Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dames & Moore.

This Summary Report presents the research context, methods, and results for an archaeological survey of approximately 2,000 acres of playa margin habitat in the Three Lakes Valley South on the Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR), Clark County, Nevada.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Desert Research Institute.

The Treatment Plan identified three research issues as vital for adequate scientific understanding of the prehistory and paleoenvironments of Pintwater Cave and the vicinity: (1) the meaning of variability seen in southern Nevada dart points; ( 2) local effects of climatic variability on human occupation; and (3) Archaic period subsistence. Report comments attached.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Renee Kolvet. Richard Deis. Susan Stornetta. Mary K. Rusco. Fred Nials.

The Cactus Flat Lakeside Margine Study was conducted on the Tonopah Test Site of the Nevada Test and Training Range a the Nellis Air Force Base. The goal was to: 1) identify the types of cultural resources around the margins of this dry lake system; 2) test a geomorphological model relating specific landforms to the distributions of prehistoric cultural resources; and 3) determine the hydrographic history of this closed basin through examination of stratigraphic sequences. The model and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Arnold.

This document describes the results of interviews from 1999 to 2002 among 31 members representing 16 tribes to identify artifacts in the NAFB collection that meet NAGPRA criteria for repatriation. The artifacts were recovered from Air Force lands in southern Nevada, with the boundaries shown in Figure 1. Interviews occurred among Native Americans at NAFB work sessions, with documentation by Richard Arnold, Spokesperson CGTO. A total of 131 of 2,195 artifacts were selected as meeting criteria for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert McCracken.

Transcripts of an interview with Roy Neighbors.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

A report on boom and bust mining cycles in the NTTR.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael D. Windham.

Northland Anthropological Research, Inc. (NAR), conducted an archaeological survey of five seismic exploration lines sited by Grant Geophysical Company on the northern slopes of the Spring Mountains in Clark County, Nevada. The survey was performed to insure that the proposed exploration activity would not adversely effect cultural resources. The lines, totalling 38.9 miles in length, were inspected between 3 and 11 January 1981. The survey recorded two archaeological sites, one representing a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

Nellis Air Force Base comments on the 1983 report of "Seismo-Acoustic Effects of Sonic Booms on Archeological Sites, Valentine Military Operations Area." The following is a description of deductive reasoning and results related to studies that Nellis AFB has conducted that may be referenced concerning the Effects of Sonic Booms on Archaeological Sites. Policy: Rock art sites on Nellis AFB lands have been and continue to be immediately removed from flight paths and surface disturbance. The north...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eloisa V. Hopper. Alice Baldrica.

Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) initiated its review of the subject undertaking. The U.S. Air Force is deferring a determination of National Register eligibility for the following sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Spoerer. Michael A. Freeman.

This structure is known as an H-Frame transformer that feeds overhead and connects to transformers. The structure is in a bad state of disrepair, and if it collapses will lose power to several buildings on the base. The shape is that of a H constructed out of wood and installed in 1961 at Nellis Air Force Base. Location is near Building 415 circa 1961.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eloisa V. Hopper. Alice Baldrica.

A transmittal letter to SHPO.

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SHPO Letter: H-Frame Removal Nellis Air Force Base.

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Includes correspondence from Colorado River Indian Tribe, City of North Las Vegas Public Works Department, SHPO, Nellis AFB, and the Final Draft Assessment for the Range Wash from Las Vegas Boulevard to the Confluence Detention Basin Project.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Spoerer.

NAFB notified Nevada State Historic Preservation Office on April 21, 2015 that nine buildings had been demolished (6 at NAFB and 3 at Creech Air Force Base) prior to NAFB initiating consultation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Freeman.

SHPO: Cultural Resource Survey Associated with the Beddown of Tactical Air Support Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Julie H. Ernstein.

This letter identifies the broad-brush edits the SHPO strongly recommends be made to the Draft ICRMP.

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The Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) receipt acknowledgment of the modified plan.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Julie H. Ernstein.

Correspondence indicated the SHPO is precluded from comment.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Spoerer.

SHPO review of the ICRMP with handwritten edits/notes on the report.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Julie H. Ernstein.

SHPO: Notification of Demolition of Nine Buildings--Six at Nellis Air Force Base and Three (3) at Creech Air Force Base (Nellis Air Force Base Report Number 04-2015-NAFB; DRI Report Number HE062513-1/SHPO UT 2015-3740 #20297)

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Spoerer.

These include six buildings at Nellis Air Force Base (601, 780, 4856, 10208, 10213, 10214) and three at Creech Air Force Base (65, 260, 261).

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Spoerer.

This letter serves to notify the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) of NAFB's plans to demolish ten buildings (432/433/434/436, 438 (Gym and Pool Complex), 604, 778, 867, 899, 80, 81 , 82, and 95) of which four are historic (circa- pre 1965) and six are Cold War-era resources (circa pre-1991) located at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, Clark County Nevada.

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SHPO correspondence regarding the demolition of 73 buildings.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Holly Hughes.

Three research questions were addressed. Two were related to the historic events surrounding the LV&T Railroad, specifically with regards to the presence or absence of the Hell on Wheels phenomenon and the standardizations of sidings. The third research question was related to the prehistoric use of the area, addressing possible areas of agave or yucca stock processing.

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Project maps for the Silver Flag Alpha Training Site, Nellis Air Force Base, in the Indian Springs Area, Clark County.