Heritage Management (Investigation Type)
Studies and plans related to managing or planning for the care, interpretation, preservation, or protection of archaeological resources, including collections, records, and sites.
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In September 1993, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) was tasked by the Environmental Management Office (AFFTC/EM) to study and recommend approaches for managing, restoring, and preserving historic jet aircraft of the Cold War era. The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) Museum was the partner in this project. This study's objective was to identify issues, problems and techniques regarding the cultural and historical evaluation and restoration of Cold War era jet aircraft. This objective was...
Technical Report, Historic Resources Reconnaissance Survey Information is Support of: 2005 Hanscom Field Environmental Status & Planning Report. Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts (2006)
PAL, on behalf of Rizzo Associates (Rizzo), is assisting the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) with the preparation of the Hanscom Field 2005 Environmental Status and Planning Report (ESPR) as an update of the Elanscom Field 2000 ESPR. L.G. Hanscom Field (Hanscom Field) is Massachusetts’s premier general aviation airport and serves as a general aviation reliever to Logan International Airport with niche commercial service. The Hanscom Field area is located in the towns of Bedford, Concord,...
Technical Report, Intensive (Locational) Archaeological Survey, Family Camp at Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Massachusetts (1999)
In June 1999, PAL completed an intensive (locational) archaeological survey of the FAMCAMP project area, which is located adjacent to Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts. The U.S. Air Force is proposing improvements to the Family Camp, a 25-acre parcel located north of the main base property and runways. Background research indicated that known prehistoric sites are located in the vicinity of the project area near Elm Brook and an area south of Hanscom AFB along a watershed between...
Technical Report, Inventory of Historic and Archaeological Resources, Fourth Cliff Recreational Annex, Scituate, Massachusetts (1993)
The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. conducted an inventory of historic and archaeological resources at the U.S. Department of the Air Force Fourth Cliff Recreational Annex. Fourth Cliff is a 56-acre military property situated at the northern tip of the Humarock Peninsula in Scituate, Massachusetts. The firm of Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Inc. is overseeing all of the environmental, archaeological, and architectural studies in preparation for future planning activities. A comprehensive...
Technical Report: Assessment of the genetic analyses of Rasmussen et al. (2015) (2016)
The primary aim of the analysis reported in this 22-page report (undertaken with the support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St Louis District Contract #W912P9-16-P-0010) is to provide an independent validation of the genetic evidence underlying a recent publication by Morten Rasmussen and colleagues on July 23rd, 2015, in Nature (Vol 523:455–58). Based on our analysis of the Kennewick Man’s sequence data and Colville tribe genotype data generated by Rasmussen et al. We concur with the...
Technical Report: Legacy Private Collections Project (1995)
This technical report presents the results of a Department of Defense Legacy Program project to inventory, analyze, and recover private collections related to Edwards Air Force Base. The project had four general purposes: 1) to recover valuable information and materials from private collections, 2) to develop methods and techniques to effectively identify and gain information from private collections, 3) to assess the usefulness of private collections in addressing cultural resource management...
Technologies for Prehistoric and Historic Preservation - Summary, 1986 (1986)
This document summarizes a workshop on technologies for the preservation of archaeological sites and structures on December 3-4, 1985.
Temporary Post Exchange Building 83, Blueprint, Camp Bullis, Texas (1942)
This set of drawings from June 29, 1942 document the foundation, floor, and elevation plans of a temporary post exchange at Camp Bullis, Texas, building 83. The blueprint was originally drawn by Hesler and checked by Schmidt.
Test Area Maps, Cedar Point, 2000.028_0010 (1993)
Maps with testing locations for test areas 1-9, 14, 16, and 17 on Cedar Point.
Test Excavations and Monitoring at 41BX1598, A Multicomponent Historic Site in Bexar County, Texas (2005)
From September through December of 2003, the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at The University of Texas at San Antonio performed archaeological testing and monitoring at site 41BX1598, the location for the proposed San Fernando Community Center. The site is adjacent to Military Plaza in downtown San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The work performed by CAR was done under contract with the San Antonio Archdiocese, and was conducted in accordance with and under the jurisdiction of the City...
Test Excavations at a Small Site Along the Sacramento River (1981)
Evaluation of cultural resources, that is, the process of determining the significance of a specific resource, is fundamental to any cultural resource management program. The conservation of all cultural resources for future scientific research and for public benefit, would be an ideal situation, but it is not possible given the necessity for certain land disturbing activities which impact these resources. Therefore, evaluations regarding the significance of cultural resources are critical for...
Test Excavations at the Searex Tower Site, Bellows Field Archaeological Area, Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, Oahu (1985)
This paper reports the results of archaeological sub-surface excavations at the University of Rhode Island/University of Hawaii SEAREX Sea-Air Exchange Program tower site on the beach at Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii.
Test Excavations at Twenty-Eight Sites 1989-1990
In 1989, USACE, Kansas City District contracted with Commonwealth Cultural Resources Group (CCRG) to conduct Phase II testing at known sites on the Harry S. Truman Reservoir in Benton, Henry, Hickory, and St. Clair counties, Missouri (Contract No. DACW41-89-C-0102). At least two sites faced impacts from planned recreational development, and all the sites were to be evaluated for eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. The original contract listed 26 sites for...
Test Excavations of 5 Sites in the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter County, South Carolina
Archaeological site testing was conducted on five sites on the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range (PECR) at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, South Carolina. The sites investigated were 38SU140, 38SU148, 38SU188, 38SU195 and 38SU209. This project also contains the curation agreement between US Air Force Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base and the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology. SCIAA will be the repository for excavation material from Shaw Air Force Base.
Test Excavations Report, Rockport Site N.D. (1977)
This report describes the results of test excavations at a "probable archaeological site" identified by SSI's subsurface survey on a 1.70 mile section of the Ohio River floodplain. The Indiana and Michigan Electric Company, which owns the property, plans to construct a coal unloading and transporting facility, a river water make-up structure, plant outfall and bank stabilization along the floodplain as part of a coal-fired steam electric generating plant. The construction of the intake...
Test Unit Excavation Forms, Blossom Point Phase II, 2002.022_0004 (2000)
Test unit forms for the Blossom Point Phase II project on site 18CH161.
Test Unit Excavation Forms, Blossom Point Phase II, 2002.022_0009 (1999)
Test unit excavation forms for the Blossom Point Phase II for site 18CH227.
Test Unit Forms, Blossom Point Phase II, 2002.022_0001 (1999)
Test unit forms for the Blossom Point Phase II project on site 18CH155.
Test Unit Forms, Blossom Point Phase II, 2002.022_0002 (1999)
Test unit excavation forms for Blossom Point Phase II Project at site 18CH156.
Test Unit Map at Site 18CH162, 2002.027_0006 (2000)
A field sketch of test unit locations at the site 18CH162.
Texas' 10 Most Endangered Historic Properties (1992)
A pamphlet published in 1992 by the Texas Preservation Trust. The pamphlet gives a historical overview of Texas' 10 most endangered historic properties.
Texas' 10 Most Endangered Historical Properties Pamphlet (1992)
Correspondence regarding the "Texas' 10 Most Endangered Historical Properties" Pamphlet.
Textile Artifact Photograph, Archaeological Excavations for the Jenkins House Site (46CB41) 2002-2003 (2002)
Photograph of a textile artifact collected during the Archaeological Excavations for the Jenkins House Site (46CB41) 2002-2003 in the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam area, in Cabell County, West Virginia.
Textile Artifact Photographs, Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984 (2012)
Photographs of textile artifacts collected during the Field School at the Conner Mill Site (12G57) 1983-1984, located within the Mississinewa Reservoir in Grant County, Indiana.
Their Own Road: Archaeological Investigations along State Route 260 (2012)
At first glance, the potential for sub-Mogollon Rim archaeology sites is not promising. This region, east of Payson and Star Valley, Arizona, is characterized by single-room masonry structures and artifact scatters covered with thick stands of manzanita and pine duff. Many artifact scatters are comprised solely of small pieces of flaked stone; others have pieces of plain brown ware ceramics that blend in easily with the ground cover. However, beneath these less-than-dramatic surface...