Towers (Other Keyword)
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Project metadata for resources within the 611th Air Support Group cultural heritage resources collection.
Social Organization within a Tower Complex in Southeast Utah: A Landscape Approach (2016)
Through architecture, the Ancestral Pueblo people expressed their ideas and beliefs in many different ways. Towers have long been an enigmatic presence in the Southwest when role and function are in question, though focus should not be placed solely on a single explanation if one is to understand the people. Rather, interpreting the entirety of a site allows for a more holistic view into the social landscape. Ongoing research is being conducted at site 42SA4998 in the Alkali Ridge region of...
Towers in the Northern Periphery (2023)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New research in the northern portion of Bears Ears National Monument reveals unique forms of late 12th century Ancestral Pueblo towers that vary from nearby Cedar Mesa and Hovenweep. This poster presents a study of towers in Beef Basin, a large valley north of the Abajo Mountain Range draining into the Colorado River, and examines the unique architecture,...
Wake Atoll Air Traffic Control Towers (2017)
The purpose of this report is to establish the historic context for air traffic control tower and air traffic control support facility development on Wake Atoll. A critical component of any airfield, the air traffic control towers, and support facilities on Wake contributed to the safe and organized passage of aircraft through and over the atoll. Air traffic control facilities were an important aspect of Wake’s operation as a major aviation hub from 1935 to 1972. This report outlines the...