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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VAFB-1970-01: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA (1970)
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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...
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VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report (1974)
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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...
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VAFB-1974-02: Archaeological Survey of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California, 1971 to 1973 (1974)
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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...
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VAFB-1975-01: Letter Report on an Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Cable Trench Between Minuteman Launch Facilities 21 and 23 (1975)
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This document is a letter report for the archaeological survey and subsurface testing conducted by Laurence Spanne on December 5, 1975 to determine the impact of the installation of a cable trench near Launch Facility No. 23 on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The archeological survey focused on the east and northeast margins of CA-SBA-733, a previously recorded prehistoric site. The report also provided four recommendations in order to avoid or mitigate project impacts.
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VAFB-1976-01: Evaluation of Archaeological Sites On Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California: Final Report (1976)
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This document is a Section 106 report that discusses a project that was designed to collect planning information for location of the Space Transportation System (STS) facilities on VAFB. This study was to include a survey or inventory of archaeological resources within the project area defined as a twenty-one mile long, 3,000' wide, coastal corridor extending from just north of the Santa Ynez River to a point south of Point Arguello. In addition, selected sites were to be tested, mapped, and...
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VAFB-1979-01: A Study of Subsurface Archaeological and Paleontological Sites: Occurrence and Probability of Discovery During Construction Periods (1979)
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This document is a study that was prepared as part of the archaeological monitoring program for the DOD Space Transportation Systems (STS) Ground Support Systems Integration Environmental Tasks at VAFB. Explains the general and project, or location specific, predictive criteria and ranking system employed for evaluating the probability of encountering subsurface archaeological sites at each Station Set Location. Includes detailed descriptions of previously encountered subsurface sites, and the...
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VAFB-1980-08: Cultural Resources Technical Report on the MAB-2 Construction Project, SBA-1176, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1980)
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This document is a report that discusses mitigation of impacts to CA-SBA-1176, the MAB-2 site, by construction grading of an access road connecting Pega Road with the Missile Assembly Building. Excavation of twelve cubic meters of soil helped to delineate and define two loci at the site.
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VAFB-1980-10: Report on the HDRV Project SBA-1036 Archaeological Mitigation Definition of the Proposed Gatehouse on El Rancho Lateral Road Associated with the MX Project on VAFB. Letter report to Steve Craig of Henningson, Durham and Richardson dated 3 July 1980 (1980)
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This document reports the results of subsurface testing at CA-SBA-1036 located along El Rancho Lateral Road on VAFB in support of the environmental review process associated with the MX missile program. The purpose of the subsurface testing program was to define the scope of the mitigation required by providing accurate assessments of the depth of constituents and categories of information present within the construction impact zone. This multi-component site appears to retain integrity and...
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VAFB-1980-12: Cultural Resources Technical Report Site Delimitation and Testing for Proposed MX Missiles Systems at VAFB (1980)
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This document is a report that presents the results of a site survey, delimitation, mapping, and limited subsurface testing program for proposed construction of MX missile test facilities. Six areas of potential cultural sensitivity were investigated to determine their archaeological sensitivity, define site boundaries, and generate preliminary data on site content. The proposed project will likely have adverse effects on SBA-1153, though more thorough investigation would likely be needed.
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VAFB-1980-13: Cultural Resource Impact Evaluation and Mitigation Planning for the Mx Missile System Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1980)
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The initial fieldwork (1979) was designed to identify areas in which the construction of proposed MX facilities on San Antonio Terrace would result in impacts to cultural resources. Areas of projected impact were systematically surveyed, sites idetified, recorded, and mapped. All the cultural resources identified during this mitigation planning study were sites ranging in size from small lithic scatters on presumed trails to the archaeological remains of major settlements characterized by...
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VAFB-1980-14: Comments Relative to Archaeological Sites SBa-1106, 1107, and 1149. GSSI Project- VAFB, CA (1980)
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This document is a letter report responding to Parson's query about the potential significance of sites CA-SBA-1106, -1107, and -1149 located within the GSSI or Space Shuttle Project area. Previous work at these sites indicated that they likely held limited significance, but that final examination/evaluation and surface collection of artifacts should be conducted prior to construction. Subsurface testing was not previously conducted due to the sparseness of surface materials.
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VAFB-1981-04: Union Oil Company of California Geophysical Evaluation, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California, Environmental Resource Survey (1981)
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This document describes how the Union Oil Company of California is proposing to conduct a geophysical data evaluation of reserved mineral lands within VAFB. The collection and compilation of this data entails a seismic survey of approximately 90.3 line-miles (14.5 line-kilometers). Prior to commencing the seismic survey, an investigation of potentially impacted biological and archaeological resources was initiated encompassing a 50-foot (15-m) centerline corridor involving 82.6 miles (132.2 km)...
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VAFB-1981-07: Historic Background of Red Roof Canyon (1981)
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During February, 1981, the Office of Public Archaeology undertook a limited historic background study of a historic ranch site (SBa-1148) on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. The purpose of the study was to develop adequate information on the historic significance of the property as part of the Space Shuttle construction program. The study included review of primary and secondary literature sources, a site inspection, and four oral interviews. Historic research...
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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)
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This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at...
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VAFB-1981-16: Archaeological Salvage Excavations for V-33 (External Tank Processing and Storage Facility), VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (1986)
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This document is a Section 106 report for salvage excavations at CA-SBA-1686 that were conducted to mitigate impacts from the Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) Space Transportation System (STS) related construction of V-33 (External Tank Processing and Storage Facility). The emergency field program resulted in the discovery of a large flaked stone assemblage representing a variety of aboriginal activities including reduction of cores to bifacial preforms, biface thinning, and tool maintenance....
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VAFB-1981-18: Archaeological Evaluation of the Jesus Maria Oilfield San Antonio Terrace, VAFB. Letter Report and addendum dated 28 Sep 81 and 12 Oct 81 (1981)
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This document is a letter report summarizing results of a pedestrian survey of the Jesus Maria Oilfield improvements project area. A single archaeological site (CA-SBA-593) was identified in the vicinity. Trenching was deemed unlikely to have any impacts, but was monitored. A hearth feature was exposed during trenching. Feature was mapped in the trench wall and a sample of charcoal was collected for radiocarbon dating (results not included).
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VAFB-1982-05: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California 1982 Fuels Management Program Cultural Resources Survey/Evaluation (1982)
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This document is a report that deals with the results of a cultural resources survey undertaken by personnel of the Office of Public Archaeology (OPA), Social Process Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) during June, 1982. A total of twenty archaeological sites was examined and evaluated during Phase I of the Fuels Management Program Survey at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, including seven new sites (CA-SBa-1738, 1739, 1740,...
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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)
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This document is a report that outlines an attempt to develop a set of explicit statements for guiding prehistoric research on San Antonio Terrace. These hypotheses fall into three major classes. The first class relates to environmental change with hypotheses linking to specific expectations for the project area, and by extension, to changes in patterns of subsistence and settlement behavior in prehistory. The second class of hypotheses derive from basic anthropological expectations about the...
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VAFB-1982-07: Results of Archaeological Subsurface Testing at SBA-1149 (Prehistoric), for the GSSI Project at VAFB, CA (1982)
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This document is a technical report discussing a series of 12 shovel test pits excavated along both sides of Coast Road on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The test pits are adjacent to CA-Sba-1149H and yielded 8 chert flakes that were recovered on the west side of the road, within the area recently cleared of brush. Preliminary surface examination indicate a prehistoric archaeological site exists adjacent to the historic site. The majority of debitage <20 mm was deemed "natural" based on a...
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VAFB-1982-10: Union Oil Company of California Seismic Test Monitoring Program Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1982)
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A biological and cultural resource monitoring program on VAFB, in conjunction with a seismic survey conducted on behalf of the Union Oil Company. The seismic survey represents a minor variation on a previously completed study (WESTEC 1981). These variations include changes in auger hole depth and frequency, and the use of minisocie vibrating device, did not appreciably alter the anticipated impacts on biological or cultural resources. During the monitoring program, three previously unrecorded...
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VAFB-1983-09: The Story of Marshallia Ranch, a History Dating Back to the Olivera Adobe Built in 1837 (1983)
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This document is a report detailing the story of the Marshallia ranch house. It is the oldest structure on VAFB, has been a landmark for more than a century, surviving drastic remodellings and the ravages of two fires. Mexicans and Americans, ranchers and missile engineers, wars and depressions, have all played a role in its destiny. Its fate has been linked with the "Rancho de Jesus Maria," which covered nearly one-half of the land on present-day VAFB. The ranch house's history mirrors the...
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VAFB-1983-10: Results of Archaeological Monitoring at SBA-1149-P in Connection With The GSSI Project At Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (1983)
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This document is a report for the results of the archaeological monitoring in 1982 for the proposed V33 Tow Route identified intact portions of CA-SBA-1149 within the project area. This report summarizes the results of the subsequent monitoring program during construction activities. The construction activities consisted of bulldozers, scrapers, and graders widening and levelling the old Coast Road. A total of 170 isolated artifacts and one feature consisting of a lithic cache of preforms and...
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VAFB-1983-11: An Archaeological Survey of Proposed Road and Minuteman Launch Facility Modifications for the Peacekeeper in Minuteman Silos Testing Program Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1983)
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This report documents an archaeological investigation of portions of the San Antonio Terrace and Shuman Canyon was requested in support of proposed undertakings concerning the Peacekeeper in Minuteman Silo Testing Program. Possible modifications of El Rancho, El Rancho Oeste, Pega, Umbra and Point Sal Roads include turnout areas and access roads to launch facilities LF-02, LF-05, and LF-08. Archaeological investigations consisted of a background literature review, field survey, and consultation...
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VAFB-1983-13: Unrecorded Historic Anglo and Hispanic Campsites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (1983)
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This document provides general descriptions and map locations for known historic Anglo and Hispanic campsites.
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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)
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This document is a letter report that presents a summary of the methods and results of archaeological testing at CA-SBA-706 in July 1983. The purpose of this testing was to mitigate impacts to the site as a result of construction activities during the repair of damage to Bass Road.
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VAFB-1983-18: Study of Shellfish Remains from Archaeological Sites on the San Antonio Terrace (1983)
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This document is a report of the analysis of marine shellfish remains recovered in archaeological investigations conducted to mitigate impacts of MX missile development at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California.
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VAFB-1984-01: Final Report on Subsurface Testing at Archaeological Site CA-SBA-1686; GSSI Station Set Location V-33; VAFB, CA (1984)
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This document is a report on subsurface testing at CA-SBA-1686 revealing a low density cultural deposit consisting predominantly of Monterey Chert flakes. Testing was concentrated along the alignment of a proposed security fence and associated electrical trench. Datable charcoal and charred bone were collected (no dates reported), along with four chert tools. No features or distinguishable artifact clusters were identified within the area tested. These results are similar to those of previous...
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VAFB-1984-04: Letter Report to Stan Johnson, U.S. Prison Farm Office, Regarding Archaeological Survey For Fence Line Project on VAFB. (1984)
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This document is a letter report that presents the results of archaeological survey for a fence line replacement project at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California that will be completed by the U.S. Prison, Lompoc. Three previously recorded archaeological sites are located along the proposed fence line. No artifacts were observed.
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VAFB-1984-07: Archeological Survey: Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Shuttle Range Support Project, Santa Barbara County (1984)
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This document is a Section 106 archaeological survey that was performed to determine if any cultural resources would be affected by proposed modifications to four parcels (59 acres total) on south VAFB. Two previously recorded archaeological sites were in or near the study parcels. CA-SBA-1148 had been previous assessed as not significant and the boundaries of CA-SBA-1149 were unknown. No additional sites or isolated artifacts were discovered during the survey.
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VAFB-1984-08: Data Recovery Plan, SBa-1060: Peacekeeper Program, Roads and Utilities, Phase I, VAFB, CA (1984)
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This document is a data recovery plan for CA-SBA-1060 that was affected by the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Program. The program was to construct and operate Peacekeeper Missile Program test facilities includes Roads and Utilities components. Phase 1 involves four elements: 1) the modification of 12 overhead utilities along El Rancho road, 2) upgrading of the El Rancho Road - Umbra Road intersection, 3) construction of an at-grade crossing of the Southern Pacific Railroad by El Rancho Road, and 4)...
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VAFB-1984-12: Replacement Cable Project and Fibre Optic Cable Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County (1984)
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This document is report for an inventory and limited awareness program that was undertaken to evaluate the potential impacts on cultural resources of two communications cable projects at VAFB. The inventory resulted in the discovery of five archaeological sites (4 prehistoric, 1 historic) and four cultural resource isolates. A limited assessment program was undertaken at the newly recorded sites (CA-SBA-1865H, 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869) and at five previously identified sites (CA-SBA-513, 939,...
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VAFB-1984-13: Results of Archaeological Subsurface Testing at SBA-775 for the V-17 Visual Landing Aids North 6500 Foot Papi Lights, VAFB, CA (1984)
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This documents describes that an archaeological surface survey was conducted in the vicinity of the proposed V-17 Visual Landing Aids Project's construction of Papi lights at the 6500 foot marker north of the VAFB runway. Two previously recorded archaeological sites (CA-SBA-775 and 776) were noted adjacent to the proposed project area. This report summarizes the results of subsurface testing for the 100x200 foot area that could potentially impact these two sites. Based on a series of 19...
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VAFB-1984-14: Archaeological Test Excavation and Monitoring at SBA-939, SBA-512, and SBA-1853, VAFB, CA (1984)
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This document is a report that summarizes archaeological field mitigation and monitoring on sites SBA-939, 513, and 1853. These studies include excavation of nine trenches at SBA-939, and monitoring the digging of a fiber optics cable trench through all three sites. As part of the Peacekeeper Program on VAFB, fiber optics cables were installed along a main corridor leading from the Installation Checkout Facility (ICF) complex, near the intersection of El Rancho Road and El Rancho Oeste Road;...
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VAFB-1984-15: Memorandum on Proposed San Antonio Creek Flood Control Project, VAFB, Initial Notes on a Preliminary Archaeological Assessment. (1984)
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This Memorandum is in reply to a request for a preliminary assessment of archaeological work which may be required for the proposed San Antonio Creek Flood Control Project at VAFB. The project area was as yet undetermined, so mapping and recommendations are aimed at identifying archaeological work that may be needed in the general area. Given the working project boundaries, nine archaeological sites are situated within the project area and will require assessment and evaluation to determine...
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VAFB-1984-23: Archaeological Site Modification in Dunes (M.A. Thesis) (1984)
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This is a preliminary study of the rates at which the wind alters archaeological deposits on the San Antonio Terrace. The study was undertaken as an adjunct to ongoing archaeological work on the terrace in advance of M-X Missile test facilities construction. The San Antonio Terrace is partially overlain by dunes believed to be less than 2,000 years old (Johnson 1983, Cooper 1967). Johnson labeled the very active dunes near the beach "recent" and the more vegetated dunes farther inland...
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VAFB-1984-25: Preliminary Case Report Peacekeeper Program-Fiber Optics Line Installation Program Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1984)
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This document is a cultural resources evaluation of three archaeological sites located along a proposed fiber optics cable installation route was conducted to determine site characteristics , NRHP eligibility, project effects, and potential mitigation measures. The Air Force has determined that the three sites, SBA-939, 513, and 1853, are eligible for the NRHP. The fiber optics cable installation will adversely affect site SBA-939. SBA-513 will likely not be affected; however, it is of...
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VAFB-1984-26: Archaeological Investigations On the San Antonio Terrace, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, in Connection With Mx Facilities Construction (1984)
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This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at...
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VAFB-1984-26c: Archaeological Investigations on the San Antonio Terrace: Appendix II HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AREA by Lois J. Roberts (1984)
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This document is the historical research report for the MX Missile Test Facilities Project on Vandenberg Space Force Base. It provides a historical overview that is important to understanding the archaeology and historical period sites in the study area.
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VAFB-1985-04: Peacekeeper Program, Cultural Resources Testing and Monitoring, Roads and Utilities, Phase I, VAFB, CA (1985)
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This document is a report that describes cultural resources testing and monitoring as part of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison program, a program to construct and operate Peacekeeper missile test facilities at VAFB. The project included the installation of utilities and modification of roads. A total of 12 overhead utility lines crossing El Rancho and Umbra roads were undergrounded or modified; one was located in a floodplain and three were within or adjacent to a significant archaeological site ...
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VAFB-1985-07: Results of Archaeological Testing at SBA-212 and SBA-1145, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (1985)
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This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at...
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VAFB-1985-09: Environmental Surveillance Report, No. 20 October 1, 1984 through August 15, 1985 (1985)
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This report (ESR 20) describes the implementation of the Environmental Surveillance Plan for the STS Program at VAFB and is a continuation of reports No. 1-19. Construction activities continued at Station Sets V23, FY '84 Physical Security Modifications, V32 in Port Hueneme, and V80 (partial) Towroute. New construction began at V33 Harbor Headquarters Refurbishment, V23 Launch Pad Paving/North Access Road and Security Modifications Phase II (Security Patrol Roads) and V17 Visual Landing...
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VAFB-1985-12: Archaeological Investigation: Northwest Lompoc / Jesus Maria Project, Union Oil Company of California, VAFB. (1985)
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This document is a study that was conducted for Union Oil Company to identify and evaluate cultural resources which may be affected by their proposed Northwest Lompoc/Jesus Maria Project on VAFB. Union Oil proposes to construct 43 well pads with size ranging from an area of 200x200 to 200x420 feet, combined cable/pipeline corridors 10-15 feet wide, and new access roads 20 feet wide. The inventory resulted in the discover of nine archaeological sites and nine cultural resource isolates (eight...
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VAFB-1985-15: Results of Archaeological Monitoring and Limited Subsurface Testing for the V-23 Space Shuttle Launch Site Patrol Roads C and D VAFB, CA (1985)
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This document is a Section 106 inventory report discusses the results of monitoring and testing for construction activities associated with the V-23 Patrol Roads C and D. A total of 39 stone artifacts were recovered from Road C and 1 stone artifact was recovered from Road D during construction monitoring. A total of 10 shovel test units were excavated in the vicinity of where archaeological materials were unearthed and two new archaeological sites were identified. The two sites probably...
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VAFB-1985-17: Cultural Resources Along the Point Sal Grazing Area Fence Line, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1985)
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This document is a report that presents the results of an archaeological survey of approximately 12.17 miles of a fence surrounding the Point Sal Grazing Area and of an inspection of historic and prehistoric sites along a previously surveyed portion of this same fence. Seven archaeological sites and two isolates were recorded in the course of a survey o the fence around the Point Sal Grazing Area in the Casmalia Hills on VAFB in preparation for fence repair and replacement. In addition to this...
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VAFB-1985-19: Archeological Investigation: Vandenberg AFB Communication Line #1976, Santa Barbara County, California (1985)
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This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at...
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VAFB-1985-20: Archaeological Investigations at the Temporary Storage Facilities (1985)
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This document is a letter report describing the results of archaeological investigations conducted for the Temporary Storage Facilities project. An intensive on-the-ground survey was performed but yielded no cultural features or artifacts were observed in the study area. Six shovel test pits were excavated due to the project's proximity to SBA-1686. No subsurface cultural materials were observed.
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VAFB-1985-22: Results of Archaeological Surface Survey for the V-33 Security Fence and Parking Lot Extension Southern VAFB, CA (1985)
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This document is a letter report outlining survey results associated with the V33 project. Based on an archaeological surface survey and a literature review for the area, no significant archaeological/cultural resources were identified in the V-33 project area. However, because of the proximity of SBA-1686 and the occurrence of buried and isolated cultural artifacts in the general vicinity, it is recommended that archaeological monitoring accompany brush removal and all excavation into the...
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VAFB-1985-23: Archaeological and Geomorphological Investigations of SBA-1010 and Nearby Areas, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1985)
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A Phase I archaeological investigation was conducted at CA-SBA-1010 and its immediate environs. SBA-1010 (Barka Slough) is a deeply stratified archaeological site buried in the south bank of San Antonio Creek, a major watercourse in VAFB. The project was primarily designed to determine whether cultural resources would be adversely affected if Santa Barbara County rip-rapped San Antonio Creek to prevent future erosion of Highway S-20. The project focused upon defining the boundaries of SBA-1010...
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VAFB-1986-05: Environmental Surveillance Report, No. 21 August 15, 1985 through May 15, 1986 (1986)
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The environmental surveillance procedure continually evolves as results of field surveillance provide additional information on impacts of the Vandenberg Space Shuttle Program upon environmental resources of the area. It is the intent of this procedure to monitor selected aspects of environmental quality, to document and analyze changes in quality, and to record environmental inspection activities as related to construction of Space Transportation System (STS) facilities. Through this procedure,...
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VAFB-1986-08: Archaeological Surface Survey for a Portion of the MPS36 Electrical Power Line Project VAFB, CA (1986)
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This document is a letter report outlining results of an archaeological surface survey in the vicinity of a proposed power line between Building 21101 and Sky Screen Road on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Although only a single isolated chert flake was noted adjacent to the proposed power line corridor, vegetation prohibited adequate surface examination. There also exists a possibility of a buried cultural site in the area. At least one archaeological site (SBA)1868) located south of the project...
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VAFB-1986-12: Cultural Resources Survey Proposed Airport Control Tower (P.N. 84014) Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1986)
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An intensive pedestrian survey of approximately 40 acres were conducted for a proposed control tower location. The purpose of the survey was to locate, and subsequently evaluate potential NRHP eligibility of any cultural resources potentially impacted by this project. This investigation resulted in the recordation of CA-SBA-2086H, a site consisting of a segment of roadway which appears to follow the alignment of the historic travelway between Tangair Railroad Station and Short Camp.
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VAFB-1986-19: EXXON LOMPOC Pipeline Project Supplemental EIR, Technical Appendix C Cultural Resources, Final Report (1986)
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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.
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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)
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A cultural resources survey and archival study of areas on VAFB proposed for expansion of testing facilities for Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison programs was conducted. Eighteen archaeological sites were identified during the survey of approximately 1100 acres. This brings to 39 the total number of sites known to exist in the three survey areas. Most of the sites represent camps or projectile-point preparation locations used by prehistoric hunters in...
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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)
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Archaeological survey and testing for corridors covering proposed installation of approximately five miles of communications cable connecting various launch facilities along Port Sal and Globe roads. A total of 13 archaeological sites were investigated, including three newly identified sites and ten previously recorded sites. Sites and testing efforts are described individually yielding a recommended redesigned cable corridor that will reduce impacts and outlines possible cultural materials that...
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VAFB-1988-06: Archaeological Resources Inventory and No Effects Determination for Proposed Geotechnical Testing-Proposed Space Launch Complex 7 Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (1988)
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This document is a Section 106 inventory report for the proposed construction of a new space launch complex (SLC-7). The report includes geotechnical testing in the vicinity of Cypress Ridge terrace, to assess the viability of the location. Previous geotechnical testing in this area was supported by a No Effect determination. Two archaeological sites have been recorded in the vicinity of the proposed geotechnical testing from archaeological surface surveys and limited subsurface testing as part...
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VAFB-1988-07: Results of Archaeological Monitoring of Geotechnical Exploration at the Proposed Space Launch Complex 7 (SLC 7) Project Area, VAFB (1988)
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This document is a monitoring report describing archaeological observation of geotechnical core drilling at the proposed project site of Space Launch Complex 7 (SLC-7). Monitoring of soil core extraction at selected locations was recommended as a result of an earlier intensive cultural resources survey of the SLC 7 project area. During the course of the project a number of lithic artifacts including possibly utilized flakes were observed on the surface in the vicinity of the terrace top just...
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VAFB-1988-08: Phase I Archaeological Survey for Proposed Fence Lines in Santa Lucia Canyon and San Antonio Valley, Vandenberg Air Force Base (1988)
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Letter report describing the results of Phase I archaeological surveys along the routes of four proposed fence lines in Santa Lucia Canyon and in the San Antonio Valley and Purisima Hills. One archaeological site and two isolated finds were identified during the survey in Areas 2 and 3. No cultural resources were observed in Survey Areas 1 and 4.
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VAFB-1988-13: Final Report Archaeological Testing Program SBA-793 and SBA-917 Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbar County, California (1988)
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This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at...
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VAFB-1988-16: Archaeological Investigations at SBA-594: Survey, Testing, and Mitigation (1988)
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Before testing and mitigation fieldwork was undertaken at CA-SBA-594 during Phase II of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison program, it was noted that surface artifact distributions differed from those reported in previous survey and site record forms from 1979. This discrepancy no doubt came about from shifting dune activity exposing alternate areas of site materials through time. As well as distributional variance, surface frequencies appeared higher than initially reported at Locus I adjacent and...
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VAFB-1989-03: Historic Structure Report for the Marshallia Ranch House (1989)
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This report outlines the eligibility of the Marshallia Ranch House (Building 1338) for NRHP listing. The building is located at the golf course on VAFB (S of Casmalia) and is also known as the Distinguished Visiting Officers Quarters. It is scheduled for minor renovations with a major upgrade planned for FY 1991. The Marshallia Ranch has been subjected to preliminary evaluation as part of the San Antonio Terrace National Register District. The opinion from those documents is that the ranch...
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VAFB-1989-04: 1989 Arch Monitoring WC002, Launch Complex Shop Facility (1989)
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VAFB-1989-20: Case Report, Minuteman Launch Support System Upgrade Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1989)
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This document is a brief report presenting the results of a Section 106 study for the Minuteman Launch Support System project on Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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VAFB-1989-21: Archaeological Test at Titan Pasture A (Gate location) (1989)
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This document is a one page report for the excavation of 6 shovel test pits at the Titan Pasture A (Gate location). The report provides a breakdown of the 6 STPS including the artifacts that were observed.
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VAFB-1990-12: Cultural Resources Survey and Effect Evaluation for the HAVE STARE Tracking and Imagery Radar System Project Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1990)
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This document is Section 106 archaeological inventory and effects testing report for the proposed construction of a test radar facility at one of three alternate project sites. The proposed project, which is primarily a testing and feasibility study, will entail minimal construction and will primarily involve the utilization of temporary test facilities. Since all three alternative project locations had not been previously inventoried for historic properties, an intensive surface survey was...
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VAFB-1990-13: Waste Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Testing for Effects at SBA-793, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
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This report presents the results of a subsurface archaeological testing program at Sba-793 conducted by the Directorate of Environmental Management in May and June 1990. The purpose of the work was to evaluate the effect of construction of the proposed waste water treatment plant on this National Register eligible site. Despite the disturbed appearance of the ground surface an undisturbed deposit exists within this portion of Sba-793. The deposit, however, does not contain any new or unique...
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VAFB-1990-20: Power Line to A/D/E Substations Surface Survey, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
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This report presents the results of an archaeological surface survey conducted to evaluate the replacement of a proposed 69kV power distribution line for effect on historic properties. The study identified eleven archaeological sites and one isolate within the APE. Nine of the sites are prehistoric and two sites are historic. One of the historic sites is a trash dump, and the other an old road. Eight of the eleven sites are crossed by the power line. However, these eight sites will not be...
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VAFB-1990-21: Archaeological Investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Connection with the Development of Space Transportation System Facilities, Volume I (1990)
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This report presents the results of archaeological investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, undertaken to mitigate the impacts to three archaeological sites by construction of a shuttlecraft tow route. Included in the analysis of data from these sites are selected data from earlier test excavations at eight other sites near the three that are the main focus of analysis. Analysis and interpretations emphasize reconstruction of subsistence-settlement systems through more than 8500...
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VAFB-1990-21b: Archaeological Investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Connection with the Development of Space Transportation System Facilities, Volume II (1990)
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This report presents the results of archaeological investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), undertaken to mitigate the impacts to three archaeological sites by construction of a shuttlecraft tow route. Included in the analysis of data from these sites are selected data from earlier test excavations at eight other sites near the three that are the main focus of analysis. Analysis and interpretations emphasize reconstruction of subsistence-settlement systems through more than 8500 years...
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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)
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This report was written to supplement an earlier report (Berry 1990) and to address the comments of the California State Historic Preservation Officer SHPO). Several different types of information were requested by the SHPO and will be addressed in the appropriate sections following the format given in the Office of Historic Preservation publication (1989) “Archaeological Management Reports (ARMR): Recommended Contents and Format.” The earlier report can be found at:...
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VAFB-1991-08: Cultural Resources Investigations for the Peacekeeper Program San Antonio Terrace Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1991)
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This document is a report that presents the results of cultural resource investigations for the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Project and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This report covers additional survey, testing, and data recovery undertaken for the project at 29 archaeological sites.
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VAFB-1998-03: Final Technical Report Phase I, II, and III Archaeological Survey for Cultural Resource Inventory, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1998)
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This document is a report that describes archaeological survey of the remaining unsurveyed areas of Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) was performed by Chambers Group and its principal subcontractor (SAIC). A total of 63,600 acres were surveyed. Of this total, 5,172 acres ( or 8 percent) were surveyed opportunistically. During the survey, 581 prehistoric sites, 11 historic sites, and 8 sites with both prehistoric and historic components were recorded, making 600 new sites recorded on VAFB. In...
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VAFB-1998-10: Vandenberg Air Force Base Specific Site Revisit Project August 3-26, 1998 inclusive Brief Summary (1998)
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All sites on the Discrepancy List were re-visited by a crew of four archaeologists and one BTG representative. The BTG representative accompanying the archaeological crew operated a Trimble GPS receiver backpack unit. Sites were relocated using site records, topographic maps and BTG generated maps, referred to as "Grid 46" maps. Upon reaching the general vicinity of the site, we conducted an intensive linear survey at 10 to 15 meter intervals, sweeping back and forth until artifacts described in...
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VAFB-1999-05: Final Archaeological Test Excavations at Launch Facility 05 (CA-SBA-1853) Vandenberg Air Force Base, California TA-409C (1999)
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This document is a report that presents the results of archaeological testing at CA-SBA-1853 for a power line replacement project on Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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VAFB-1999-08: Archaeological Investigations for the North Base Fiber-Optic Cable System, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1999)
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This document is a report that presents the results of archaeological investigations for the North Base Fiber-Optic Cable System Project. The U.S. Air Force proposes to construct the North Base Fiber-Optic Cable System on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Santa Barbara County, California. The proposed project will involve placement of approximately 23 miles of cable conduit in trenches a maximum of 42 inches deep and 18 inches wide. Archival research identified multiple archaeological sites...
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VAFB-1999-09: Central Coast Continuum--From Ranchos to Rockets, a historic overview for an inventory and evaluation of historic sites, buildings and structures, VAFB, CA. (1999)
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This document is a historic context for Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. It presents the results of historic resources inventory carried out in 1998 and 1999.
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VAFB-1999-10: Cultural Resources Condition of Vandenberg Air Force Base, FY99: Sensitive and Threatened Sites (1999)
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This report documents the condition of sensitive and threatened cultural resources for FY99. The suite of sensitive and threatened sites was examined during the third quarter and then again during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. Chapter 1 of this report lists the sites examined and briefly describes methods specific to inspection of sensitive and threatened sites. The condition of sensitive and threatened cultural resources examined during the third quarter of FY99 is summarized in...
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VAFB-2000-02: Final National Register of Historic Places Eligibility and Effects Determination for CA-SBA-740, Vandenberg Air Force Base California (2000)
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This document is a report that presents the National Register of Historic Places evaluation and effects determination for CA-SBA-740 on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The work was completed in support of a project to repair a retaining wall along Point Sal Road. Applied EarthWorks, Inc. recommended the site NRHP eligible and found that there would be no adverse effect to the site.
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VAFB-2000-05: Cultural Resources Condition on Vandenberg Air Force Base. FY2000: Sensitive and Threatened (2000)
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This report documents the condition of sensitive and threatened cultural resources examined during the third quarter of FY2000.
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VAFB-2000-06: Cultural Resources Condition on Vandenberg Air Force Base. FY 2000: Zone 3 (2000)
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This document is a report that presents the results of archaeological site condition assessments in Zone 3 on Vandenberg Air Force Base during Fiscal Year 2000.
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VAFB-2000-07: Final Archaeological Investigations for the North Vandenberg, Lions Head, and CITS Fiber-Optic Cable Systems Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. (2000)
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This document is a report that presents the results of an archaeological investigation for the North Vandenberg, Lions Head, and CITS Fiber-Optic Cable Systems Project on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Limited testing was conducted at 12 archaeological sites and no intact cultural deposits were found at the sites. More extensive testing was carried out at CA-SBA-3036 to evaluate the site for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Applied EarthWorks, Inc. recommended that...
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VAFB-2000-12: Final Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data During FY 2000, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2000)
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This document is a report that describes procedures used to collect additional radiocarbon data for sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). A copy of the VAFB radiocarbon database is included in the report.
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VAFB-2000-13: Final Limited Archaeological Testing for New Maintenance Facility Construction at Marshallia Ranch Golf Course, VAFB, SB Co., CA. (2000)
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This document is a report that describes limited archaeological testing at the Marshallia Ranch Golf Course for the development of a new maintenance facility. A total of 20 shovel test pits were excavated and a small quantity of lithic debitage and historic artifacts were found in disturbed soils. No further archaeological studies were recommended for the project due to a lack of integrity.
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VAFB-2000-15: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE CULTURAL RESOURCES HISTORIC SITES MANAGEMENT NOTEBOOK, RESULTS OF AN INVENTORY AND EVALUATION OF HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, AND STRUCTURES, VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA (2000)
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This document is a Section 110 report that is characterized as a historic sites management notebook and is the result of a historic resources inventory and evaluation carried out on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) between 1998 and 2000. Standing buildings and structures were the focus of the project. High-priority sites such as the Marshallia Ranch, Sudden Ranch, and Coast Guard Lifeboat Rescue Station received thorough recordation. This included site mapping, photography, pedestrian survey,...
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VAFB-2000-16: Preliminary Draft Archaeological Survey of San Antonio Creek Cutbanks, VAFB, SB Co., CA. (2000)
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This document is a report that describes cultural resource investigations for the El Rancho Road Bridge Project. A total of 19 cultural resources were identified in the project area. Survey was completed at cut-banks along San Antonio Creek in the vicinity of the proposed bridge. One new site, CA-SBA-3511, was identified during the survey.
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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)
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This report documents results of cultural resources investigations completed as part of the project's environmental studies. Specifically, the results of a records search at the Central Coastal Information Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara and at the 30th Civil Engineer Environmental Management Office are reported. In addition, the results of an archaeological survey of erosional cutbanks along San Antonio Creek are described.
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VAFB-2000-19: Survey and Testing of Proposed Bore Site Location, Vandenberg Air Force Base, South of San Antonio Creek (2000)
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This brief letter report details the results of a cultural resource inspection performed on 31 July 2000 for a proposed bore site and access within the Union Pacific railroad right of way.
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VAFB-2001-02: Archaeological Testing in Firebreaks and Access Roads on Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2001)
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This document is a Section 110 report supporting the development of a Fire Compartmentalization Plan to guide fire protection and suppression activities relative to cultural resources in conjunction with the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP), Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). The base maintains a comprehensive system of firebreaks and access roads, and a number of known archaeological sites are intersected by elements of that system. Many of these firebreaks and access...
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VAFB-2002-05: Inventory and Assessment of Historic Properties for the Providence Landing Project Drainage Route Alternatives A - F, at the Antennae Farm, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA (2002)
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This document addresses the potential for effects to occur to significant historic properties as a result of a proposal to channel storm water from the Providence Landing Project onto and across the Antennae Farm on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA.
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VAFB-2002-07: Final Report: Presence / Absence Testing and Boundary Delineation at Site CA-SBA-707 (2002)
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This document presents the results of absence/presence testing at CA-SBA-707 for the Level 3 fiber-optic project.
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VAFB-2002-08: Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data during Fiscal Year 2002 Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2002)
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This report documents collection and management of the radiocarbon database during FY 2002. Archaeological reports filed with 30 CES/CEVPC since FY 2000 were examined and radiocarbon data contained in those reports were added to the existing database. In addition, staff at 30 CES/CEVPC were consulted regarding selection of additional radiocarbon samples for processing, analysis, and inclusion in the database. As a consequence, 43 samples were selected from the existing CA-SBA-1010 collection to...
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VAFB-2002-11: Vandenberg Air Force Base Rock Art Sites Assessment and Management Recommendations (2002)
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This document is a report documenting field investigations of the eight identified rock art sites on the base, including condition assessment and management recommendations for each site, developed in partnership with the Santa Ynez Chumash Tribal Elders Council. The report also contains recommendations for the identification and protection of rock art sites, base-wide.
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VAFB-2002-20:Emergency Archaeological Testing for Utility Pole Replacement Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2002)
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This document is a report that documents the excavation of two test units at archaeological sites CA-SBA-1013 and CA-SBA-3615 on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). During September 2000, approximately 9,000 acres on VAFB were burned in the Harris Wildfire. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) utility poles damaged during the fire had to be replaced in order to provide the U.S. Air Force with continued support. Background research and an archaeological survey of the transmission line...
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VAFB-2003-17: Cultural Resources Condition on Vandenberg Air Force base Fiscal Year 2003: Sensitive and Threatened Sites with Cultural Resource Condition Reports (2003)
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During fiscal year 1996 (FY96), the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron, Environmental Management Flight (30 CES/CEV) on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) established a program to periodically examine the condition of known cultural resources under its jurisdiction. The base was divided into 10 zones of approximately equal size (Figure 1-1 ), with the intent of inspecting all cultural resources in each zone on an annual, rotating basis over the course of 5 years. In addition, 25 sites were identified...
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VAFB-2005-02: Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Missile Transport Bridge on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, CA (2005)
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This report documents archaeological studies at CA-SBA-1036, -1037, -1172/704, 1565, and -2448. All five sites are located along El Rancho Road as it crosses San Antonio Creek on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) (Figures 1-1 and 1-2). El Rancho Road is a crucial primary transportation route on North Vandenberg AFB, providing necessary redundant access for mission-related activities. However, sedimentation has raised the level of the San Antonio Creek streambed and severely reduced the flood...
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VAFB-2005-04: Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Military Family Housing Expansion Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (2005)
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This document is a report that presents the results of archaoelogical investigations for the Military Family Housing Expansion Project. The study included (1) survey, (2) absence/ presence testing, and (3) National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility testing. The three phases of investigation were designed to identify archaeological resources in the vicinity, determine the extent of identified archaeological resources, and evaluate selected resources for significance according to...
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VAFB-2005-11: Archaeological and Native American Monitoring for the MCI Microcable Installation Project Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2005)
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This report presents the results of archaeological monitoring conducted by Garcia and Associates (GANDA) along the entire length of the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) passing through Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), a distance of approximately 30 miles. Between April 27 and June 30 2004, GANDA monitored ground disturbances associated with the installation of MCI's microduct and microcable. The project purpose was to replace the obsolete fiber optic cable with a microduct and cable. It was...
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VAFB-2005-13: Archaeological Investigations Supporting Consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer for the Heritage Launch Program Demolition on Vandenberg AFB (2005)
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This document is report that presents the results of Section 106 and 110 investigations for the Heritage Launch Program Demolition project on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). The purpose of investigations varied by location, including (1) absence/presence testing at three different isolated artifacts recorded near Building 946; (2) assessing potential adverse effects at archaeological site CA-SBA-1891 near the Santa Ynez Water Treatment Plant; (3) assessing potential adverse effects at...
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VAFB-2005-14: Historic Landscape Inventory and Evaluation, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2005)
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This document is a report that presents the results of a cultural landscape survey and evaluation of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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VAFB-2005-22: Cultural Resources Site Condition Assessment Database Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2005)
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This document is a report that includes a brief letter and a print out of the archaeological site condition assessment database as it appeared in 2005.
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VAFB-2005-24: Cultural Resources Report for the Combat Information Transport System, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2005)
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This document is a Section 106 inventory report for the Combat Information Transport Systems (CITS) Project. All archaeological resources were avoided.