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.
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Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 3,001-3,100 of 7,781)
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Nellis Air Force Base Archaeology and Native American Posters 2001-2006 (2006)
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Nellis AFB archaeology posters.
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Nellis Air Force Base Artifact Database (2020)
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Artifact database for sites found within the Nellis Air Force Base.
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Nellis Air Force Base Artifacts Selected for Repatriation Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: Final Artifact Analysis Results (2004)
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From 1999 through 2001, Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) affected Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) consultation with 31 tribally designated cultural experts representing 16 tribes culturally affiliated to federal lands managed by the Department of Defense (DoD) in central and southern Nevada. Of the 1,941 artifacts comprising the Nellis AFB artifact collection, NAGPRA tribal consultants selected 147 objects for repatriation (Arnold 2003). These artifacts were collected...
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Nellis Air Force Base Cold War-Era Historic Property Survey (2009)
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Nellis Air Force Base Cold War-Era Historic Property Survey.
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Nellis Air Force Base Cold War-Era Historic Property Survey - Cold War Summary (2009)
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Nellis Air Force Base Cold War summary.
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Nellis Air Force Base Cold War-Era Historic Property Survey - Photographs (2020)
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Photos of the Cold War building inventory.
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Nellis Air Force Base Cultural Resources Program 2008 Annual Review (2008)
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This review defines and summarizes the challenges and products of the CRM Program from 2005 to 2007. First, the Nellis Mission, the CRM Program’s support personnel, and summaries of NAFB and the NTTR are first addressed. Next, this report discusses the archaeology program that consists of compliance surveys, sampling inventories, justifications to limit inventory in target complexes, and the creation of a Depression-era mining video. The Native Program includes Annual Meetings, events and...
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Nellis Air Force Base Curated Artifacts at Nevada State Museum (2003)
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List of the sites and associated artifacts that were reviewed during an inventory of the NAFB artifact collection at Nevada State Museum and the corrections made to database entries.
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Nellis Air Force Base Evaluation and Monitoring Plan for Wooden Culverts on the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Grade (2010)
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The remains of the original 190-mile Las Vegas and Tonopah historic railroad alignment begin north of Las Vegas and end in Goldfield. The rail service began in downtown Las Vegas. From that point, an approximate 20 miles have been removed or disturbed through urbanization. Of the remaining 170 miles, an 18.5-mile portion is managed by Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB). An inventory of this portion of the grade was conducted in 2009. The hardware was removed more than 90 years ago and a degree of...
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Nellis Air Force Base Guide (1956)
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A 1956 guide to Nellis AFB for new personnel.
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Nellis Air Force Base Historic Photos (1987)
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Historic photographs of Nellis AFB.
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Nellis Air Force Base Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada Building 295, Static Display, and Monument Determinations of Eligibility (2016)
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Built in a modified L-shape plan, this Mid-Century building exhibits Brutalist stylistic detailing and was constructed in 1970.
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The Nellis Air Force Base Native American Dry Lakes Study (2008)
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It was the goal of this project to gather information from Native American informants regarding the use of dry lake margins in the Great Basin and southern Utah. The information was both supportive to and supported by regional ethnographic data.
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Nellis Air Force Base Plan 126-7 Cultural Resources Management Plan (1998)
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1998 ICRMP with correspondence letters. The goals of the Nellis Air Force Base Cultural Resource Program are to identify and protect significant archaeological sites and Native American Traditional Cultural Properties while providing support for continued implementation of the Nellis mission.
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Nellis Air Force Base Section 106 Archaeological Survey Range 71 North-South, Nye County, NV (2018)
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Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) contracted with the University of Montana, Center for Integrated Research (UM CIRE), in November 2016, to complete a cultural resource survey and technical report describing the results of a Section 106 archaeological inventory of approximately 3,300 acres of Range 71, on NAFB managed lands in Nye County, Nevada, which commenced in 2015.
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Nellis Air Force Base, Environmental Management Cultural Resources Program: Target Disturbance Zone Evaluations Proposal Archaeology Sampling in Three Elevation Zones (2004)
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This document describes major tasks that utilize multi-disciplinary scientific processes to investigate archaeological and cultural sensitivities on the largest training range in the Air Force with fighter pilot training beginning in the 1950’s. The project is one of two evaluation phases that wIII be concurrently implemented. Part I concentrates geomorphological and archaeological investigations into seven major target construction and use zones, with the results to be subjected to consultation...
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Nellis Air Force Base: An Intuitive Review of Records for Complex Sites on the Nevada Test and Training Range (2010)
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This study is a discriminating view of archaeological site records from Nellis Air Force Base. Records were selected based on defined criteria, experience of the land, and knowledge of the varied abilities of the many archaeologists who worked on this Air Force range over 35 years. This differs from statistical analyses where sites are ranked by accepting all data on site records as relatively equal. From a universe of 2,065 records, 244 were selected using intuitive criteria that reflected an...
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Nellis Air Force Base: Archaeological Survey, Area II, Clark County Nevada (2017)
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The Area II survey conducted by SWCA resulted in the documentation of 50 archaeological sites and 78 isolated finds. Sixteen of the archaeological sites were newly discovered, and of the 44 previously documented sites, 33 were found and reinvestigated. The archaeological sites included 15 prehistoric/ethnographic sites associated with Native Americans, 32 historic sites potentially associated with Euro‐Americans, and 3 multi‐component sites with prehistoric/ethnohistoric and historic components....
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Nellis Air Force Base: Final Report, Section 110 Archaeological Survey, Area II, Clark County Nevada (2018)
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The Area II survey conducted by SWCA resulted in the documentation of 50 archaeological sites and 78 isolated finds. Sixteen of the archaeological sites were newly discovered, and of the 44 previously documented sites, 33 were found and reinvestigated. The archaeological sites included 15 prehistoric/ethnographic sites associated with Native Americans, 32 historic sites potentially associated with Euro‐Americans, and 3 multi‐component sites with prehistoric/ethnohistoric and historic components....
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Nellis Air Force Range 1993 Wild Horse Gather Trapping Locations (1993)
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The BLM has proposed 5 locations within or immediately adjacent to the Nellis Air Force Range as potential trapping sites to be used during the September 1993 Wild horse and burro gathers.
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Nellis Air Force Range Archaeological Site and Inventory Acreage Calculations (2004)
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Site inventory and acreage calculations for Nellis AFB.
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Nellis Air Force Withdrawal Lands, Clark County, Nevada (1999)
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Nellis Air Force Withdrawal Lands, Clark County, Nevada
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Nevada and the Army Air Forces in WWII (1945)
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Descriptions of slides used to depict the interactions between the state of Nevada and the US Air Force during WWII.
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Nevada and the Army Air Forces in WWII Presentation (1950)
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Presentation about Nevada and its use for military operations.
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Nevada State Bureau of Mines Form (2020)
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Nevada State Bureau of Mines Form.
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Nevada State Historic Preservation Office Architectural Resource Assessment Building Form: Building 295 (2016)
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Built in a modified L-shape plan, this Cold War-era building exhibits Brutalist stylistic detailing and was constructed in 1970.
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Nevada Test Site Guide (2001)
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The Nevada Test Site Guid expands on the information previously published in the Guide to Frenchman Flat. While the new guide does not cover all the events that have occurred at the Nevada Test Site, it does contain photographs and articles on past atmospheric and underground tests, and other events and programs that play a ,very important role in the nation's security and defense.
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Nevada Training Initiative Archaeological Inventory (2002)
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This inventory will support an Environmental Assessment for the NTI by identifying any cultural resources eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) within the Area of Potential Effect (APE) for NTI. An additional 111.2 acres were inventoried along existing roads, in Range 65N, and in the vicinity of an existing target in the South Range. These areas are not part of the NTI project. A total of 2,480.3 acres were inventoried for cultural resources.
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NSM Collections Summary (2020)
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Summary of collections stored at the Nevada State Museum.
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NTTR Acreage Released Through Section 106 Consultation (2003)
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The 98th Range Wing and Environmental Management Flight often accumulate data for projects that without creation of an exchange vehicle is not shared. Discussions with Range Wing determined a combination of efforts would present parameters of acreage previously inventoried and released through consultation that could be used to make future planning more efficient. The NAFB archaeologists routinely inventory areas larger than requested. This acreage could be superimposed on Range maps with the...
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NTTR Historic Plane Crash Photos (2009)
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A collection of plane crash photos.
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NTTR Production Totals (2020)
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Production total for historic mines within the NTTR.
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Nye County Land Lease (1952)
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Land Lease between County of Nye and United States of America.
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Nye General Area (2020)
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IMACS Site Forms in Nye County for Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
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Old Lakes and Young Playas: The Nellis AFB Geologic Study and Quaternary History of Four Playas on the Nevada Test and Training Range (2006)
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Four playa basins in the northern part of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR))—Mud Lake, Kawich Lake, Gold Flat, and Stonewall Flat, contain modern dry lake playas. Three of these playas are rimmed by shoreline deposits that developed during wetter climatic conditions of the past, and the fourth playa contains fossils typically associated with wetlands environments. Because it is known that native peoples inhabited the Great Basin during some of the past wetter climate cycles, defining...
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Opportunistic Hunting Patterns Among Late Archaic Aborigines: In the Vicinity of Indian Springs, Nevada (1996)
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Ethnographic summaries indicate that Great Basin hunter-gatherers conducted a variety of resource strategies to perpetuate their physical lives and cultural lifeways. Due to the paucity of lush spring and meadow sites, it is likely that opportunistic hunting and gathering actions were common in the southern Great Basin. Steward (1938:181-82) notes that southern Nevada Paiutes likely used the resources of the Indian Springs vicinity for travel and resource procurement. He also stated (Steward...
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An Overview of Cultural Resources on Pahute and Rainier Mesas on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1986)
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Since the early 1960's, Pahute and Rainier mesas, situated in the northwestern portion of the Nevada Test Site, southern Nye County, Nevada (Figure 1), have been used by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for nuclear weapons testing. In accordance with the Limited Test Ban Treaty signed in August, 1963, this testing has been restricted to underground. Nevertheless, construction activities which accompany underground nuclear tests have resulted in the disturbance of the surface terrain around...
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Paleontology and Fossils on the Nellis Air Force Base Military Training Lands (2013)
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A systematic analysis of the dry lake systems on the Nevada Test and Training Range, managed by Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada was completed in 2010 by Robert Dickerson. Nellis Air Force Base invited Dickerson to conduct an analysis of fossil types. The library and field survey methods and the results of the investigation are described in this document. The kinds of fossils in the formations on the Nevada Test and Training Range are associated with a deep variety of invertebrate fossils. The...
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Peak 4400 (Mormon Mountains) ACMI Site (1985)
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Land Case N-42721 Peak 4400 (Mormon Mountains) ACMI Communications Site-USAF/Construction of a 15' x 15' solar powered communications tower (leveling and trenching) and 110' x 120' helicopter landing zone (brush-clearing only).
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Phase II Cultural Resources Inventory of 7,000 Acres at Lower Thirsty Canyon and Rocket Wash, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2016)
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This report documents the results of a Phase II cultural resources inventory of 7,000 acres on Range 77 (EC South), Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) Nye County, Nevada. Surveyed acreage encompasses two adjacent drainage corridors, lower Thirsty Canyon and lower Rocket Wash, both of which had been selected for the establishment of targets to be used in live-fire air-to-ground combat training. The NAFB/NTTR proposes to establish seven target zones in Thirsty...
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Photographs of Arrowhead Mining (2020)
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Photographs of Arrowhead Mining.
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A Pictorial History of Nellis Air Force Base 1941-1996 (1997)
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Nellis history is complex and varied, and has been documented since its beginnings. The vast majority of the data, information, and pictures of this book are drawn from its official Army Air Corps and US Air Force histories written since 1941. Some of the photographs were donated by buffs who supported Nellis History. Unfortunately, we cannot thank all of them, since many pictures were donated anonymously. Where we know the donor, we have acknowledged them in the caption. Our heartfelt thanks go...
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Pillar Springs Photos (2020)
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Pillar Springs Photos
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A Pilot Study of Holocene Tephrochronology and Spring Paleoecology in the Kawich Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2007)
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Seven springs in the northern Kawich Range were investigated to determine whether Holocene volcanic ash layers exist in alluvial deposits within the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). Although no discrete ash layers were visible in the exposures studied, microtephra analysis of sediment samples collected at Rose Spring and Cedar Spring revealed the presence of varying concentrations of ash shards. Radiocarbon dating and stratigraphic relationships suggest that both Mono-Inyo Craters and...
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Pintwater Petroglyphs Photos (2020)
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Pintwater Petroglyphs Photos.
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A Plan for Inventory of the Silver Flag Alpha Training Complex, Range 63c, Nevada Test and Training Range (2007)
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This document is a plan for inventory and evaluation of cultural resources for an Area of Potential Effect (APE) for 2,500 acres, called the Project Area, plus 14.5 miles of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad (LV&T) alignment.
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Playa Site Forms Combined (2009)
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Arch Playa Site forms.
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Prehistoric Archaeology of the West Sinter Quarry Cortez Mountains, Nevada (1988)
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This report documents the methods and results of archaeological investigations conducted by the Desert Research Institute Social Sciences Center i n the Buckhorn Mining District of the Cortez Mountains, Nevada. The investigations were conducted for Cominco American to mitigate the adverse impacts to significant cultural resources resulting from expansion of the Buckhorn Mine onto land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Mitigation efforts included avoidance of impacts by project...
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A Prehistoric Context for Southern Nevada (2012)
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The document was developed to assist land managers and cultural resource custodians in evaluating the significance of prehistoric archaeological sites under the requirement of the National Historic Preservation Act and other federal laws and regulations. In the intervening 30 years, southern Nevada has been one of the nation’s fastest growing population centers. This explosive urban expansion has resulted in the recording of thousands of prehistoric sites and the excavation of hundreds of these.
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Prehistoric Spatial Patterning and Subsistence Studies: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19arP4 (1992)
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This report documents the methods and results of archaeological investigations at Sample Unit U19arP4 on Pahute Mesa at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Eight sites were located there: four lithic artifact scatters (26NY1370, 26NY1372, 26NY3666 and 26NY3667), two temporary camps (26NY3665 and 26NY5418), one artifact locality (26NY5419), and one quarry (26NY3664). One of the lithic scatters, 26NY3667, incorporated a previously recorded rock ring, 26NY1371 , that could not be relocated during...
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Prehistory and Paleoenvironment at Pintwater Cave, Nevada: Results of Field Work During the 1996 Season (1997)
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As part of Nellis Air Force Base and Range Complex (NAFR) Historic Preservation Program, the Air Force in 1996 conducted archaeological research in this cave. This research was designed to contribute significantly to the Air Force's ability to evaluate other historic properties on NAFR. In a research design approved by the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and Region 1 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Air Force...
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Preliminary Engineering Study Auxiliary Landing Field Indian Springs, Nevada (1942)
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Preliminary Engineering Study Auxiliary Landing Field Indian Springs, Nevada.
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Preliminary Report on Castle Property (1920)
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Preliminary mineral report on the Castle Property.
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Program Comment for Wherry and Capehart Era Family Housing at Air Force and Navy Bases (2004)
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This Program Comment, adopted pursuant to 36 CFR § 800.l4( e), demonstrates Department of the Air Force (Air Force) and Department of the Navy (Navy) compliance with their responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to the following actions in the management of the Wherry and Capehart Era family housing: maintenance, repair, layaway, mothballing, privatization and transfer out of federal agency ownership, substantial alteration through renovation...
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Program Comments for World War II and Cold War Era (1939-1974) Army Ammunition Production Facilities and Plants (2006)
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This Program Comment provides the Department of the Army (Army) with an alternative way to comply with its responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to the effect of the following management actions on World War II (WWlI) and Cold War Era Army Ammunition Production Facilities and Plants that may be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (Facilities and Plants) ongoing operations, maintenance and repair, rehabilitation,...
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Program Design for Management of Historic Architecture at the Southern Nevada Military Air Training Complex: Nellis and Creech Districts (2014)
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A management strategy similar to that used at the Hanford Site Manhattan Project and Cold War Era Historic District, Washington, is proposed, which will manage architectural resources including inventory, evaluation, and treatment by means of a programmatic agreement (PA) for the entire SNMATC.
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Programmatic Agreement Among 99th Air Base Wing, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Historic Properties on Lands Administrated by Nellis Air Force Base (2013)
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The purpose of this agreement is to define how SHPO and the the Air Base Wing will interact and cooperate with regard to implementing provisions of the NHPA. The goal of the agreement is to promote a more meaningful and productive partnership between SHPO and the the Air Base Wing, thereby enhancing cultural resource management activities on the the Air Base Wing-administered public lands in Nevada.
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A Proposal for Cultural Resources Monitoring for a Depleted Uranium Study, Range 63-10, Nevada Test and Training Range (2008)
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Proposal for cultural resources monitoring during soil investigations in Three Lakes Valley, south of the Nevada Test and Training Range, Clark County, Nevada, to investigate the migration of depleted uranium through precipitation within Range 63-10 in a section of approximately 150,000 acres.
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The Prospects Look Good: A View into 10 Ranching and Mining Sites on Nellis Air Force Range (1998)
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The Nellis Air Force Range contains numerous historic und prehistoric archaeological resources, many in an excellent state of preservation due to protection offered by Federal ownership and limited access. Ten of these historic sites, consisting of historic ranching and mining complexes, were selected for recordanon and photography to provide the Air Force with detailed information on current condition, data potential, and conservation and management needs, as well as to provide information on...
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The Protection of Cultural and Natural Resources on Nellis Air Force Base and Range Lands (2020)
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Brochure on the protection of cultural and natural resources on Nellis Air Force Base and Range lands.
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Puha Flows from It: The Cultural Landscape Study of the Spring Mountains (2004)
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This is a report of findings about American Indian cultural concerns for places and landscapes in the Spring Mountain range in what is today called southern Nevada. More specifically it is a study of how people who speak a Numic language and who call themselves Nuwuvi or Nungwu, and are known in English as Southern Paiutes, interact with the Spring Mountain range.
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Puha Flows from It: The Spring Mountains Cultural Landscape Study (2003)
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This is a report of findings about American Indian cultural concerns for places and landscapes in the Spring Mountain range in what is today called southern Nevada. More specifically it is a study of how people who speak a Numic language and who call themselves Nuwuvi or Nungwu, and are known in English as Southern Paiutes, interact with the Spring Mountain range. Included is a PDF presentation on the ethnography.
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R74 New Airfield Target (2015)
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R74 New Airfield Target.
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Range 64 Petroglyph Photos (2020)
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Range 64 Petroglyph Photos.
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Range 65 Petroglyph Photos (2020)
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Range 65 Petroglyph Photos.
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Range 65 Tank Training Facility (1987)
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On November 19, 1987, a cultural resource inventory was begun on Range 65 for a tank training facility. The project was initiated by the National Guard in an area which has been previously utilized for tank training exercises by the National Guard and the Air Force for a period exceeding 15 years.
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Range 71 High Desert Training Area Map (2020)
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Map of the Range 71 High Desert Training Area part of the Nellis Air Force Base.
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Range 74C Airfield, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (02-2015-NTTR) (2015)
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The primary intent of this Air Force project is to develop an airfield within the existing Range 74 C. Possible uses of this airfield might include landing aircraft or air to ground weapons testing. This proposed area is easily accessed by existing dirt roads. The project area will be approximately three miles long and half mile wide.
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Range 77 Photos (2020)
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Photos from ECS.
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Reconnaissance Survey of the North 42 Acres of the Nellis Air Force Base Water Well Annex, North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada (1998)
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Report of survey results in support of release of land to the Veterans' Administration for the construction of a medical clinic.
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Reevaluation of Archaeological Sites on Nellis Air Force Base (2001)
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In 1992, Air Combat Command (ACC), which has oversight of 23 bases including NAFB, took efforts to complete inventory and evaluation of cultural resources on NAFB in Las Vegas Valley. NAFB is one of few bases that projects facility expansion, thus planning for protection or mitigation as necessary. Eighty-seven percent of NAFB lands were inventoried and 34 sites were evaluated as eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)...
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Reevaluation of Archaeological Sites on Nellis Air Force Base (2001)
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Report of results from a revaluation of archaeolgoical sites on Nellis Air Force Base.
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Repatriation Act of 1991 (NAGPRA) Partial Compliance for the Nellis Air Force Ranges Southern Nevada (1992)
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The NAFB wishes to begin the NAGPRA compliance process and has contracted with the DEA to perform an archival search of records and curatories as well as to communicate with persons who may have knowledge of Native American remains or funerary objects which have been reported from graves located on NAFB properties.
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Report of Negative Findings for Additional Survey of Area II Wastewater service Area sewer Line, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (1993)
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Within the area of the additional pedestrian surface survey no cultural debris was observed. Therefore, archeological clearance is recommended along the route of the additional (Area II) survey with the proviso that if the route is changed outside the boundaries of the right of way surveyed additional survey would be required.
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Report on the Archaeological Investigation of Buried Trash Deposits Uncovered at Indian Springs AFAF PHASE I and II (1999)
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Report on Phase II investigations of a historic trash pit. The buried trash consisted of aqua colored alcohol bottles (40%), ceramic dishes (may be soap dishes) (15%), cans (5%), cut bovine bones (30%), burned wood (5%), and small objects (including a burned shoe) (5%).
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Research Design Archaeological Characterization Sampling For the EC South Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2008)
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The purpose of this project is to conduct a characterization sampling study for the EC South which includes a portion of Quartz Mountain. They are mountainous areas that research has demonstrated has high potential for identifying significant sites. This project is a 4% sample of 200,000 acres to identify eligible sites for preservation, management with the mission, and Native American visitation.
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Research Design For An Archaeological Characterization Study On Portions of Belted Range and Kawich Valley (Range 74) Nevada Test and Training Range (2009)
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An ongoing task of cultural resource inventories on the NTTR is the characterization of various numbered ranges and/or environmental regions as archaeological landscapes. How to characterize an archaeological region is an intentionally vague and open-ended question. This engenders a variety of research approaches that in turn generate data on a range of topics relevant to the study of prehistory and ethnography in the southern Great Basin and northern Mojave Desert.
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A Research Design to Conduct an Archaeological Characterization Study of the Belted Range and Southern Kawich Valley, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2010)
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Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. (Far Western), was retained by Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) to complete a research design to conduct an archaeological characterization study of the Belted Range and southern Kawich Valley as part of the Air Force’s ongoing Section 110 compliance. The following research design includes a synthesis of existing data on the environmental context and known archaeology of the area, and provides an issue-oriented research and sampling methodology for...
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Results of Archaeological Investigations in Three Lakes Valley South, Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada (1998)
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This Summary Report presents the research context, methods, and results for an archaeological survey of approximately 2,000 acres of playa margin habitat in the Three Lakes Valley South on the Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR), Clark County, Nevada.
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Results of Archaeological Survey and Site Investigations for Year 2, Pintwater Cave Area Archaeological Research Program (1997)
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The Treatment Plan identified three research issues as vital for adequate scientific understanding of the prehistory and paleoenvironments of Pintwater Cave and the vicinity: (1) the meaning of variability seen in southern Nevada dart points; ( 2) local effects of climatic variability on human occupation; and (3) Archaic period subsistence. Report comments attached.
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The Results of Cultural Resource Investigations at Cactus Flat Dry Lake Margins, Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada (2000)
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The Cactus Flat Lakeside Margine Study was conducted on the Tonopah Test Site of the Nevada Test and Training Range a the Nellis Air Force Base. The goal was to: 1) identify the types of cultural resources around the margins of this dry lake system; 2) test a geomorphological model relating specific landforms to the distributions of prehistoric cultural resources; and 3) determine the hydrographic history of this closed basin through examination of stratigraphic sequences. The model and the...
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The Results of Interviews For NAGPRA Evaluations, Nellis Air Force Base (2003)
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This document describes the results of interviews from 1999 to 2002 among 31 members representing 16 tribes to identify artifacts in the NAFB collection that meet NAGPRA criteria for repatriation. The artifacts were recovered from Air Force lands in southern Nevada, with the boundaries shown in Figure 1. Interviews occurred among Native Americans at NAFB work sessions, with documentation by Richard Arnold, Spokesperson CGTO. A total of 131 of 2,195 artifacts were selected as meeting criteria for...
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Roy Neighbors Oral History (1988)
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Transcripts of an interview with Roy Neighbors.
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Secondary Mining Camps and the Boom-Bust Cycle: The Nevada Test and Training Range Mines (2007)
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A report on boom and bust mining cycles in the NTTR.
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Seismic Exploration Lines Near the Spring Mountains Clark County, Nevada (1981)
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Northland Anthropological Research, Inc. (NAR), conducted an archaeological survey of five seismic exploration lines sited by Grant Geophysical Company on the northern slopes of the Spring Mountains in Clark County, Nevada. The survey was performed to insure that the proposed exploration activity would not adversely effect cultural resources. The lines, totalling 38.9 miles in length, were inspected between 3 and 11 January 1981. The survey recorded two archaeological sites, one representing a...
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Seismo-Acoustic Effects of Sonic Booms on Archeological Sites, Valentine Military Operations Area, Comments (2009)
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Nellis Air Force Base comments on the 1983 report of "Seismo-Acoustic Effects of Sonic Booms on Archeological Sites, Valentine Military Operations Area." The following is a description of deductive reasoning and results related to studies that Nellis AFB has conducted that may be referenced concerning the Effects of Sonic Booms on Archaeological Sites. Policy: Rock art sites on Nellis AFB lands have been and continue to be immediately removed from flight paths and surface disturbance. The north...
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SHPO Letter: A Sample Inventory of the Lower Elevation Portions of the Nevada Test and Training Range, Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties (2007)
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Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) initiated its review of the subject undertaking. The U.S. Air Force is deferring a determination of National Register eligibility for the following sites.
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SHPO Letter: Charter School Correspondence (2016)
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This structure is known as an H-Frame transformer that feeds overhead and connects to transformers. The structure is in a bad state of disrepair, and if it collapses will lose power to several buildings on the base. The shape is that of a H constructed out of wood and installed in 1961 at Nellis Air Force Base. Location is near Building 415 circa 1961.
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SHPO Letter: Delineation of Range 62 Target Disturbance Zone (2002)
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A transmittal letter to SHPO.
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SHPO Letter: H-Frame Removal Nellis Air Force Base (2015)
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SHPO Letter: H-Frame Removal Nellis Air Force Base.
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SHPO Letter: Proposed Range Wash – Hollywood Branch and East Tributary Improvements From Las VegasBoulevard to Confluence Detention Basin, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2018)
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Includes correspondence from Colorado River Indian Tribe, City of North Las Vegas Public Works Department, SHPO, Nellis AFB, and the Final Draft Assessment for the Range Wash from Las Vegas Boulevard to the Confluence Detention Basin Project.
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SHPO: (04-2015-NAFB) Documentation Regarding Nine Demolished Buildings at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, Clark County, Nevada (2015)
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NAFB notified Nevada State Historic Preservation Office on April 21, 2015 that nine buildings had been demolished (6 at NAFB and 3 at Creech Air Force Base) prior to NAFB initiating consultation.
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SHPO: Cultural Resource Survey Associated with the Beddown of Tactical Air Support Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada (2016)
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SHPO: Cultural Resource Survey Associated with the Beddown of Tactical Air Support Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada.
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SHPO: Draft 2012 Installation (Nellis, Creech, and NTTR) Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (Plan 32-7065/SHPO 2010-0424) (2015)
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This letter identifies the broad-brush edits the SHPO strongly recommends be made to the Draft ICRMP.
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SHPO: Draft Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Nellis Air Force Base (Undertaking #2010-0424) (2011)
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The Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) receipt acknowledgment of the modified plan.
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SHPO: Federal Agency Follow-Up to Notification of Demolition of Nine Buildings--Six at Nellis Air Force Base and Three (3) at Creech Air Force Base (Nellis Air Force Base Report Number 04-2015- NAFB; DRI Report Number HE062513-1/SHPO UT 2015-3740) (2015)
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Correspondence indicated the SHPO is precluded from comment.
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SHPO: Final Draft 2012 Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Nellis Air Force Base (2015)
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SHPO review of the ICRMP with handwritten edits/notes on the report.
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SHPO: Notification of Demolition of Nine Buildings--Six at Nellis Air Force Base and Three (3) at CreechAir Force Base (Nellis Air Force Base Report Number 04-2015-NAFB; DRI Report NumberHE062513-1/SHPO UT 2015-3740 #20297) (2015)
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SHPO: Notification of Demolition of Nine Buildings--Six at Nellis Air Force Base and Three (3) at Creech Air Force Base (Nellis Air Force Base Report Number 04-2015-NAFB; DRI Report Number HE062513-1/SHPO UT 2015-3740 #20297)
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SHPO: Notification of Nine Buildings That Were Demolished Over a period of 2 Years (2020)
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These include six buildings at Nellis Air Force Base (601, 780, 4856, 10208, 10213, 10214) and three at Creech Air Force Base (65, 260, 261).
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SHPO: Notification of Plans to Demolish Ten Buildings (2015)
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This letter serves to notify the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) of NAFB's plans to demolish ten buildings (432/433/434/436, 438 (Gym and Pool Complex), 604, 778, 867, 899, 80, 81 , 82, and 95) of which four are historic (circa- pre 1965) and six are Cold War-era resources (circa pre-1991) located at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, Clark County Nevada.