Ground Stone (Material Keyword)

Lithic artifact formed or finished by polishing the body or edges with an abrasive

9,976-10,000 (10,167 Records)

USDA Forest Service Inventory Standards and Accounting Form: Trails, Fuels, Habitat, Recreation, and Roads Project in Manzanita Mountains Phase 4 (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Cynthia B. Benedict.

A total of 315 acres were surveyed for Phase 4 of a LA rge ecosystem management project. Of these 3156 acres, 2188 were newly surveyed, and 968 were previously surveyed. There are a total of 26 sites in the project area. 14 of the sites are new, 12 are previously recorded. Sites AR 05-50 (LA 13283), AR 05-67 (LA 77130), AR 05-220 (LA 78483), AR 05-340 (LA 107707), AR 05-349 (LA 108122), AR 05-361 (LA 114781) are considered eligible for the National Register under criterion D. Sites AR 05-337...


USDA, Forest Service; Toiyabe National Forest; Cultural Resources Narrative Report; Report Number TY-89-527; Horseshoe Timber Sale (1986)
DOCUMENT Citation Only K. E. Kraft. A. L. Turner.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Use Areas Final Map (2010)
GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This final map project is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. The files contained in this record include an .mxd map project and an image of the...


Use of Beveled Discoidals in Northern Georgia (1936)
DOCUMENT Citation Only William B. Colburn.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Use_Areas Shapefile (2010)
GEOSPATIAL Karen Holberg.

The aim of the LEAP projects was to publish multi-layered e-publications and develop and link them to associated digital archives. The original LEAP project was funded by the AHRC while the LEAP II, A Trans-Atlantic LEAP, was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This shapefile is part of a 2011 LEAP II project "Placing immateriality: situating the material of highland Chiriquí" by Karen Holberg. All files associated with this record must be downloaded to ensure that the shapefile...


Using GIS to Describe and Understand Archaeological Site Distribution: Mapping Fort St. Joseph (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Benston.

Geography and geographic perspectives make important contributions to many other disciplines. This thesis project is designed to bring a geographic perspective to an ongoing archaeological investigation. The project is focused on Fort Saint Joseph, a French colonial mission, garrison and trading post built in 1691 and occupied for 90 years. The site has been excavated for six years and plans are in place for annual excavations until 2018. As the body of information about the site increases, a...


Utah BLM Statewide Wilderness Draft Environmental Impact State, Volume II, West-Central Region, Cedar Mountains Wsa (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Marian L. Revitte. D. K. Young. F. L. Clegg. N. Fox. P. W. Carter.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Utah BLM Statewide Wilderness Draft Environmental Impact State, Volume II, West-Central Region, North Stransbury Mountains Wsa (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Marian L. Revitte. D. K. Young. F. L. Clegg. N. Fox. P. W. Carter.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


Utah BLM Statewide Wilderness Draft Environmental Impact State, Volume VI, East-Central Region, Spruce Canyon Wsa (1985)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Marian L. Revitte. D. K. Young. F. L. Clegg. N. Fox. P. W. Carter.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.


V48 Artifacts (2009)
DATASET Aaron Kendall.

v48 is a Norse settlement site from Greenland's Western Settlement. The site was excavated from 1976-1977. Artifacts were analyzed at the Greenlandic National Museum and Archive in 2009.


VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report (1974)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne. Michael A. Glassow.

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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

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-1990-13: Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This report presents the results of a subsurface archaeological testing program at Sba-793 conducted by the Directorate of Environmental Management in May and June 1990. The purpose of the work was to evaluate the effect of construction of the proposed waste water treatment plant on this National Register eligible site. Despite the disturbed appearance of the ground surface an undisturbed deposit exists within this portion of Sba-793. The deposit, however, does not contain any new or unique...


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)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

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-2002-05: Inventory and Assessment of Historic Properties for the Providence Landing Project Drainage Route Alternatives A - F, at the Antennae Farm, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert O. Gibson. Jeff A. Parsons.

This document addresses the potential for effects to occur to significant historic properties as a result of a proposal to channel storm water from the Providence Landing Project onto and across the Antennae Farm on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA.


VAFB-2017-16: Condition Assessments of Archaeological Sites and the Canyon Fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2016, USAF Contract No. GS10F0059N, XUMUOS9115 (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents the FY16 condition assessments of sites in Zones 10a, 9a, 9b, and 8b (Tables 1, 2, and 3) using the previous systems setup by Applied Earthworks. The zones selected for FY16 were in response to the Canyon Fire of September 2016. The Canyon Fire burnt approximately 12,742 acres on South Base across sites in Zones 10a, 9a, 9b, and 8b (Figure 1-5). The condition of sites within the burn area were assessed for direct and indirect impacts as a result of the fire. CH2M completed...


VAFB-2017-20: Determination of No Adverse Effect, Replacement of Damaged Circuit N6 Electrical Poles, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Audrey Lindsay. Roscoe Loetzerich.

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-2017-22: Archaeological Study for the Proposed Perimeter Civil Structure, Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow.

This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the proposed Perimeter Civil Structure at Space Launch Complex 4E on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Vandenberg AFB determined that this project is an undertaking subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended). The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the proposed perimeter civil...


VAFB-2018-06: Installation Remediation Program Site ST171 Remediation Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Environmental Flight Cultural Resources Section (30 CES/CEVNC).

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Installation Remediation Program, Site ST171 Remediation Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Installation Remediation Program, Site ST171 Remediation project as a single Section 106 report. Applied EarthWorks was tasked with supporting the 30 CES/CEIEA Section 106 compliance effort through...


VAFB-2018-15: Vandenberg Air Force Base: Fiscal Year 2017 Vandenberg Rock Art Monitoring (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents and outlines the condition assessment of each rock art site on VAFB for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17). This report lists information about each site and brief summaries about common impacts, tasks, and specific observations at sites. Information in this report focuses on areas at rock art sites with significant impacts, high-risk areas for impacts, and professional insight to help understand the sensitivity of sites and implemented management strategies. This report outlines...


VAFB-2018-19: Assessment of Potential Adverse Effects to CA-SBA-689 in Support of Remediation at IRP Site 171, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino.

This document is a contractor generated letter report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Remediation at IRP Site 171 Project. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the remediation at IRP Site 171 project as a single Section 106 report. To support their National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 compliance requirements, the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Installation...


VAFB-2019-08: Vandenberg Air Force Base Fiscal Year 2018 Vandenberg Rock Art Monitoring, Contract No. GS10F0059N (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents and outlines the condition assessment of each rock art site on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18). This report lists information about each site and brief summaries about common impacts, tasks, and specific observations at sites. Information in this report focuses on areas at rock art sites with significant impacts, high-risk areas for impacts, and professional insight to help understand the sensitivity of sites and implemented management...


VAFB-2019-16: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the D2-D4 Circuit Electric Lines Replacement Projects, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow.

This contractor generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the D2–D4 Circuit Electric Lines Replacement Projects. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the D2–D4 Circuit Electric Lines Replacement projects 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...


VAFB-2020-01: Archaeological Investigations at Site CA-SBA-793, Supporting Section 106 and 110 Compliance for the MTRS-2 Dock Station Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Paula Bienenfeld. Jonathan Green. Kara Saffos.

This document is a contractor generated Section 106 and 110 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the MTRS-2 Dock Station Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the MTRS-2 Dock Station project as a single Section 106 and 100 compliance report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation Officer to concur on the project...


VAFB-2020-32: Archaeological Investigations in Support of Section 106 Compliance Ground Based Strategic Deterrant Test Program (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Beniamino Volta. Michael Connolly. Daniel Leonard. Daniel Leard.

This document is a report on the Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program. The purpose of this project is to modernize the United States’ land-based nuclear arsenal and eventually replace the nation’s current Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. A portion of development and testing of the new system, named Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), would take place in California at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa...