Department of the Air Force Cultural Resources Archive

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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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  • Little Rock Air Force Base Project Metadata
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    Project metadata for resources within the Little Rock Air Force Base cultural heritage resources collection.

  • Addendum to Final Archaeological Survey Report for the Environmental Assessment for Replacement of Runway 07-25, Little Rock AFB (2019)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    As a result of changes made to the final design of the proposed replacement of Runway 07-25, two areas were added to the original Phase I investigation, one at the east end of the infield, between Taxiway D and Taxiway E, and one at the west end of Runway 07-25. One archaeological site (3PU1074) was discovered and recommended not eligible.

  • Appendix C: List of Facilities on Little Rock Air Force Base at or Approaching 50 years old by 2017 with NRHP Eligibility, SHPO Concurrence, and ACHP Program Contents (2017)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    Draft List of Facilities on Little Rock Air Force Base at or Approaching 50 years old by 2017 with National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Eligibility, SHPO Concurrence, and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Program Contents.

  • Archaeological Survey in Support of Replacement Runway 07-25 Environmental Assessment (2019)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Isla Nelson.

    Between June 25 and July 12, 2019, Cardno conducted a Phase I archaeological survey at the request of the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base. The Base proposes to repair by replacement Runway 07-25 and associated overruns. No prehistoric cultural resources were encountered during the course of the archaeological investigation. A surface scatter of historic artifacts was identified in the southwest corner of the airfield and recorded as Site Number 3PU1041. Multiple undecorated...

  • Archaeological Testing of Sites 3PU442, 3PU444, and 3PU450 at Little Rock Air Force Base (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert F. Cande. Steven Imhoff. Robert H. III Lafferty.

    From July 16–21, 1997, Mid-Continental Research Associates (MCRA) conducted National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) evaluation of 3PU422, 3PU444, and 3PU450 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas. 3PU444 and 3PU450 do not meet the eligibility criterion and no further work is recommended. 3PU422 has significant research potential and is considered eligible for nomination to the NRHP. It is recommended that this site be protected from any adverse impacts and be...

  • Arkansas Architectural Resources Forms — Little Rock Air Force Base: Reassessment of 26 Cold War Era Buildings (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jessica Forbes.

    Survey forms for a reassessment of 26 Cold War Era Buildings at Little Rock Air Force Base.

  • Correspondence Regarding National Historic Landmark Designation for Titan II Missile Complex Sites in Arkansas and Arizona (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text John E. Chambers.

    SHPO Correspondence regarding possible National Historic Landmark designation of Titan II Missile Complexes at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson, Arizona and Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas.

  • A Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed C-130H/J Fuselage Trainer Facility, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas (2019)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Chris Branam.

    At the request of Premier Engineering Corporation, Flat Earth Archeology, LLC conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of approximately 7.28 hectares (ha) (18 acres [ac]) for the proposed 3-130J/J Fuselage Trainer Facility at the Little Rock Air Force Base in Pulaski County, Arkansas. Three concrete foundation remains were recorded as archeological sites during the current Phase I survey. Sites 3PU1035, 3PU1036, and 3PU1037 are all only foundation remains. No artifacts were found associated...

  • Little Rock Air Force Base Cultural Resources Management Plan (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Maynard B. Cliff. Duane E. Peter. William David White, Jr.. Randall L. Guendling.

    This document fulfills the requirement for a CRMP as set forth in AFI 32-7065. It is designed to be used by multiple audiences concerned with the management of historic properties at Little Rock AFB. These audiences include the Major Command (MAJCOM), Little Rock AFB staff, state and federal cultural resource managers, professional historic preservationists, and the general public. In this CRMP, Sections I and II are an executive summary and an introduction summarizing the major portions of the...

  • Little Rock Air Force Base Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) (2018)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Little Rock Air Force Base.

    This ICRMP contains a series of compliance policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) that will enable Little Rock Air Force Base to meet its legal responsibilities and to handle situations that may arise during the management of its cultural resources. It also provides management goals that will benefit the management of cultural resources at Little Rock Air Force Base. Included in the document is a five-year plan that outlines the types of projects likely to occur at Little Rock Air...

  • Little Rock Air Force Base Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, Vol. 1 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Bill Hersch.

    As a part of the United States Air Force, Little Rock Air Force Base has many legal responsibilities related to the identification, preservation, and management of cultural resources on its lands. This updated Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan is intended to serve as the planning and guidance document that will assist the base in complying with Federal preservation requirements and Air Force policy directives. The Installation Commander has direct responsibility for implementing the...

  • Little Rock Air Force Base Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, Vol. 2 (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Bill Hersch.

    Appendices for the 2012 Little Rock Air Force Base (LRAFB) ICRMP.

  • Little Rock Air Force Base Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, Volume I: Final Report (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior. Edward Salo. John Ferguson. Duane Peter. John Peukert.

    This report is the 2005 Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Little Rock Air Force Base which follows the guidelines as set forth in the revised AFI 32-7065. The text is designed to serve as a five-year plan for the integrated management of the historic properties contained within the limits of properties controlled by Little Rock AFB. The plan contains an introduction, a review of past cultural resources studies and their findings, and a management plan with standard operating...

  • Little Rock Air Force Base Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, Volume II: Appendices Final Report (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior. Edward Salo. John Ferguson. Duane Peter. John Peukert.

    Volume II of the 2005 Little Rock Air Force Base ICRMP. The appendices containing a glossary; detailed overviews of the cultural and physical environment and cultural resources inventory; list of Native American contacts; and overview of pertinent laws. The intended audience of this document is the Installation Commander, Little Rock AFB personnel involved in planning activities, and the cultural resources manager, who is the individual responsible for the day-to-day management of cultural...

  • Little Rock Air Force Base: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment (2002)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Edward Salo. Marsha Prior. Joe C. Freeman.

    This report provides an inventory and assessment of Cold War-era buildings and structures at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. This work was conducted to assist the Air Education and Training Command in fulfilling its responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Out of a total of 320 Cold War-era buildings and structures at Little Rock AFB, 33 were identified as potentially significant Cold War resources and were thus evaluated for NRHP eligibility under Criterion...

  • Little Rock Air Force Base: Reassessment of 26 Buildings Built before 1962 (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Forbes. M. Prior.

    A survey and reassessment of 26 buildings at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Arkansas, was undertaken to assist Little Rock AFB in meeting the requirements of Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The 26 buildings reassessed were identified in the 2005 ICRMP as potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) once they turned 50 years of age. The purpose of the reassessment was to determine if the buildings met the requirements of...

  • Maps for Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of Little Rock Air Force Base, Pulaski County, Arkansas (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert F. Cande.

    Detailed scans of Figures 4 and 5 from the Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of Little Rock Air Force Base, Pulaski County, Arkansas report.

  • Phase I Cultural Resource Survey of Little Rock Air Force Base, Pulaski County, Arkansas (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert F. Cande.

    In 1995, Geo-Marine, Inc., under contract to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, conducted an archeological survey of Little Rock Air Force Base, Pulaski County, Arkansas, and associated lands. As a result of this intensive survey, 37 previously unrecorded archeological sites and 16 non-site localities or isolated finds were located and recorded on Little Rock AFB. Of the 37 archeological sites that were located, three are presently identified as being entirely prehistoric in date,...

  • A Reconnaissance Inventory of Air Combat Command Cold War Material Culture, Little Rock Air Force Base: A Baseline Inventory of Cold War Material Culture (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text James A. Lowe. John A. Evaskovich. Katherine J. Roxlau.

    Mariah Associates, Inc. conducted a cultural resource inventory at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, between November 14 and 17, 1994 to identify extant Cold War resources important to the base, its history, and its Cold War mission. A variety of repositories were inventoried on base: the Wing History Office, Public Affairs Office, Civil Engineering Office and Drafting Department, Real Estate Office, and Environmental Office. Informal interviews were conducted with personnel long affiliated...

  • A Salute to Little Rock Air Force Base: 1962 Directory and Guide (1962)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    An overview and directory of Little Rock Air Force Base for newly enlisted individuals, circa 1962.

  • SHPO Correspondence: Little Rock Air Force Base National Register Nominations (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy Buford Slater.

    SHPO correspondence regarding Little Rock Air Force Base National Register nominations for Building 430 and the Nose Core Trainer.

  • SHPO Correspondence: New Roof for Building 250 at Little Rock Air Force Base (2002)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Ken Grunewald.

    SHPO correspondence regarding a new roof for Building 250 at the Little Rock Air Force Base.

  • SHPO Correspondence: Request Concurrence of Historic Building Determination at Little Rock Air Force Base for 26 Buildings (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Frances McSwain.

    SHPO correspondence requesting concurrence of historic building determination at Little Rock Air Force Base for 26 buildings. The original report is included.

  • SHPO Correspondence: Survey of Fifty Structures at Little Rock Air Force Base (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    SHPO correspondence regarding 50 structures at the Little Rock Air Force Base.

  • Site Form for 3PU0420 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site form for Site 3PU0420. Site 3PU0420 is a historic site found on a raised terrace in a grassy pasture. This site appears to be severely disturbed by bulldozing, which probably occurred during the construction of Little Rock Air Force Base in 1954. Given this fact, 3PU0420 is not eligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0421 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for Site 3PU0421. Site 3PU0421 is the remnants of a historic structure found on the northern periphery of a terrace in a horse pasture in the east central part of Little Rock Air Force Base. The remnants of this structure consists of large, dressed sandstone slabs, which are up to 90 cm in length, found in bulldozed piles. Because of the disturbance to the site it is ineligible for inclusion to the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0422 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site form for 3PU0422. Site 3PU0422 appears to be a lithic reduction site of an unknown prehistoric period. It was found by shovel testing on a pimple mound during a systematic survey of Little Rock AFB. Several dozer piles were found around the base of the mound. No clear evidence of disturbance was noted on the mound, although the area has probably been clear cut and/or cultivated in the past. A total of 10 shovel tests were dug at the site, six of which contained prehistoric artifacts up to...

  • Site Form for 3PU0423 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for Site 3PU0423. Site 3PU0423 is the remains of a possible historic structure, which creates a small rise in a large terrace. The site area is used as a horse pasture. The remains of the structure consist of a dressed sandstone slab, frame foundation, which appears to have been bulldozed away. The foundation was designated feature 1. Feature 2 is a small circular depression about 5 m south of the south wall of the foundation. Due to limited integrity the site is ineligible for...

  • Site Form for 3PU0424 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site Form for Site 3PU0424. Site 3PU0424 is a historic site found through judgmental shovel testing along 20 m transects at 20 m intervals. The site has been severely disturbed and artifacts are widely scattered. Bulldozing has nearly destroyed it. Because of this it is not eligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0425 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for Site 3PU0425. Site 3PU425 is a possible historic homestead found on top of a ridge top/terrace. The site may date to the 1930s and 1950s. Four features were observed at the site. Due to extensive disturbance it is considered ineligible for inclusion to the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0426 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site form for Site 3PU0426. Site 3PU0426 is a prehistoric site found on a pimple mound. Because of the low artifact density from the site, it's considered ineligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0427 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for Site 3PU0427. Site 3PU0427 is a historic homestead found on top of a ridge and along its north slope. Although the date of occupation is unknown, it appears to likely be from the 1920s to the 1940s. Because of the lack of subsurface deposits with only 10-15 of it intact, it's ineligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0428 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site form for Site 3PU0428. Site 3PU0428 is a historic residential site, probably part of the community of Macon Ark. There are four features identified for this site. Due to extensive bulldozing observed at the site (which is probably from the construction of the Air Force Base) the site only retains 10% contextual integrity. Due to this this site is ineligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0429 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for Site 3PU0429. Site 3PU0429 is located on the southeastern bench of a knob, just below the crest. The site appears to be a historic homestead, probably dating back to the 1930s to the 1940s. Considering the limited integrity and artifact density of the site it is ineligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0430 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site form for Site 3PU0430. Site 3PU0430 appears to be a historic residence, possibly dating back to the 1940s to the 1950s and probably associated with the community of Macon, AR which is presently 200-300 m north of the site. The site area has been so extensively disturbed by bulldozing that it is considered ineligible for inclusion into the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0431 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for 3PU0431. Site 3PU0431 consists of several structural remnants and is thought to date late in the historic period. No function could be determined for the site, which appears to have suffered from extensive disturbance, with only an estimated 10% remaining intact. Therefore, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0432 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site form for 3PU0432. Site 3PU0432 is a small lithic scatter of an unknown prehistoric period, which appears to be severely disturbed by clear cutting, bulldozing, levelling of Maintenance Station #99, deflation, and sheet erosion. It is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP.

  • Site Form for 3PU0433 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for 3PU0433. Site 3PU0433 appears to be a site dating to late in the Historic period, late 19th/20th centuries. The site area appears to have been clear cut in the past. Any standing structures were razed, with only a few rubble piles of sandstone remaining. In view of the extensive bulldozing identified at the site, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and no further work is required.

  • Site Form for 3PU0434 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site form for 3PU0434. Site 3PU0434 is an extensive and elaborate historic site, probably a residence, with a total of seven features: 1) sandstone-lined cistern; 2) Concrete slab; 3) Sandstone and mortar foundation; 4) Partial sandstone and mortar wall; 5) Two large depressions; 6) Dry-laid stone wall; 7) Two Dry-laid stone walls. Due to the extensive bulldozing observed at the site, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP. No further work is required.

  • Site Form for 3PU0435 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for 3PU0435. Site 3PU0435 is a historic site, probably a residence which may date to the 1930s. The site is highly disturbed, with many dozer piles containing sandstone slabs and cobbles and bulldozer scars and has only an estimated 3-5% contextual integrity. Due to high degree of disturbance observed at the site, it is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and no further work is required.

  • Site Form for 3PU0436 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gary L. Shaw.

    Site form for 3PU0436. Site 3PU0436 is a historic residence or farmstead. Although the site has been severely impacted by bulldozing, two features remained to be identified. Feature 1 is a cistern, built of dressed, stacked-sandstone. Feature 2 appears to be a sandstone foundation. Unfortunately, the site only has an estimated 5-8% contextual integrity remaining, making it ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP. No further work is required.

  • Site Form for 3PU0437 (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rolando L. Garza.

    Site form for 3PU0437. Site 3PU0437 is a historic residential site which appears to have been occupied late in the Historic period (ca. 1930s to 1950s). The site appears to have been leveled by heavy machinery down to ground surface, and is estimated to have 10% contextual integrity. Due to the extensive disturbance observed and the low density of artifacts observed, site 3PU0437 is considered to be ineligible for inclusion on the NRHP and no further work is required.