The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is charged by federal law and statutes to identify, evaluate, and protect important cultural and historical properties on DAF land for the benefit of this and future generations of Americans. In executing these mandates, DAF has produced several thousand professional quality monographs, reports, and studies that record valuable data and insights on our Nation’s history and prehistory, as reflected on our installations and ranges. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) has partnered with Digital Antiquity and Argonne National Laboratory to curate these resources in the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR).
Since 2011, Digital Antiquity has worked with Air Force installations to establish a system for digitally curating DAF cultural resources documents and making those documents available to approved users. Installations have the ability to organize their file types in a way that is useful for their needs, while providing controlled levels of access to approved users.
This is the main collection for DAF. Here you can find collections of documents, data, images, and other digital information generated from and/or related to archaeological and other cultural resources and investigations on or nearby DAF facilities. The collection was created by the Center for Digital Antiquity in cooperation with US Air Force, US Space Force, and Air National Guard Cultural Resources Management personnel.
Site Name Keywords
Belle Chance •
Scott Air Force Base Historic District •
Building 1966 •
Building 1967 •
18PR447 •
Chapel II •
Building 1968 •
50-80-15-4853 •
LA 38135 •
8BR00085
Site Type Keywords
Non-Domestic Structures •
Governmental Structure •
Historic Governmental Structure •
Archaeological Feature •
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Military Structure •
Artifact Scatter •
Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
House
Other Keywords
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station •
National Register of Historic Places •
Map •
NRHP •
OAHP •
Camp Bullis Survey •
Site Form •
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson •
SHPO •
United States Air Force
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Archaic •
Woodland •
PaleoIndian •
Prehistoric •
Late Archaic •
Euroamerican •
Middle Woodland •
Middle Archaic •
Early Woodland
Investigation Types
Heritage Management •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Architectural Documentation •
Historic Background Research •
Architectural Survey •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Archaeological Overview •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Systematic Survey •
Consultation
Material Types
Chipped Stone •
Ceramic •
Chert •
Glass •
Metal •
Building Materials •
Fauna •
Shell •
Fire Cracked Rock •
Ground Stone
Temporal Keywords
Historic •
Prehistoric •
Cold War •
20th Century •
Cold War Era •
World War II •
19th Century •
WWII •
Archaic •
18th Century
Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
USA (Country) •
Texas (State / Territory) •
Bexar County (County) •
Texas •
San Antonio •
Bexar (County) •
California (State / Territory) •
Santa Barbara (County)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 7,301-7,400 of 7,775)
University of Hawai`i Archaeological Research on Bellows Air Force Station: Report of the 1989 Field School and a Proposal for Further Research in 1990 (1990)
VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report (1974)
VAFB-1976-01: Evaluation of Archaeological Sites On Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California: Final Report (1976)
VAFB-1979-01: A Study of Subsurface Archaeological and Paleontological Sites: Occurrence and Probability of Discovery During Construction Periods (1979)
VAFB-1980-12: Cultural Resources Technical Report Site Delimitation and Testing for Proposed MX Missiles Systems at VAFB (1980)
VAFB-1980-13: Cultural Resource Impact Evaluation and Mitigation Planning for the Mx Missile System Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1980)
VAFB-1981-08: Archaeological Salvage Excavations at SBA-534 and SBA-680 for Sts 69 Kv Transmission Line, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1981)
VAFB-1982-05: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California 1982 Fuels Management Program Cultural Resources Survey/Evaluation (1982)
VAFB-1982-06: An Addendum to Prehistoric and Historic Land Use Strategies in the San Antonio Terrace: A Research Design to Guide Archaeological Studies in Support of the MX Missile Test Facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1982)
VAFB-1983-09: The Story of Marshallia Ranch, a History Dating Back to the Olivera Adobe Built in 1837 (1983)
VAFB-1983-10: Results of Archaeological Monitoring at SBA-1149-P in Connection With The GSSI Project At Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (1983)
VAFB-1983-17: Letter report (testing) to Mr. Howard Watts, Cultural Resources Manager, Environmental Planning Division, U.S. Air Force Regional Civil Engineer dated August 16,1983 (1983)
VAFB-1983-18: Study of Shellfish Remains from Archaeological Sites on the San Antonio Terrace (1983)
VAFB-1984-07: Archeological Survey: Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Shuttle Range Support Project, Santa Barbara County (1984)
VAFB-1984-08: Data Recovery Plan, SBa-1060: Peacekeeper Program, Roads and Utilities, Phase I, VAFB, CA (1984)
VAFB-1984-14: Archaeological Test Excavation and Monitoring at SBA-939, SBA-512, and SBA-1853, VAFB, CA (1984)
VAFB-1984-26: Archaeological Investigations On the San Antonio Terrace, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in Connection With Mx Facilities Construction (1984)
VAFB-1984-26c: Archaeological Investigations on the San Antonio Terrace: Appendix II HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AREA by Lois J. Roberts (1984)
VAFB-1985-09: Environmental Surveillance Report, No. 20 October 1, 1984 through August 15, 1985 (1985)
VAFB-1985-12: Archaeological Investigation: Northwest Lompoc / Jesus Maria Project, Union Oil Company of California, VAFB. (1985)
VAFB-1985-19: Archeological Investigation: Vandenberg AFB Communication Line #1976, Santa Barbara County, California (1985)
VAFB-1986-08: Archaeological Surface Survey for a Portion of the MPS36 Electrical Power Line Project VAFB, CA (1986)
VAFB-1987-04: Cultural Resources Survey of Proposed Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Test Areas, San Antonio Terrace, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1987)
VAFB-1987-10: Results of Archaeological Surface Survey and Limited Subsurface Testing for the Launch Support System Cable Northern Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1987)
VAFB-1988-08: Phase I Archaeological Survey for Proposed Fence Lines in Santa Lucia Canyon and San Antonio Valley, Vandenberg Air Force Base (1988)
VAFB-1990-13: Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
VAFB-1990-20: Power Line to A/D/E Substations Surface Survey, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
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)
VAFB-1991-08: Cultural Resources Investigations for the Peacekeeper Program San Antonio Terrace Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1991)
VAFB-1999-05: Final Archaeological Test Excavations at Launch Facility 05 (CA-SBA-1853) Vandenberg Air Force Base, California TA-409C (1999)
VAFB-1999-08: Archaeological Investigations for the North Base Fiber-Optic Cable System, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1999)
VAFB-2000-02: Final National Register of Historic Places Eligibility and Effects Determination for CA-SBA-740, Vandenberg Air Force Base California (2000)
VAFB-2000-12: Final Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data During FY 2000, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
VAFB-2000-13: Final Limited Archaeological Testing for New Maintenance Facility Construction at Marshallia Ranch Golf Course, VAFB, SB Co., CA. (2000)
VAFB-2000-17: Final Cultural Resource Studies in Support of the El Rancho Road Bridge Project, Including an Archaeological Survey of the San Antonio Creek Cutbanks Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
VAFB-2000-19: Survey and Testing of Proposed Bore Site Location, Vandenberg Air Force Base, South of San Antonio Creek (2000)
VAFB-2002-07: Final Report: Presence / Absence Testing and Boundary Delineation at Site CA-SBA-707 (2002)
VAFB-2002-08: Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data during Fiscal Year 2002 Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2002)
VAFB-2005-02: Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Missile Transport Bridge on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, CA (2005)
VAFB-2005-04: Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Military Family Housing Expansion Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (2005)