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This project, created by Digital Antiquity under contract with the United States Air Force, contains documents and other resources from archaeological research conducted at Dyess Air Force Base (Dyess AFB). Dyess AFB, established in 1942 as Abilene Army Air Base (AAB), is a B1-Bomber base on 6,409-acre located in the southwest corner of Abilene, TX in Taylor County. The archaeology of the Taylor County area dates the human occupation of the area from about 12,500 B.C. into the present. ...
Report on the Creation of the Dyess AFB Archaeology Digital Archive and its Long-term Use (2014)
The creation of a digital archaeology archive for Dyess AFB is part of a pilot program to investigate the feasibility of using the Digital Archaeological Record repository (tDAR) as a safe and long-term repository for archaeological information important for the management and protection of important archaeological resources that are the responsibility of the US Air Force. The overall project, “Digitize and Store Information within the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR)” is carried out under...