The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is charged by federal law and statutes to identify, evaluate, and protect important cultural and historical properties on DAF land for the benefit of this and future generations of Americans. In executing these mandates, DAF has produced several thousand professional quality monographs, reports, and studies that record valuable data and insights on our Nation’s history and prehistory, as reflected on our installations and ranges. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) has partnered with Digital Antiquity and Argonne National Laboratory to curate these resources in the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR).
Since 2011, Digital Antiquity has worked with Air Force installations to establish a system for digitally curating DAF cultural resources documents and making those documents available to approved users. Installations have the ability to organize their file types in a way that is useful for their needs, while providing controlled levels of access to approved users.
This is the main collection for DAF. Here you can find collections of documents, data, images, and other digital information generated from and/or related to archaeological and other cultural resources and investigations on or nearby DAF facilities. The collection was created by the Center for Digital Antiquity in cooperation with US Air Force, US Space Force, and Air National Guard Cultural Resources Management personnel.
Site Name Keywords
Belle Chance •
Scott Air Force Base Historic District •
Building 1966 •
Building 1967 •
18PR447 •
Chapel II •
Building 1968 •
50-80-15-4853 •
LA 38135 •
8BR00085
Site Type Keywords
Non-Domestic Structures •
Governmental Structure •
Historic Governmental Structure •
Archaeological Feature •
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Military Structure •
Artifact Scatter •
Domestic Structures •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
House
Other Keywords
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station •
National Register of Historic Places •
Map •
NRHP •
OAHP •
Camp Bullis Survey •
Site Form •
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson •
SHPO •
United States Air Force
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Archaic •
Woodland •
PaleoIndian •
Prehistoric •
Late Archaic •
Euroamerican •
Middle Woodland •
Middle Archaic •
Early Woodland
Investigation Types
Heritage Management •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Architectural Documentation •
Historic Background Research •
Architectural Survey •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Archaeological Overview •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Systematic Survey •
Consultation
Material Types
Chipped Stone •
Ceramic •
Chert •
Glass •
Metal •
Building Materials •
Fauna •
Shell •
Fire Cracked Rock •
Ground Stone
Temporal Keywords
Historic •
Prehistoric •
Cold War •
20th Century •
Cold War Era •
World War II •
19th Century •
WWII •
Archaic •
18th Century
Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
USA (Country) •
Texas (State / Territory) •
Bexar County (County) •
Texas •
San Antonio •
Bexar (County) •
California (State / Territory) •
Santa Barbara (County)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 7,301-7,400 of 7,773)
VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report (1974)
VAFB-1974-02: Archaeological Survey of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California, 1971 to 1973 (1974)
VAFB-1979-01: A Study of Subsurface Archaeological and Paleontological Sites: Occurrence and Probability of Discovery During Construction Periods (1979)
VAFB-1980-08: Cultural Resources Technical Report on the MAB-2 Construction Project, SBA-1176, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1980)
VAFB-1980-13: Cultural Resource Impact Evaluation and Mitigation Planning for the Mx Missile System Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1980)
VAFB-1980-14: Comments Relative to Archaeological Sites SBa-1106, 1107, and 1149. GSSI Project- VAFB, CA (1980)
VAFB-1981-08: Archaeological Salvage Excavations at SBA-534 and SBA-680 for Sts 69 Kv Transmission Line, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1981)
VAFB-1981-16: Archaeological Salvage Excavations for V-33 (External Tank Processing and Storage Facility), VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (1986)
VAFB-1982-06: An Addendum to Prehistoric and Historic Land Use Strategies in the San Antonio Terrace: A Research Design to Guide Archaeological Studies in Support of the MX Missile Test Facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1982)
VAFB-1982-07: Results of Archaeological Subsurface Testing at SBA-1149 (Prehistoric), for the GSSI Project at VAFB, CA (1982)
VAFB-1983-10: Results of Archaeological Monitoring at SBA-1149-P in Connection With The GSSI Project At Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (1983)
VAFB-1983-18: Study of Shellfish Remains from Archaeological Sites on the San Antonio Terrace (1983)
VAFB-1984-01: Final Report on Subsurface Testing at Archaeological Site CA-SBA-1686; GSSI Station Set Location V-33; VAFB, CA (1984)
VAFB-1984-08: Data Recovery Plan, SBa-1060: Peacekeeper Program, Roads and Utilities, Phase I, VAFB, CA (1984)
VAFB-1984-12: Replacement Cable Project and Fibre Optic Cable Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County (1984)
VAFB-1984-15: Memorandum on Proposed San Antonio Creek Flood Control Project, VAFB, Initial Notes on a Preliminary Archaeological Assessment. (1984)
VAFB-1984-26c: Archaeological Investigations on the San Antonio Terrace: Appendix II HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AREA by Lois J. Roberts (1984)
VAFB-1985-04: Peacekeeper Program, Cultural Resources Testing and Monitoring, Roads and Utilities, Phase I, VAFB, CA (1985)
VAFB-1985-12: Archaeological Investigation: Northwest Lompoc / Jesus Maria Project, Union Oil Company of California, VAFB. (1985)
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)
VAFB-1985-22: Results of Archaeological Surface Survey for the V-33 Security Fence and Parking Lot Extension Southern VAFB, CA (1985)
VAFB-1986-08: Archaeological Surface Survey for a Portion of the MPS36 Electrical Power Line Project VAFB, CA (1986)
VAFB-1986-12: Cultural Resources Survey Proposed Airport Control Tower (P.N. 84014) Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1986)
VAFB-1987-10: Results of Archaeological Surface Survey and Limited Subsurface Testing for the Launch Support System Cable Northern Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1987)
VAFB-1988-06: 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)
VAFB-1989-20: Case Report, Minuteman Launch Support System Upgrade Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1989)
VAFB-1990-20: Power Line to A/D/E Substations Surface Survey, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1990)
VAFB-1990-21: Archaeological Investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Connection with the Development of Space Transportation System Facilities, Volume I (1990)
VAFB-1991-08: Cultural Resources Investigations for the Peacekeeper Program San Antonio Terrace Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1991)
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)
VAFB-1999-08: Archaeological Investigations for the North Base Fiber-Optic Cable System, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (1999)
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)
VAFB-2000-05: Cultural Resources Condition on Vandenberg Air Force Base. FY2000: Sensitive and Threatened (2000)
VAFB-2000-13: Final Limited Archaeological Testing for New Maintenance Facility Construction at Marshallia Ranch Golf Course, VAFB, SB Co., CA. (2000)
VAFB-2000-15: 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)
VAFB-2000-19: Survey and Testing of Proposed Bore Site Location, Vandenberg Air Force Base, South of San Antonio Creek (2000)
VAFB-2001-02: Archaeological Testing in Firebreaks and Access Roads on Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2001)
VAFB-2002-08: Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data during Fiscal Year 2002 Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2002)
VAFB-2002-11: Vandenberg Air Force Base Rock Art Sites Assessment and Management Recommendations (2002)
VAFB-2005-04: Archaeological Investigations in Support of the Military Family Housing Expansion Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (2005)
VAFB-2005-11: Archaeological and Native American Monitoring for the MCI Microcable Installation Project Vandenberg Air Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2005)