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This document is a review of archaeology research, compliance with NHPA, and Indian consultation from 1997 to 2004 on Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) and the largest training range in the Air Force, the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).
Acquisition of Site for Air Corps Gunnery School, Las Vegas, Nevada (1941)
Letter to the Commanding General about the 200 acres located adjacent to the Las Vegas, Nevada Municpal Airport for development as an Air Corps Gunnery School.
Additional Seismic Exploration Lines Near the Spring Mountains Clark County, Nevada (1981)
In January of 1981, Northland Research, Inc. (Northland) conducted an archaeological survey of five seismic lines located by Petroleum Geophysical Company on the northern slope of the Spring Mountains in Clark County, Nevada. The report of the results of that survey is dated 3 February 1981. This report contains the results of the survey of two additional seismic lines located within the same seismic program, and is a supplement to the original report. This survey, which totalled 9.35 miles...
Airfield Canyon Photos (2020)
Airfield Canyon Photos.
Amended Final Draft Report: A Class III Archaeological Inventory of 720 Acres for Borrow Pit Infrastructure on Range 61, Nevada Test and Training Range, Lincoln County, Nevada (2016)
Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) has proposed construction of a borrow pit and associated infrastructure elements within Range 61 (R61) on Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Lincoln County, Nevada. Associated elements will include two access roads and two staging areas. Figure 1 Illustrates the extent of the area of potential effects (APE).
American Indian Perspectives on the Legislative Environmental Impact Statement for the Nellis Air Force Range Renewal (1997)
The resource document was produced in response to the preparation of an LEIS for the Nellis Air Force Range Renewal, Nevada. The consultation focused specifically on the proposed action and alternatives concerning the future renewal of the NAFR. However, the present CGTO's response to this consultation is not limited to the LEIS, but also integrates relevant recommendations and insights made by Indian people based on previous and existing federal projects in which American Indians participated.
American Indians and the Nevada Test Site: A Model of Research and Consultation (2001)
The chapters in this volume examine the history, evolution, dynamics, and results to date of an ongoing consultation relationship between the U.S. Department of Energy Nevada operations Office (DOE/NV) and 20 tribes and organizations composed of ethnic Numic speaking, Western Shoshone, Southern Paiute, and Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone people.
American Indians and the Old Spanish Trail (2007)
The purpose of this study is to provide an ethnohistoric and ethnographic assessment of selected contemporary communities along the Old Spanish Trail.
Anatomy of the Nevada Test Site (1965)
This pamphlet is one of a series prepared in the interest of science education.
Ancient Voices Storied Places 2003: Themes in Contemporary Indian History (2003)
Collection of essays addressing the history of Numic-speaking American Indians. The goal of this study is to revisit historical processes and events that transformed the lives of these Americans so profoundly that their effects are still being felt today.
Ancient Voices, Storied Places: New Essays in Contemporary Indian History (2004)
The present essays, that are officially referred to as “”Project 2,” further document the Numic and Yuman cultural attachments to portions of central Nevada represented in Black Mountain and the Black Mountain District.
Appendix C: A Sampling of Kinship Charts (2020)
A Sample of Kinship charts.
Archaeological Collections From Nellis Air Force Base (1997)
This report describes the results of an investigation into the status of archaeological collections from archaeological sites located on Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) and Range, Nevada.
An Archaeological Curation-Needs Assessment for Headquarters Air Combat Command - Volume 2 (1997)
Between October 1995 and January 1996, the US Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections conducted a survey of achaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted on 20 US Air Force, Air Combat Command (ACC) installations. This volume addresses collections from the following installations: Little Rock Air Force base and Black Jack Air Force...
Archaeological Data Recovery at Drill Pad U19AN Nye County, Nevada (1987)
The data recovery conducted at Ul9an mitigates the impacts to the archaeological sites in danger of direct impacts. If the project is conducted as planned, there will be no further impacts to cultural resources.
Archaeological Data Recovery Related to the U20at Project, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
The area, located on the west side of the Nevada Test Site, actually consists of four project areas. Three are contiguous (the U20at drill pad, the access road/ skid trail, and the borrow location #2), and one is east of the main survey area {the borrow location #1 ). The survey identified and recorded 16 sites. Of these, 13 were isolates or localities with two artifacts.
An Archaeological Inventory Along Forty Miles of Proposed Fence Line Construction Along the North Boundary of the Nellis Air Force Range in Nye County, Nevada (1976)
ln response to Contract Number NV050-417, received from the Las Vegas District Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an intensive cultural resource inventory, or surface archaeological survey, was conducted along forty miles of a proposed fence line construction along the northern boundary of the Nellis Air Force Range from the Tonopah Highway (U.S. 95) to three miles east of Silver Bow, Nevada.
Archaeological Investigations Along Paleoshorelines of Three Dry Lakes on the North Nevada Test and Training Range (2008)
This document presents a research design for investigating the archaeological nature of three relict pluvial lake basins on the North Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) (Figure 1) for cultural resources potential. This research is in support of the mission of Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) to provide combat air training on the largest Air Force land based training facility in the United States (U.S.).
Archaeological Investigations at a Toolstone Source Area and Temporary Camp: Sample Unit 19-25, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1993)
Archaeological investigations were initiated at Sample Unit 19-25 to retrieve information concerning settlement and subsistence data on the aboriginal hunter and gatherers in the area. Studies included collection and mapping of 143,400 m2 (35.4 acres) at site 26NY1408 and excavation and mapping of 83 m2 (0.02 acres) at site 26NY7847. Field work was conducted intermittently between July 1991 and October 1992.
Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19ax, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
This report documents the procedures and findings of archaeological investigations by the Desert Research Institute for sample unit U19ax on Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site during the summer of 1991 . Data recovery was conducted at sites 26NY 4182, 26NY5428, 26NY7842, and 26NY7843. The investigation consisted of mapping and surf ace collection at sites 26NY 4182, 26NY7842, and 26NY7843, a subsurface scrape at site 26NY4182, and one test excavation at site 26NY5428. Four surface artifact...
Archaeological Investigations of the Historic Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad, Clark and Nye County, Nevada (1999)
The project described herein was designed to document the history and significance of this railroad, as well as to assess its physical remains. To do this, we first provide a synthesis of available literature, including historic documents such as newspaper articles, photographs, and other related records. This synthesis includes the history of the railroad, the reasons for construction and abandonment, the politics that played a role in its development, and the effects of the railroad's arrival...
Archaeological Project Index for the Nellis Air Force Bombing and Gunnery Ranges in Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada (1992)
Index for a series of mylar map overlays that were plotted on the current inventory of cultural resource surveys and sites known to exist on the NAFB properties. Maps not included.
Archaeological Reconnaissance of a 1500' Radius Around Drill Pad U20AL (1982)
Archaeological reconnaissance of a 1500' radius around drill pad U20AL. The skid trail connecting the pad to the Pahute Mesa Road, and the enlargement of an existing borrow pit.
Archaeological Reconnaissance of RDU Test Site, Ralston Valley, for Army Corps of Engineer, Tonopah (1981)
Has duplicate NY Site, see Site book 26NY653B.
Archaeological Reconnaissance of Six Proposed Hydrologic-testing Drill Hole Sites in the Yucca Mountain Area of the Nevada Test Site (1979)
No cultural materials were observed during present survey. However, it is noteworthy that any archaeological site in this area would have been severely damaged prior to survey by off-road vehicle traffic .