and requirements for conducting their survey with minimum hazard to its health and safety. The plan assigns responsibilities and provides for contingencies which may arise during the course of the survey. Specific points addressed in this documentation include designation of on-site personnel responsible...
Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation, 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1999)
The results of a Historic Building Inventory of structures at Kirtland Air Force Base that reached 50 years old in 1999.
Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation: 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1999)
This report presents the results of an inventory and evaluation of Cold War era buildings and historic structures on Kirtland Air Force Base. In summary, 27 buildings are currently recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Building 20600, the original airport terminal for Oxnard Field is recommended eligible. Hangars 20344 and 20348, are recommended ineligible in a 1998 report by Ogden Environmental, but are currently recommended eligible by the State Historic...
Historic Land Use Patterns at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (2005)
This study examines the historic land use patterns on what is now Kirtland Air Force Base and adjacent lands withdrawn from public use on the Cibola National Forest. The study summarizes prehistoric Native American, Spanish Colonial, and early American land use, while focusing on late Territorial (post 1880) homesteading, mining, and suburban development on this portion of the East Mesa located southeast of the city of Albuquerque.
Intensive Archaeological Investigation of 22 Acres of Excess Land, Kirtland Air Force Base (1980)
A survey of 22 acres at Kirtland Air Force Base resulting in no cultural resources discovered in the area.
Intensive Archaeological Survey of a Portion of Kirtland Air Force Base (1978)
The Center for Anthropological Studies has recently completed an intensive field survey of an approximate 7.5 square mile area of Kirtland Air Force Base. Archaeological information was recorded from 19 non-site loci and 16 prehistoric and/or historic sites. The majority of the recovered archaeological remains suggests the seasonal use of particular parts of this area by Middle Rio Grande Pueblo Indians during the general interval between A.D.1150 and 1350. Earlier materials consist exclusively...
Intensive Archaeological Survey of the Department of Energy (DOE)/Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Live-Fire Range Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1981)
Sandia National Laboratories contracted the Center for Anthropological Studies to perform and document the results of an intensive archaeological survey of a 168 acre portion of its proposed Department of Energy (DOE)/Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Live-Fire Range. This survey project was undertaken and completed according to the professional and legal provisions for complying with Executive Order 11593 and the 1974 Archeological and Historic Preservation Act. Nine isolated loci of artifacts...
Intensive Archaeological Survey of the Department of Energy/Sandia National Laboratories Live-Fire Range, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1981)
The Center for Anthropological Studies has recently completed an intensive field examination of a 1,961 acre live-fire range to be constructed on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This Department of Energy/Sandia National Laboratories (UOE/SNL) project area was completed in two phases. The nature and results of the first phase are discussed in the main part of this report. The second phase involved the examination of an area that was later appended to the first. Its description and...
Intensive Archaeological Survey of Three Small Portion of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (1992)
The results of a survey covering 7.2 acres at Kirtland Air Force Base. No significant sites or artifacts were found during this effort.
Investigation and Report of Findings for the Work Planned at LA 38910 Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2010)
Beginning in May of 2004, engineering-environmental Management Inc., (e²M), under contract with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Environmental Management Division at Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), New Mexico, conducted an 8 month long Section 110 cultural resources investigation of 6,654 acres of US Forest Service (USFS) lands withdrawn to Kirtland Air Force Base located in the Manzanita Mountains of New Mexico. During this investigation, several site updates of previously recorded...
Investigative Report of the Pithouse Excavation at LA 53672 (AR-03-03-05-358), Located on Cibola National Forest Lands Withdrawn to Kirtland Air Force Base, Department of Defense, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2005)
This report summarizes results and findings of the TRC Mariah volunteer pithouse excavations at LA 53672 (AR-03-03-05-358) conducted in 1996. LA 53672 is an ancestral Puebloan habitation site that dates from the Late Developmental to Coalition period and is one of at least 100 prehistoric sites containing a ceramic component recorded in the valley bottoms and foothills of the Manzanita Mountains. The site is located at 1,828 m (6,000 ft) elevation within the lands withdrawn from the Cibola...
Island in the Sun: The Mesa del Sol Sample Survey (1989)
This report documents the results of a Class II Cultural Resources Inventory of the Mesa del Sol property which lies south of Albuquerque and the Tijeras Arroyo, and is held in trust for the University of New Mexico by the State. A total of 2346 acres was surveyed in 14 120 m wide transects, and represents a 20 percent sample of the total of approximately 11,500 acres which comprises the property. A total of 32 archeological sites was documented in the course of the survey. The sites and...
Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB) 1979 Archaeological Survey Project, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1980)
The Center for Anthropological Studies just completed an intensive archaeological survey of a second portion of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The actual project area includes 3,955 acres in southcentral Bernalillo County. Fifty-nine isolated artifactual materials and 12 archaeological sites were recorded. Collectively, they represent a cultural history of about 10,700 years. The three major prehistoric sites primarily reflect hunting and stone tool manufacturing activities of the Archaic...
Kirtland Air Force Base 1979 Archaeological Survey Project (1980)
Portion of a report covering a 1979 survey of Kirtland Air Force Base. Record starts on page 49.
Kirtland Air Force Base 1980 Archaeological Survey Project, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1980)
The Center for Anthropological Studies completed an intensive archaeological survey of about 1,253 acres located in the south-central part of Kirtland Air Force Base. Seven significant archaeological sites and 230 loci of isolated artifacts were recorded. The prehistoric archaeological resources are interpreted to represent the seasonal use of this area as a supplementary resource zone by Rio Grande Anasazi people between about A.D. 1050 and A.D. 1350. The historic resources, in contrast,...
Kirtland Air Force Base 1980B Archaeological Survey Project (1981)
The Center for Anthropological Studies completed an intensive archaeological survey of 3,789 acres of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. A total of 305 artifacts were recovered from 282 isolated artifactual loci; and 15 archaeological sites were located, recorded and artifactually sampled. Two of these sites are provisionally assigned to the Archaic period (5000 B.C. - A.D. 1). One or them is a functionally specific site where lithic materials were collected and tool manufacturing was...
Kirtland Air Force Base 1980B Archaeological Survey Project, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1981)
This report presents the results of an intensive archaeological survey of 3,789 acres of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. A total of 305 artifacts were recovered from 282 isolated artifactual loci; and 15 archaeological sites were located, recorded, and artifactually sampled. Two of these sites are provisionally assigned to the Archaic period (5000 B.C. - A.D. 1). One of them is a functionally specific site where lithic materials were collected and tool manufacturing was performed. Three...
Kirtland Air Force Base 1981 Archaeological Survey Project in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1981)
An archaeological survey of 390 acres of Kirtland Air Force Base was undertaken and completed by the Center for Anthropological Studies. Thirteen isolated loci produced 18 prehistoric artifacts. Six archaeological sites were located, recorded, and partially collected. One site is assigned to the Rio Grande Coalition Period (A.D. 1200-1325), and represents a temporary encampment. The five historic sites relate to early twentieth century (1900-1930's) mining and ranching activities.
Kirtland Air Force Base 1981B Archaeological Survey Project (1981)
The Center for Anthropological Studies has just completed an intensive archaeological survey of 256 acres of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Twenty-eight prehistoric and historic artifacts were recorded and collected from 27 isolated loci. Two historic sites of the early twentieth century include a possible field boundary or livestock enclosure and a 1916 mining claim marker. The prehistoric archaeological resources of the project area indicate usage for lithic tool manufacture and...
Kirtland Air Force Base 1981B Archaeological Survey Project, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (1981)
The Center for Anthropological Studies completed an intensive archaeological survey of 256 acres of Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Twenty-eight prehistoric and historic artifacts were recorded and collected from 27 isolated loci. Two historic sites of the early twentieth century include a possible field boundary or livestock enclosure and a 1916 mining claim marker. The prehistoric archaeological resources of the project area indicate usage for lithic tool manufacture and hunting-gathering...