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.

9,576-9,600 (9,693 Records)

VAFB-2020-34: Identification of Built Environment Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Ground Based Strategic Detterent Test Program (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Blackwell.

This document is a Section 106 Identification of Built Environment Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects for the Ground Bases Strategic Deterrent Test Program (GBSD). The project proposes to develop and test a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system by utilizing and modifying existing ICBM infrastructure at VAFB. The proposed Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program would develop and test a new ICBM system that would modernize the United States’ land-based...


VAFB-2020-36: Assessment of Archaeological Site Conditions on Vandenberg Air Force Base Fiscal Year 2019: Zones 1 and 2 (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Nathan T. Cruz.

This document is an Assessment of Archaeological Site Conditions on Vandenberg Air Force Base for the Fiscal Years of 2019 for Zones 1 and 2. This report documents site conditions in Zones 1 and 2. Applied EarthWorks archaeologists examine sites in both subzones in each zone. The scope of work calls for preparing updated site records for all sites with boundary changes. Those updates were completed for 41 sites; the updated records, including maps, are included in Appendix B. 404 sites are...


VAFB-2021-21: Identification of Historic Properties for the B4 Feeder Line Replacement Project, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Historical Properties Inventory Report on the Project to Replace the B4 Power line. The proposed Project will remove and replace approximately 4,800 linear feet of the B4 overhead feeder line that is a part of the 12kV distribution system. Vandenberg Space Force Base is seeking State Historic Preservation Office concurrence that 1) the Area of Potential Effect is adequately delineated, and 2) the effort to identify historic properties and the result that no historic properties...


VAFB-2021-24: Archaeological Resources Supplement Phase II, Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Chad Blackwell. Christopher Ryan.

This document is an Archaeological Resources Supplemental Report on Phase II of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program. The project involves Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) to take part in developing and testing a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system, which will involve utilizing and modifying existing ICBM structures on VSFB. VSFB determined that the GBSD Test Program will result in no adverse effects to archaeological and historic properties for Phase II.


VAFB-2021-26: Identification of Historic Properties and Finding of No Adverse Effect Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II Test Program (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II Test Program. The project involves the implementation of the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA II) Test Program on the norther part of Vandenberg Space Force Base. ERCA II is a multi-element, multi-phase test program of the Army’s next generation artillery systems. Major components of the artillery system include the cannon, gun mount, artillery projectile, and propelling...


VAFB-2021-28: Identification of Historic Properties for the Install Pad Mounted Switch at Pole A2-01/01 on OH Distribution Line Project (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Section 106 historic property inventory report for the Install Pad Mounted Switch at Pole A2-01/01 on OH Distribution Line Project. The document defines a study area, area of direct impact, and area of direct effect. The identification of historic properties within the study identified five archaeological sites, CA-SBA-2569, -2888, -3560, -3747, and -3748, the Camp Cooke Cantonment District, and two isolated finds, VAFB-ISO-170 and 510. This report supports a Section 106...


VAFB-2021-31: Places of Tradition and Religious Importance for the SYBCI during GBSD Test Program (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Beniamino Volta.

This document is a Section 106 report on Places of Traditional Religious and Cultural Importance that might be impacted by the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Test Program. Upon request by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, this report was designed to present available information regarding places of traditional religious and cultural importance that may be affected by the proposed undertaking. Places of traditional religious and cultural importance may include Traditional Cultural...


VAFB-2021-36: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effect for the American Water Grubbing and Vegetation Removal Behind Building 856 Project, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a report Identifying the Historic Properties and Assessment of Effected for the American Water Grubbing and Vegetation Removal behind Building 856 Project. The grubbing activity has the potential to uproot vegetation and therefore cause subsurface disturbance. Three sites were found to be within the survey area; CA-SBA-923, CA-SBA-2952, and CA-SBA-3107H. Vandenberg Space Force Base is seeking State Historic Preservation Office concurrence that 1) the area of direct impact was...


Vance Air Force Base: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

This report provides an inventory and assessment of the Cold War-era (1945-1991) built environment at Vance Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma. Geo-Marine, Inc., conducted this work to assist the United States Air Force, Air Education and Training Command in fulfilling its responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended through 2000. Most of the buildings constructed during the reactivation of Vance AFB in the early 1950s have been renovated to the...


The Vermont State Historic Preservation Office's Guidelines for Conducting Archaeology in Vermont and Appendices (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Giovanna Peebles.

People have lived in Vermont for over 12,000 years. The vast majority of that history is unwritten and becomes known only through the archaeological record. Most often, archaeological investigations in Vermont occur in response to federal and state laws that protect archaeological resources. The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, serving as the Vermont State Historic Preservation Office (VTSHPO), developed these Guidelines to provide a framework for those activities, as well as guidance...


A Very Large Array: Early Federal Historic Preservation - The Antiquities Act, Mesa Verde, and the National Park Service Act (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Sellars.

This issue of the Natural Resources Journal encompasses a “very large array” of articles, to borrow the name of one of New Mexico’s wonders on the Plains of San Augustine southwest of Albuquerque and the title of National Park Service historian Richard Sellar’s history of the beginnings of the long esteemed and recently embattled agency for which he works. The “large array” in this issue runs the gamut from the economic evaluation of ecological services, a critical issue in the balancing of...


Vessel Count Analysis, Phase III, G.A.T.E. Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2011)
DATASET R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates.

Dataset related to the vessel count analysis from the Phase III Investigation at the Dallam Site (18HA312) St. John Properties - G.A.T.E Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US.


Vessel Count, All Ceramics in Feature, G.A.T.E. Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2011)
DATASET R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates.

Vessel Counts for all ceramics in a feature, G.A.T.E. Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US.


Vessel Count, G.A.T.E. Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2011)
DATASET R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates.

Vessel Count, G.A.T.E. Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US. Specific site not indicated.


Vessel Count, Inventory List, G.A.T.E. Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2011)
DATASET R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates.

Vessel Count, Inventory List from the Phase III Investigation at the Dallam Site (18HA312) St. John Properties - G.A.T.E Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US.


Vessel Count, Round 3 and 4, G.A.T.E. Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground (2011)
DATASET R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates.

Vessel Count, Round 3 and 4, from the Phase III Investigation at the Dallam Site (18HA312) St. John Properties - G.A.T.E Project, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US.


Virtual Hampson Museum Project
PROJECT Angie Payne. Fredrick Limp.

The Virtual Hampson Museum located at http://hampson.cast.uark.edu/ showcases a series of 3D digital artifacts from the collections at the Hampson Archeological Museum State Park. All artifacts were scanned in full color with the Konica Minolta VIVID 9i laser scanner. One hundred forty of these artifacts are archived with tDAR. In compliance with the ADS Guide to Good Practice for Laser Scanning document, the archive includes raw scan files, a registered dataset, a premesh dataset, a mesh...


Voices of the Mountain: Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station Oral History Project (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

A collection of sixteen oral history interviews taken in 2008 concerning the history of the construction of NORAD, the Cold War, and the transfer of the mission from the Air Force to a private contractor. This was prepared for the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.


Volume 2, Fort Sam Houston Maintenance and Repair Plan: Cavalry and Light Artillery Post (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Chelsea Walter

Fort Sam Houston’s buildings exhibit a variety of architectural influences because of its incremental development. Its four posts, the Quadrangle and Staff Post, Infantry Post, Cavalry and Light Artillery Post, and New Post, are excellent visual records of the Army’s planning ideals and the architectural styles employed during their respective construction periods. The various architectural styles included Italianate, Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Classical...


Volume 2, Fort Sam Houston Maintenance and Repair Plan: Infantry Post (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Chelsea Walter

Of all the posts at Fort Sam Houston, none is more complex stylistically than the Infantry Post. This complicated assemblage of stylistic influences is typified in the design of Long Barracks and Band Barracks, and is discussed in more detail later in this text. Less difficult to interpret are the post’s kitchens, mess halls, and latrines which were executed in a simplified form of the Colonial Revival style. The Colonial Revival style, also known as Georgian Revival, is an adaptation of the...


Volume 2, Fort Sam Houston Maintenance and Repair Plan: New Post (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Chelsea Walter

Fort Sam Houston’s buildings exhibit a variety of architectural influences because of its incremental development. Its four posts, the Quadrangle and Staff Post, Infantry Post, Cavalry and Light Artillery Post, and New Post, are excellent visual records of the Army’s planning ideals and the architectural styles employed during their respective construction periods. The various architectural styles include Italianate, Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Classical...


Volume 2, Fort Sam Houston Maintenance and Repair Plan: Quadrangle and Staff Post (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Chelsea Walter

Fort Sam Houston’s buildings exhibit a variety of architectural influences as a result of its incremental development. Its four posts, the Quadrangle and Staff Post, Infantry Post, Cavalry and Light Artillery Post, and New Post, are excellent visual records of the Army’s planning ideals and the architectural styles employed during their respective construction periods. The various architectural styles include Italianate, Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, Greek Revival,...


Volume 2: Camp Bullis Maintenance and Repair Plan (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Chelsea Walter

From an architectural perspective, buildings and structures at Camp Bullis are utilitarian in character. Some Craftsman and Bungalow stylistic influences can be seen in building proportions and detailing. Buildings were built economically to house, feed, and train troops; to administer training programs, and to maintain the military hardware used in training. Although the edifices of Fort Sam Houston project permanence and the public face of the Army as an enduring institution of the government,...


Volume I: Report Cultural Resources Inventory of 1,730 Acres in the Proposed Alt 3A and Alt 3B Expansion Areas, Nevada Test and Training Range Land Withdrawal (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joanna Roberson. Daron Duke. Sarah Rice.

This report details Far Western’s findings, including the results of 1,730 acres of archaeological inventory conducted in 28 randomly selected sample survey units. A total of 56 new archaeological sites were recorded, and two previously recorded sites were updated. The survey also recorded 87 isolated artifacts or features.


Volume II: Appendices Cultural Resources Inventory of 1,730 Acres in the Proposed Alt 3A and Alt 3B Expansion Areas, Nevada Test and Training Range Land Withdrawal (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joanna Roberson. Daron Duke. Sarah K. Rice.

Appendices for the Cultural Resources Inventory Report of 1,730 acres in the Nevada Test and Training Range. The appendices includes records search results.