Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex (Site Type Keyword)

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VAFB-1970-01: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA (1970)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is a report that summarizes activities carried out on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during the summer of 1969, under a Federal Antiquities Act Permit issued to Dr. Claude N. Warren of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara by the National Park Service as part of early inventory efforts at VAFB. Goals included locating archaeological sites between Shuman Canyon and Pt. Sal in the north and Sudden Flats in the south and filling out...


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-1986-19: EXXON LOMPOC Pipeline Project Supplemental EIR, Technical Appendix C Cultural Resources, Final Report (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Chester King. Robert O. Gibson. M. Kay Martin. Nancy R. Murphy. Lois Roberts. Larry Wilcoxon.

This is the Technical Appendix C for the EXXON LOMPOC Pipeline Project Supplemental EIR, 1986. The appendix addresses cultural resources as well as tables and cultural material information.


VAFB-2018-11: Extended Phase I Testing Results for the South Base Utility Underground Project (XUMU 12-1276B) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Nicchitta.

This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Extended Phase I Testing Results for the South Base Utility Underground Project (XUMU 12-1276B). The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Extended Phase I Testing for the South Base Utility Underground project as a single Section 106 report. The CAPE Environmental Management, Inc. (CAPE) contracted with Albion to...


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-2019-09: Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Archaeological Sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2018, Contract No. GS10F0059N, XUMUOS9115 (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents the condition assessment of sensitive and threatened sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The sensitive and threatened sites are cultural resources with high informational value and are important to Native American groups, such as the Chumash, and have active impact agents and/or the potential to be severely impacted. This report documents the condition of these sites using the new approach developed by Applied EarthWorks and Cultural Resources Section (30 CES/CEIEA) in 2009...


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-2019-21: DRAFT Point Conception Light Station Conditions Assessment and Repairs Study, Contract No. GS10F0059N, Task Order FA8903-15-F-0023 (PWS Task 4.12.3) (2019)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeremy Hollins. Dennis Pearson. Shannon Wright. Richard Bambam. Scott McCrady. Mark Taberner.

This document is a study intended to serve as a preliminary analysis of the current conditions and possible repairs for the Point Conception Lighthouse and Family Quarters C. The field investigations consisted of visual surface observations, avoided destructive analysis, and did not include the preparation of structural calculations, structural or material testing, or development of design or construction drawings. This report and cost estimates are intended to provide the USAF with a rough...


VAFB-2020-11: Section 110 National Register Eligibility Evaluation: Re-evaluation of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Site Complex (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Roscoe Loetzerich.

This document is a Section 110 National Register Eligibility Re-evaluation of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Site. The purpose of this study is to review previous investigations pursuant to the National Register of Historic Places (NHPA); to identify the extant buildings and structures of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Site complex; to document the buildings and structures on California Department of Parks & Recreation recording forms (placed on file with the California Office of...


VAFB-2020-25: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Honda Culverts Repair Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory report and assessment of effects for the Honda Culverts Repair Project (813-17-007). The purpose of the project is to replace the existing culverts that are 12.5-foot-diameter, corrugated metal pipes that were emplaced during construction of this segment of Coast Road in 1979–1983. The two pipes have been scoured along the bottom and have lost structural integrity. The proposed Honda Creek Culverts Repair 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...


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-2021-11: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the ABL Space Systems RS-1 Project at Launch Complex 576-E Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Joyce Gerber.

This document is an Archaeological Investigation in Support of Section 106 Compliance for the ABL Space Systems RS-1 Project at Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. The Project proposes to operate the ABL Space Systems RS1 launch vehicle at the existing, decommissioned Launch Complex 576-E (LC 576-E) on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Santa Barbara County, California. Applied EarthWorks delineated the Area of Direct Impact. The Archaeological...


VAFB-2021-25: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery II Project (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Eric S. Nocerino. Clayton G. Lebow. Douglas Harro. Joyce Gerber. Adrian Whitaker. Ann M. Munns. Victoria Eisenhart.

This document is a Section 106 Archaeological Investigation Report Supporting Compliance for the Army Extended Range Cannon Artillery Ii (ERCA) Artillery II Project. The ERCA II Project proposes to fire 77 test launches from the existing decommissioned Launch Facility 05 (LF-05), a former Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test launch silo. The Project would also involve storage of explosives at Launch Facility 25 (LF-25) and Building 1824, also on Vandenberg SFB. Based on information...


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-2021-29: Identification of Historic Properties and Finding of No Historic Properties Affected, County of Santa Barbara Public Safety Radio Upgrade at the GATR Site, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California, 813-22-008CR (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 Identification of Historic Properties for the Public Safety Radio Upgrade at the Ground-to-Air Transmission and Receiving (GATR) Site Project. The proposed project would install new receiver/transmitter antennas, radios, a global positioning system receiver, and associated racks and hardware at the GATR Site, located on the peak of Oak Mountain on the south base portion of Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). VSFB requests concurrence from the State Historic...


Valencia Site Arizona Site Steward File (1976)
DOCUMENT Full-Text J. M. Hewitt. Brian Kenny.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Valencia Site, comprised of a Hohokam pit house village with accompanying lithic and ceramic artifacts, located on State Trust land. The file consists of a Site Steward Program resource nomination form, Arizona State Museum archaeological survey form, and map of the site location. The earliest dated document is from 1976.


The Valencia Site Testing Project: Mapping, Intensive Surface Collecting, and Limited Trenching Of a Hohokam Ballcourt Village in the Southern Tucson Basin (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark D. Elson. William H. Doelle.

Mapping, surface collection, and testing at the Valencia site (AZ BB:13:15 [ASM]), a large prehistoric Hohokam village in the Tucson Basin, provided a wealth of new and significant information. More than 20,000 artifacts were recovered through controlled collection. These data allowed for a more precise reconstruction of the site chronology and structure, and indicated that the Valencia site was initially occupied during the Snaketown phase and continued through the Early Rincon subphase....


Valentine Pueblo Arizona Site Steward File (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Christine Thiel. J. Scott Wood. Denise Ryan.

This is an Arizona Site Steward file for the Valentine Pueblo site, located on Tonto National Forest land. The site is comprised of a Preclassic Hohokam room block with accompanying petroglyoph, plaza, and lithic and sherd scatter. The file consists of a heritage inventory form, hand drawn site map, map of the site location, and site data form. The earliest dated document is from 1997.


Valle de Cocóspera Archaeological Project: Recent Finds (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Júpiter Martínez.

This report describes the excavations at Mission Cocóspera and includes maps and photographs.


Valley of Mexico Archaeological Survey Project
PROJECT Jeffrey Parsons.

Here are the Valley of Mexico survey data collected by University of Michigan projects directed by Jeffrey R. Parsons between 1967 and 1973, and by Richard E. Blanton in 1969. These descriptive data were originally published in 1983 as Archaeological Settlement Pattern Data from the Chalco, Xochimilco, Ixtapalapa, Texcoco, and Zumpango Regions, Mexico, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Technical Reports No. 14, by J. R. Parsons, K. W. Kintigh, and S. A. Gregg. Associated resources...


Van Epps 1909
DOCUMENT Full-Text Percy Van Epps.

This brief article on Cayadutta was published by Percy Van Epps in 1909.


Van Epps-Hartley Chapter Ceramic Analysis
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Dean Snow

This ceramic analysis was undertaken by a set of members of the Van Epps-Hartley Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association. There is no author identified.


Vanishing River Appendices (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text WIlliam L. Deaver. Barbara A. Murphy. Douglas M. Pease. Jeffrey A. Homburg. Keith B. Knoblock. Karen R. Adams. Steven Bozarth. Kellie M. Cairns. Steven D. Shelley. Barbara K.. Montgomery. Robert A. Heckman. Ronald H. Towner. Alex V. Benitez. Margaret Newman. Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman. Richard Hughes. Arthur W. Vokes. Carla R. Van West.

The Vanishing Rivers Appendices document contains all of the LVAP Vanishing River appendices. First, it presents a table of contents list of all appendices and referenced figures and tables. The document then provides each of the appendices associated with Vanishing River Volumes 1 - 3 (the pdf electronic volumes) and those associated with Vanishing River Volume 4 (the companion book).