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This report presents the results of Class III archaeological inventory of 1,927 acres on Mormon Mesa in Clark County, Nevada. The work was initiated by the Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, as part of compliance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., found 16 new prehistoric sites—26CK10490–10505; and updated the historic Mormon Wagon Road/Old Spanish Trail (26CK3536) and Mormon Mesa Top site (26CK9933). Fifteen...
The Archaeology of Joshua Tree National Park
WACC reports that summarize archaeological survey and excavation in Joshua Tree National Park (formerly Joshua Tree National Monument).
Class III Cultural Resources Inventory of 1,555 Acres East of the Virgin River, Clark County, Nevada (2018)
Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., (Far Western) completed a Class III cultural resources inventory for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Lower Colorado Region, as part of Reclamation’s ongoing compliance efforts with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA; 54 US Code 306102). The contracted survey area (2,921 total acres; Table 1) is located between Black Ridge and the eastern bank of the Virgin River, north of the Muddy-Virgin river confluence with a...
The Desert Training Center/California-Arizona Maneuver Area, 1942–1944, Volume 2: Historical and Archaeological Contexts for the Arizona Desert (2008)
With the German Afrika Korps driving across the North African desert with impunity in 1941 and 1942, the U.S. Army realized that it might be called upon to assist its British ally in the fight against the Germans and Italians. Egypt, along with the strategic Suez Canal and the Middle East in general, were in danger of being lost to the Axis powers. It became imperative that the Axis be expelled from North Africa. The U.S. Army, however, had never fought a large-scale war in a desert environment....
The Desert Training Center/California-Arizona Maneuver California-Arizona Maneuver Area, Area, 1942–1944, Volume 1: Historical and Archaeological Contexts for the California Desert (2009)
With the German Afrika Korps driving across the North African desert with impunity in 1941 and 1942, the U.S. Army realized that it might be called upon to assist its British ally in the fight against the Germans and Italians. Egypt, along with the strategic Suez Canal and the Middle East in general, was in danger of being lost to the Axis powers. It became imperative that the Axis be expelled from North Africa. The U.S. Army, however, had never fought a large-scale war in a desert environment....
Historic Facilities Inventory Report of Railroad and Associated Structures for Edwards Air Force Base Kern County, California (2022)
Argonne National Laboratory conducted a historic facility inventory and evaluation on behalf of the United States Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California. The inventory and evaluation aids Edwards Air Force Base in managing the historic properties under its jurisdiction as required by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The inventory evaluated extant portions of a government-owned railroad and associated buildings on post. As a result of this study,...
An introduction to the archaeology of the western Mojave Desert, California (1988)
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MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF HEARTH FILL FROM SITE C2-M-1 IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2014)
A prehistoric site, C2-M-1, located in the high desert area of the Antelope Valley in the western portion of the Mojave Desert, Kern County, California, consists of five hearth features and a lithic scatter. Excavation of one of the hearth features (C2-3) yielded charcoal, lithic debitage, faunal and botanical materials (Robert Ramirez, personal communication May 15, 2014). A soil sample was collected from beneath fire-affected rock in the fill of this hearth and was submitted for macrofloral...
MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF HEARTH FILL, CHARCOAL IDENTIFICATION, AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION OF CHARCOAL FROM PREHISTORIC SITE CM-1, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (2015)
Site CM-1 lies in the Western Mojave Desert subregion northwest of California City in Kern County, California. A hearth exposed during RE Cinco Solar Project construction grading activities in the area yielded numerous fire-affected rocks, charcoal, one mano fragment, ochre, a bone fragment, one charred or uncharred juniper (Juniperus) seed and several lithics, including an obsidian flake (Christopher Duran, personal communication June 24, 2015). Sediment samples were collected in and around the...
One Hundred Years of History in the California Desert: An Overview of Historic Archeological Resources at Joshua Tree National Monument (1980)
This overview describes known facts about the social and economic history of Joshua Tree National Monument from the period of Indian-European contact to the present. I summarize the archeological reports and various other written materials pertinent to the monument area, and discuss the strengths and limitations of the different source materials. Major social and economic developments are traced in chapters documenting Indian occupation and acculturation, mining, livestock raising, and the...
POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS FOR RUSTLER ROCKSHELTER, CA-SBR-288 (2001)
Rustler Rockshelter, situated in the Providence Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert, was comprised of a midden against the south-facing cliff. In addition, numerous artifacts were present. Three pollen and phytolith samples were examined from the midden in an effort to define plants that were discarded by occupants of this shelter. In addition, a single mano was washed to recover pollen that might inform concerning plants ground using this tool.
POLLEN, PHYTOLlTH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM SEVERAL SITES ALONG THE KERN RIVER GAS PIPELINE, CALIFORNIA, WITH SUPPORTING ARCHAEOCLIMATIC MODELING FOR THE AREA (2003)
Pollen, phytolith, macrofloral, protein residue, and/or X-ray diffraction samples were recovered from seven sites along the Kern River Gas Transmission Pipeline through southern California where it crosses the eastern and central sections of the Mojave Desert. Pollen/phytolith columns were examined at sites CA-SBR-140, and CA-SBR-264 to provide paleoenvironmental information. Pollen and macrofloral analysis of feature and unit fill at sites CA-SBR-6470 and CA-SBR-6605 will be used to provide...