Vandenberg Air Force Base (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Kuzminsky. Phillip L Walker.

This document is a report for the analysis of human remains collected from the archaeological site Ca-SBA-207. All skeletal material encountered during work at the site was collected, cleaned, and inventoried. The skeletal remains that might possibly be human were sent to the osteology laboratory of Phillip Walker at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for identification and analysis. The human skeletal remains, in conjunction with the archaeological context and material of the site,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Toni L. Carrell.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman. Laura Ruggiero.

Sediment samples from Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503) on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, were floated to recover macrofloral remains. Two botanic samples also were sent for identification. This site represents a cave in a small sandstone outcrop with rock art panels both inside and outside the cave. A swordfish painted in black on top of a red oval is noted to be typical of Chumash illustrations. Radiocarbon dates suggest that this cave experienced several use episodes, including Early Period...

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...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian D. Haley.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Chambers Consultants and Planners.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Chester King. Robert O. Gibson. M. Kay Martin. Nancy R. Murphy. Lois Roberts. Larry Wilcoxon.

This is the Technical Appendix C for the EXXON LOMPOC Pipeline Project Supplemental EIR, 1986. The appendix addresses cultural resources as well as tables and cultural material information.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Glassow.

This report presents the results of archaeological investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, undertaken to mitigate the impacts to three archaeological sites by construction of a shuttlecraft tow route. Included in the analysis of data from these sites are selected data from earlier test excavations at eight other sites near the three that are the main focus of analysis. Analysis and interpretations emphasize reconstruction of subsistence-settlement systems through more than 8500...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This report was written to supplement an earlier report (Berry 1990) and to address the comments of the California State Historic Preservation Officer SHPO). Several different types of information were requested by the SHPO and will be addressed in the appropriate sections following the format given in the Office of Historic Preservation publication (1989) “Archaeological Management Reports (ARMR): Recommended Contents and Format.” The earlier report can be found at:...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann M. Munns.

This document is a report on the Pre-Repatriation Inventory of Human Remains and Associated Materials from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) Sites, currently curated at the UC Santa Barbara Ossuary. The purpose of this project is to document the collections from VAFB archaeological sites that include human remains, and repatriate them to Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI). As part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, in 1995, the Repository completed an inventory...

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is the 2011 Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1970 Rock Art Compliance Report. The goals of this project specifically include monitoring of three well-known and regularly visited rock art sites: Honda Ridge (CA-SBA-550), Window Cave (CA-SBA-655) and Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503). There are a total of 14 rock art sites that are monitored within Vandenberg Air Force Base boundaries. This report is one component of a continuing effort by the United States Air Force to protect...

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is a report of the 2013 Vandenberg Air Force Base Compliance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Ace of 1970. The aim of this project was to make scheduled visits to each site, assess the nature, size, and rate of any impacts observed, and to implement site-specific management measures deriving from prior year recommendations as described within the statement of work. No serious impacts to the rock art were noted during the period of this project, with the exception of an...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 report on the Identification of Historic Properties for the East Housing Area Solar Energy Project at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Santa Barbara County, California. VAFB personnel determined that 1) there are no historic properties directing with the Area of Direct Impact (ADI), and 2) there are two resources close enough to the ADI to warrant inclusion in the Area of Potential Effect (APE). The two sites were identified as CA-SBA-3270 and CA-SBA-3487. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text CH2M.

This document is a report for the condition assessments of sensitive and threatened archaeological sites performed in Fiscal Year 2015 on Vandenberg Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy.

This document is a report on the monitoring of rock art sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) during the fiscal year of 2015-2016. This report is abridged notes to what could be a detailed instruction to manage the rock art on VAFB. Continued annual monitoring and site maintenance using similar methods developed by 30th Space Wing CES (Cultural Resources) will help in preserving the rock art of the prehistoric Chumash culture on VAFB.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy Murphy.

This report outlines condition assessment data for all known rock art sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) for Fiscal Year 2016. The effort for assessing conditions of rock art assists with the requirement for the United States Air Force (USAF), 30th Space Wing for Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Details about work tasks are outlined in Statement of Work XUMUOS9115.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Section 110 National Register Eligibility Re-evaluation of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Site. The purpose of this study is to review previous investigations pursuant to the National Register of Historic Places (NHPA); to identify the extant buildings and structures of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Site complex; to document the buildings and structures on California Department of Parks & Recreation recording forms (placed on file with the California Office of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Beniamino Volta. Michael Connolly. Daniel Leonard. Daniel Leard.

This document is a report on the Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program. The purpose of this project is to modernize the United States’ land-based nuclear arsenal and eventually replace the nation’s current Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. A portion of development and testing of the new system, named Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), would take place in California at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Joyce Gerber.

This document is an Archaeological Investigation in Support of Section 106 Compliance for the ABL Space Systems RS-1 Project at Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. The Project proposes to operate the ABL Space Systems RS1 launch vehicle at the existing, decommissioned Launch Complex 576-E (LC 576-E) on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Santa Barbara County, California. Applied EarthWorks delineated the Area of Direct Impact. The Archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Section 106 report on the Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effect for the Repair Conduits Along Umbra Road and Tod Road Project at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), Santa Barbara County, California. The report 1) delineates the Area of Direct Impact (ADI) as providing sufficient space for the project, and 2) that the Area of Potential Effect (APE) is defined as the intersection of the ADI and the full extent of the archaeological boundaries, and 3)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report to assess historic properties in the location of a planned Verizon Wireless Communications Tower. It was determined that no cultural resources exist within the project Area of Direct Impact. This report 1) delineates the project area of direct impact (ADI) and the area of potential effect (APE), and 2) discusses the strategy to identify historic properties within the ADI with the result that no resources were found. The report...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Douglas Harro. Joyce Gerber. Adrian Whitaker. Ann M. Munns. Victoria Eisenhart.

This document is a Section 106 Archaeological Investigation Report Supporting Compliance for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery Ii (ERCA) Artillery II Project. The ERCA II Project proposes to fire 77 test launches from the existing decommissioned Launch Facility 05 (LF-05), a former Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test launch silo. The Project would also involve storage of explosives at Launch Facility 25 (LF-25) and Building 1824, also on Vandenberg SFB. Based on information...