Prehistoric (Temporal Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is a letter report that serves as an Archaeological Impact Statement for the proposed construction of an antenna base immediately adjacent to Building 23251 at its western edge. According to information provided by the Federal Electric Corporation, sponsors for the construction, the proposed effort would involve emplacing a five foot square concrete pad to a depth of one foot at this location. No additional disturbance of the surface would result. Construction is located near...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is for visits made on 6 February and again on 11 February, 1976, Laurence Spanne to the site of the proposed location for a new cable trench between Bear Creek, Old Surf and Coast Roads on South Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The proposed route for the cable trench was found to transect archaeological site CA-SBA-549 for a distance of approximately 1250 feet along a line beginning at a point about 300 feet southwest of the inter section of Bear Creek and Old Surf Roads...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Carole A. Denardo. Clayton G. Lebow.

This document is a report that includes an inventory of isolated artifacts on Vandenberg Air Force Base and an associated database incorporated into GIS. This list and database serve as a comprehensive review of all sources of isolate data at the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron, Environmental Flight Cultural Resources Section (30 CES/CEVPC), including the existing GIS, multiple sets of site location base maps, existing isolate records and cultural resource field forms, cultural resource reports,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Virginia S. Popper.

This document is a report of the results of a Macro botanical Analysis of Soil Samples from CA-SBA-658. This analysis suggests that the inhabitants of site CA-SBA-658 collected plants from Honda Creek, nearby grasslands, and scrub/chaparral to obtain food and firewood. Some of the recovered taxa were also used for medicinal and utilitarian purposes. Extremely poor preservation conditions at both sites have greatly hampered our understanding of how their inhabitants interacted with the plant...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is a Rock Art Monitoring Report for the 14 rock art sites that exist with Vandenberg Air Force Base boundaries. The purpose of Rock Art Monitoring is to 1) ensure Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) Compliance, 2) preserve and protect the unique cultural resources, and 3) monitor any threats to the rock art sites and recommend maintenance responses. The assessment report presents the findings, actions, and recommendations developed through scheduled monitoring and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is the 2011 Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1970 Rock Art Compliance Report. The goals of this project specifically include monitoring of three well-known and regularly visited rock art sites: Honda Ridge (CA-SBA-550), Window Cave (CA-SBA-655) and Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503). There are a total of 14 rock art sites that are monitored within Vandenberg Air Force Base boundaries. This report is one component of a continuing effort by the United States Air Force to protect...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is a report of the 2013 Vandenberg Air Force Base Compliance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Ace of 1970. The aim of this project was to make scheduled visits to each site, assess the nature, size, and rate of any impacts observed, and to implement site-specific management measures deriving from prior year recommendations as described within the statement of work. No serious impacts to the rock art were noted during the period of this project, with the exception of an...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan.

This document is a Section 106 report on the Identification of Historic Properties for the East Housing Area Solar Energy Project at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Santa Barbara County, California. VAFB personnel determined that 1) there are no historic properties directing with the Area of Direct Impact (ADI), and 2) there are two resources close enough to the ADI to warrant inclusion in the Area of Potential Effect (APE). The two sites were identified as CA-SBA-3270 and CA-SBA-3487. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy.

This document is a report on the monitoring of rock art sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) during the fiscal year of 2015-2016. This report is abridged notes to what could be a detailed instruction to manage the rock art on VAFB. Continued annual monitoring and site maintenance using similar methods developed by 30th Space Wing CES (Cultural Resources) will help in preserving the rock art of the prehistoric Chumash culture on VAFB.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Karin Pitts-Olmedo.

This contractor generated Section 106 and 110 report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County in California. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Demolition of the Antenna Farm in the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District project as a single...

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy Murphy.

This report outlines condition assessment data for all known rock art sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) for Fiscal Year 2016. The effort for assessing conditions of rock art assists with the requirement for the United States Air Force (USAF), 30th Space Wing for Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Details about work tasks are outlined in Statement of Work XUMUOS9115.

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Josh Smallwood. Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML). Christopher Ryan. 30 CES/CEIEA, Vandenberg Air Force Base.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Oak Mountain Solar Farm Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Oak Mountain Solar Farm project 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 and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roscoe Loetzerich. 30 CES/CEIEA, Vandenberg Air Force Base.

This document is a government generated Section 106 report consisting of a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the Coast Road Culvert Repair Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Coast Road culvert repair project 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 and...

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...

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...

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah Nicchitta.

This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the All Terrain Vehicles (ATV)/Obstacle Course Improvements Project. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the ATV/Obstacle Course Improvements project as a single Section 106 report. To support Section 106 compliance requirements, CAPE Environmental Management, Inc. (CAPE) contracted with Albion to complete this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jon Picciuolo.

Appendix B is a memorandum report that outlines a potential unrecorded pictographic element in the rock art at Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503). Jon Picciuolo has submitted the memorandum as a record of the observation of the possible unrecorded pictographic element at Swordfish Cave. The memorandum outlines the element as possibly representing a Chumash harpoon toggle point. The element is on Panel 3 of the rock art at Swordfish Cave. The memorandum includes a description of the element and...

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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Audrey Lindsay. Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML).

In September 2016, the Canyon Fire burned approximately 12,742 acres on southern Vandenberg Air Force Base. The wildfire impacted three rock art sites, but most negatively affected the Honda Ridge rock art site (CA-SBA-550). The northeastern side of the pictograph panel took the brunt of the fire impacts, resulting in extensive carbon deposits, micro- and macro spalling, and possibly host rock discoloration (Murphy 2017). This study, more broadly situated within the Honda Ridge Pilot Project,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a Section 106 report for an archaeological investigation and an assessment of adverse effects in support of the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Narlon bridge replacement project 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 and determinations for individual...

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...

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...