USA (Country) (Geographic Keyword)
34,751-34,775 (35,816 Records)
Universal Transverse Mercator map of the site
Utopia Excavated: Preliminary Results from the Amana Colonies (2013)
The seven Amana villages of east-central Iowa were founded in the mid 19th century by German pietists seeking a removed location in which to practice their unique form of communal Christianity. In 1932 the community voted to separate the governing body of the church from the political and economic facets of community life for the first time, this event is remembered today as the "Great Change." In summer of 2012 a group of outhouses were excavated at the Amanas as part of a project to look at...
VAFB-1969-01: Archaeological Survey of Sudden Flats and Associated Canyons, Vandenberg A.F.B (1969)
This document is a report that details the archaeological survey of Sudden Flats and associated canyons. The reconaissance survey represented the beginning of a larger project to be conducted at a future date. The project was completed during the month of August, 1969 and consisted of 1. Determination of size and location of shell middens and other cultural materials in the survey area; 2. Determination and classification of the ecological aspects of the survey area; 3. Minor surface collection...
VAFB-1970-01: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA (1970)
This document is a report that summarizes activities carried out on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during the summer of 1969, under a Federal Antiquities Act Permit issued to Dr. Claude N. Warren of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara by the National Park Service as part of early inventory efforts at VAFB. Goals included locating archaeological sites between Shuman Canyon and Pt. Sal in the north and Sudden Flats in the south and filling out...
VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report (1974)
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)
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-1976-01: Evaluation of Archaeological Sites On Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California: Final Report (1976)
This document is a Section 106 report that discusses a project that was designed to collect planning information for location of the Space Transportation System (STS) facilities on VAFB. This study was to include a survey or inventory of archaeological resources within the project area defined as a twenty-one mile long, 3,000' wide, coastal corridor extending from just north of the Santa Ynez River to a point south of Point Arguello. In addition, selected sites were to be tested, mapped, and...
VAFB-1980-13: Cultural Resource Impact Evaluation and Mitigation Planning for the Mx Missile System Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1980)
The initial fieldwork (1979) was designed to identify areas in which the construction of proposed MX facilities on San Antonio Terrace would result in impacts to cultural resources. Areas of projected impact were systematically surveyed, sites idetified, recorded, and mapped. All the cultural resources identified during this mitigation planning study were sites ranging in size from small lithic scatters on presumed trails to the archaeological remains of major settlements characterized by...
VAFB-1984-12: Replacement Cable Project and Fibre Optic Cable Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County (1984)
This document is report for an inventory and limited awareness program that was undertaken to evaluate the potential impacts on cultural resources of two communications cable projects at VAFB. The inventory resulted in the discovery of five archaeological sites (4 prehistoric, 1 historic) and four cultural resource isolates. A limited assessment program was undertaken at the newly recorded sites (CA-SBA-1865H, 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869) and at five previously identified sites (CA-SBA-513, 939,...
VAFB-1990-21: Archaeological Investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Connection with the Development of Space Transportation System Facilities, Volume I (1990)
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...
VAFB-1991-02: Supplementary Report to Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara, California (1991)
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:...
VAFB-2001-02: Archaeological Testing in Firebreaks and Access Roads on Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2001)
This document is a Section 110 report supporting the development of a Fire Compartmentalization Plan to guide fire protection and suppression activities relative to cultural resources in conjunction with the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP), Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). The base maintains a comprehensive system of firebreaks and access roads, and a number of known archaeological sites are intersected by elements of that system. Many of these firebreaks and access...
VAFB-2017-20: Determination of No Adverse Effect, Replacement of Damaged Circuit N6 Electrical Poles, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
This document is a government generated Section 106 report that consists of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Replacement of Damaged Circuit N6 Electrical Poles Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the replacement of damaged Circuit N6 electrical poles project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic...
VAFB-2017-21: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Remediating Contaminated Groundwater at Site SD015, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
This document is a contractor generated letter report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Remediating Contaminated Groundwater at Site SD015 project. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Remediating Contaminated Groundwater at Site SD015 project as a single Section 106 report. Arcadis U.S., Inc. (Arcadis) was retained by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) offices...
VAFB-2019-03: Identification of Historic Properties And Assessment of Effects, Vandenberg Operational Lightning Tracking System (VOLTS) Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (813-17-060) (2019)
This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report and an assessment of adverse effects for the Vandenberg Operational Lightning Tracking System (VOLTS) Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Vandenberg Operational Lightning Tracking System (VOLTS) 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...
VAFB-2019-04: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2019)
This document is a Section 106 report for an archaeological investigation and an assessment of adverse effects in support of the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Narlon bridge replacement 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 determinations for individual...
VAFB-2019-05: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Temporary Construction Area License For Union Pacific Railroad's Narlon Bridge Replacement, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (813-12-016) (2019-UPRRN) (2019)
This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the bridge replacement 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 determinations for individual...
VAFB-2019-18: Historical Building Evaluation for Building 8401, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2020-EIS-MQ9) (2019)
This document is a Section 106 built environment evaluation for the United States Air Force proposal to bed down an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Wing at either Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) or Tyndall AFB. An Environmental Impact Statement is being prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act to analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed beddown of the MQ-9 Wing. The proposed action could impact one building (Building 8401) at Vandenberg AFB...
VAFB-2020-24: Identification of Historic Properties, Facility 1430 ATV Obstacle Course Improvements Project (Lot ID # 1047327), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2020)
This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Facility 1430 All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Obstacle Course Improvements Project. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Facility 1430 ATV obstacle course improvements project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State...
VAFB-2020-25: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Honda Culverts Repair Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2020)
This document is a Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory report and assessment of effects for the Honda Culverts Repair Project (813-17-007). The purpose of the project is to replace the existing culverts that are 12.5-foot-diameter, corrugated metal pipes that were emplaced during construction of this segment of Coast Road in 1979–1983. The two pipes have been scoured along the bottom and have lost structural integrity. The proposed Honda Creek Culverts Repair Project...
Valcour Bay Research Project: 1999-2002 Results from the Archaeological Investigation of a Revolutionary War Battlefield in Lake Champlain, Clinton County, New York (Legacy 02-162)
This report discusses a project to map and otherwise document a submerged Revolutionary War battlefield where General Benedict Arnold intentionally destroyed five of his own vessels to deprive the British of battle prizes. The project was designed to systematically map the submerged Valcour Island battlefield while providing sport divers a way to channel their interest in history and archaeology into a formally permitted project.
Valcour Bay Research Project: 1999-2002 Results from the Archaeological Investigation of a Revolutionary War Battlefield in Lake Champlain, Clinton County, New York - Report (Legacy 02-162) (2003)
This report discusses a project to map and otherwise document a submerged Revolutionary War battlefield where General Benedict Arnold intentionally destroyed five of his own vessels to deprive the British of battle prizes. The project was designed to systematically map the submerged Valcour Island battlefield while providing sport divers a way to channel their interest in history and archaeology into a formally permitted project.
The Valencia Site Testing Project: Mapping, Intensive Surface Collecting, and Limited Trenching Of a Hohokam Ballcourt Village in the Southern Tucson Basin (1986)
Mapping, surface collection, and testing at the Valencia site (AZ BB:13:15 [ASM]), a large prehistoric Hohokam village in the Tucson Basin, provided a wealth of new and significant information. More than 20,000 artifacts were recovered through controlled collection. These data allowed for a more precise reconstruction of the site chronology and structure, and indicated that the Valencia site was initially occupied during the Snaketown phase and continued through the Early Rincon subphase....
The Value and Availability of Quality Obsidian at Antelope Creek (2017)
Antelope Creek is a part of the important larger obsidian source at Mule Creek in Southwestern New Mexico. Antelope Creek contains an abundance of both poor and good quality obsidian that appears to have developed from the same volcanic event. In this experiment, a large sample of Antelope Creek obsidian was collected and tested for quality through the process of flintknapping. Results indicate that knappers can readily tell a poor quality nodule from a good quality nodule from this source by...
The Value of Anthropological Research for the Pueblo of Pojoaque (2019)
This is an abstract from the "From Collaboration to Partnership in Pojoaque, New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Like many of my community, I grew up here, learning about the landscape by living within it and walking over it. Evidences of our long history are found everywhere and I always wanted to know more. Our older members taught us about our land too. But it was difficult to recognize Pojoaque when I read archaeology; I also noticed...