US Army Corps of Engineers (Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas B. Meyers. Michael K. Trimble.

This resource contains a report on an assessment of the status of archaeological collections at four installations, representing the major branches of the armed services, that were selected to participate in the curation needs-assessment study. The selected installations were Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, California; Fort Sill, Oklahoma (Army); Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; and the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California. Fort Gordon, Georgia, was selected initially as the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons.

Pursuant to an interagency Agreement between the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, repositories at three facilities – Wichita State University (WSU) Department of Anthropology, the University of Texas-San Antonio Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) and the Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS) – have been evaluated based on the federal standards contained in 36 CFR Part 79. Evaluations were based on building...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natalie M. Drew. Rhonda Lueck. Teresa Militello. Lynn Neher. Christopher Pulliam.

During the fall of 1993, the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) conducted a survey of archaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted on 13 U.S. Air Force, Air Mobility Command (AMC) installations. Only four-Charleston Air Force Base (and its sub-installation, North Auxiliary Field), South Carolina; Dover Air Force Base,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Amy E. Halpin. Kelly L. Holland. Christopher B. Pulliam.

At the request of Engineering Field Activity (EFA), West, the US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC), located at the St. Louis District, conducted a survey of archeological collections and associated documentation generated from archeological investigations conducted on Navy facilities within the jurisdiction of EFA West and EFA Northwest. Site visits were conducted during the period November 1993-August...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons. James E. Barnes. Michael K. Trimble.

The General Services Administration, Northeast and Caribbean Region, retained the services of the Engineering Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District (SLD), to assess the condition of the archaeological collections from non-burial contexts of the Foley Square Project. In addition, SLD was asked to perform an architectural assessment of a facility proposed by the South Street Seaport Museum as a curation facility for the collection. The current report reviews the findings...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This report was developed in accordance with Interagency Agreement No. V101(049A3)P-2008-052 Amendment 2 between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. The purpose of the report is to record an assessment of four historic VA buildings for their suitability as future permanent archive storage facilities and to make...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Heather L. Pobst. James E. Barnes.

At the request of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District (SLD), conducted an assessment of museum property at select National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) in the states of Alaska, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and North Dakota. SLD identified museum property disciplines at each NWR and provided suggestions and estimates for bringing them into compliance with 36 CFR Part 79 (Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons. Dawayne Sanders.

In 1994, the Arkansas Archaeological Survey (AAS), a unit of the University of Arkansas, contacted the St. Louis District for assistance in evaluating the feasibility of using an existing building on Eaker Air Force Base for the Mississippi Valley Cultural Heritage Center - a proposed central facility devoted to the curation needs of archaeological materials recovered from the region and to their academic and educational use. A St. Louis District architectural feasibility team evaluated five...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons. Rhonda Lueck. Lynn Neher. Dawayne Sanders.

In 1994, collections buildings at Edwards Air Force Base were evaluated for problems, standard of care and maintenance and management of artifacts and associated documentation; recommendations for resolving the problem; and a cost estimate for the recommended new building. Efforts to resolve the problem posed by the current facility include the evaluation of building 16 as a replacement facility and an evaluation of six sites for the potential construction of a new building. We recommend the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eugene Marino.

In March and June 2000, St. Louis District personnel examined ten facilities that are located on the Hanford Nuclear Test Site in order to determine their potential as curation repositories for Hanford Cultural Resources. The facilities examined ranged from abandoned buildings associated with the NIKE missile complex to nuclear research reactors. All buildings would require substantial rehabilitation to comply with existing regulations for the curation and management of cultural resources (36...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eugene A. Marino.

In January of 2001, St. Louis District personnel evaluated the Cocopah Indian Museum as a potential repository for Department of Defense archaeological collections from U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground. The evaluation team noted that with some adjustments to the current configuration of the museum and collections storage space and the adoption and Implementation of key collections management policies, the museum should meet or exceed minimal standards set forth in 36 CFR Part 79, Curatlon of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Barnes.

In July 1994, the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, entered into Interagency Agreement No. 1422P852-A4-0015 for the purpose of identifying and locating collections from BLM-administered lands made under the provisions of the Antiquities Act of 1906 (P.L. 59-206) and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (P.L. 96-95). This task was undertaken to assist BLM in compliance with provisions of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This planning and protocol document describes the activities necessary for the physical, legal, and ethical transfer of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Arizona project collections from the Central Arizona Project Repository in Tucson to the Gila River Indian Community’s Huhugam Heritage Center outside of Phoenix. There are over 6000 boxes of artifacts and more than 300 linear feet of archival materials stemming from this twenty-year project. Currently, Reclamation is in a direct...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Barnes.

In July 1994, the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District entered into Interagency Agreement No. 1422P852-A4-0015 for the purpose of tracking collections produced under the provisions of the Antiquities Act of 1906 (P.L. 59-206) and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA; P.L. 96-95). The purpose of this task was to assist the BLM in NAGPRA compliance. The St. Louis District was asked by BLM to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen L. Marino. Karolyn K. Kinsey.

Between the spring of 1998 and the winter of 2000 personnel from the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis conducted curation needs assessments and identified potential curation partners for U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet facilities in six Navy regions: Naval Forces, Japan; Naval Forces, Korea; Naval Forces, Marianas (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam); Navy Region, Hawaii; Navy Region, Northwest (Washington); and Navy Region, Southwest (California)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roberta L. Hayworth. Lara S. Anderson.

In 1998, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District was contracted by Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Yuma Arizona, to research and write a cultural overview of the Yavapai tribe which would illustrate that they were at one time located in the region of Yuma Proving Ground. Under various laws, regulations, and policies the U.S. Army is required to consult with Native American tribes and to protect Native American sacred sites and traditional cultural properties. Consultation between YPG and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eugene A. Marino. Janet Wilzbach.

As part of the continuing archaeological assessment project for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, curation condition for archaeological materials and associated documentation recovered from U.S. Fish and Wildlife properties were assessed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District. Six facilities in three states--Arkansas, Georgia, and South Carolina--contained 579 cubic feet of archaeological materials and 19.9 linear feet of associated documentation. All...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Heather L. Pobst.

The U.S. Air National Guard (ANG) is responsible for the management of archaeological and historical resources recovered from lands that it currently manages and leases. As mandated by federal law, responsible agencies are required to ensure that all recovered archaeological materials and associated records are adequately curated. ANG worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections in the St. Louis District...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Heather L. Pobst. Amy M. Williams.

At the request of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX), conducted a pilot study to assist the VA in determining the volume of its collections and current collections needs nationwide and the tasks required to bring them into compliance with 36 CFR Part 79 (Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Barnes. Natalie M. Drew. Eugene A. Marino.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Is responsible for the management of archaeological and historical resources that are located on and recovered from BLM-owned or maintained lands. These responsibilities Include the proper curatlon of recovered archaeological materials and associated documents. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis (SLD), was asked to assist the BLM in evaluating the curatlon of BLM collections at three facilities: Billings Curatlon Center, Billings, Montana, the Anasazl...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This report examines various options for the curation of archaeological materials that are stewarded by the Department of Defense (DoD). Archaeological materials have been generated by over 50 years of archaeological investigations required by law, and many collections have been gathered from lands held by the DoD and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Adequate curation of these collections is mandated by federal regulations, most importantly 36 CFR Part 79—Curation of Federally-Owned and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

At the request of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Quality) and the Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Corps’ St. Louis District performed a study of curation institutions in 20 western and two mid-Atlantic states. The goal of the project, called the Curation Options project, was to identify one institution in each state that has the capability and the interest to potentially partner with the federal government for the purpose of curating archaeological materials...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Heather Pobst. Daryl Atchley. Jennifer Riordan.

At the request of the Presidio Trust of San Francisco, California, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC), located at the St. Louis District, assessed archaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted within the boundaries of the Presidio of San Francisco and preformed an architectural evaluation of its current collections facility...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This report is the Appendix I, Archival Findings Aids, for the final report of the Archaeological Investigations conducted at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base by the US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory located in Champaign, Illinois. This report has several investigations and finding aids listed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble.

1. Maysan 0003 is a mass grave complex near the city of Al Amarah, Mayan Province, Iraq. The site was located by a British military patrol in late May 2003. Head Quarters 1st United Kingdom Armored Division (HQ 1 UK ARMD DIV) advised the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), Task Force Justice (TFJ) that victims from the 1991 uprising had been shot and buried at the site. TFJ performed a map reconnaissance on 14 June 2003 and a site reconnaissance on 15 June 2003. A local farmer and other...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble. Caroline Steele. Susan Malin-Boyce. David Z. C. Hines.

Executive Summary 1. Muthanna0002 was the name used to designate a mass grave complex southeast of the town of As Samawah, Muthanna Province, Iraq. The Muthanna0002 graves were initially discovered around 1998 by Bedouin herders. Coalition forces were first informed of the site’s existence in May 2003, at which time the I MEF Mass Gravesite Assessment Team, Task Force – Justice, under Major Alvin Schmidt, conducted a Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE). The team categorized the alleged mass...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble.

1. Dhi Qar 0008 (DQR0008) is a reported mass grave site on the grounds of the former General Security Service (GSS) building, located on the west bank of the Euphrates River, along the southwest margin of the city of An Nasiriyah. On 13 April 2005, during backhoe operations being carried out at the direction of the landowner, the location was discovered to contain the remains of multiple individuals. Local investigators reported to the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) that 28 remains were excavated...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble. Mark A. Smith. David Z. C. Hines. Nancy J. Brighton. Caroline Steele.

Executive Summary: 1. Tar-as-Saiyid is a prominent escarpment located in a remote desert area approximately 27 kilometers southwest of the city of Karbala. The escarpment lies along an area that was previously the site of an Iraqi military range in a region also known as Tall Tar and Ashwah. The I Marine Expeditionary Force, Task Force Justice (I MEF), the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), and Inforce Foundation investigated several sites in the area in 2003. 2. On 14 May 2006,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher A. King. Timothy J. Anson. Hedy M. Justus. Ariana Fernandez-Congram. Diane Siebrandt. Derek Congram.

The mass grave site known as Ninawa0002 is located in the Ninawa Province near Al Hatra, Iraq. In 2004, an explorative excavation was conducted by the U.S. Criminal Investigations Division (CID) to document the existence of a mass grave at the site. The initial search and documentation team led by CID personnel confirmed the presence of a large mass grave. In late 2004 and early 2005, the Regime Crimes Liaison Office (RCLO) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a more thorough...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble.

1. Ninawa0002 and Ninawa0009 were the names used to designate two mass grave trenches near Al Hatra, Iraq. The Ninawa0002 grave site came to the attention of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) in 1988, and by 2000 the site was identified as “al Hadar” (al Hatra), due to its proximity to the nearby historical ruins. On 15 July 2003, the 31st Military Police Detachment Criminal Investigation Division (CID) began an excavation after human remains were discovered during earlier testing (Graziano, 2004)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble.

Karbala 0008 (KAR0008) designates a mass grave located approximately 27 kilometers southwest of the city of Karbala in Karbala Province, Iraq. In 2003, the Human Rights Watch Society, Karbala reported that individuals had been shot and buried in berms at the site location. The Inforce Foundation performed reconnaissance on 24-26 June 2003 (site code TAT03) and reported no evidence of a grave. On 3 August 2003, the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) Mass Gravesite Assessment Team, Task Force...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble.

The goals of the Regime Crimes Liaison Office (RCLO) Mass Graves Investigation Team (MGIT) project can be stated as the systematic excavation, documentation, analysis, and reporting of mass graves in Iraq in support of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) investigations into genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other crimes. In spring 2006, the MGIT excavated the mass grave Karbala 0008, a desert site in Karbala Province and several other sites around Karbala Province.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rhonda R. Lueck. Nathan Rauh.

Fort Sill asked the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District to assist them in their efforts to upgrade three buildings as part of the rehabilitation of portions of the Fort Sill Museum. St. Louis District personnel conducted a site visit to evaluate (1) the current heating, venting and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and building structures for Buildings 438 and 442 and (2) the building structures for the addition of an HVAC system in Building 346. Planned building issues, including...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Suzanne Griset. Marc Kodack. Ken Alldredge. Dennis Danielson. Natalie M. Drew. Debra K. Loveless. Michael D. Wiant.

We provide a review and synthesis of existing federal and non-federal guidelines for collecting archaeological field data and curating archaeological collections. Based on the review, we found a great deal of variability in existing guidelines, if at all present. Thus, using these variable guidelines, we fashioned Department of Defense (DoD) wide guidelines for collecting archaeological field data and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for curating DoD archaeological collections. The review...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles M. Slaymaker. Charles S. McSween.

Archaeological materials recovered from U.S. Fish and Wildlife properties are curated at a number of facilities in the nine states and two territories (Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) that encompass the Southeast Region. As part of the continuing archaeological assessment project for the Southeast Region, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, assessed the curation conditions at five facilities in three states— Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee. These five facilities are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

In May 1995 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District (COE) and the Museum of the Rockies (MOR), Montana State University (MSU), entered into a cooperative agreement for the purpose of designing a prototype curation collections center for the in perpetuity conservation, processing, care, and housing of Federal archaeological, historical, paleontological, and biological collections. The cooperative agreement was developed under the authority of the FY94 Defense Appropriations Act, P.L....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Amy E. Halpin. Teresa M. Militello.

The US Navy Engineering Field Activity, West asked the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District to assist the command with completing Section 5 requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (P.L. 101-601). This work entailed compiling a detailed inventory of Native American physical remains and funerary objects located in archaeological collections under control of Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu, California, and Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

In 2003, the GSA, Northeast and Caribbean Region, sought assistance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) to assist with the archival processing of the associated records generated from investigations conducted at the New York African Burial Ground (ABG) in Manhattan, New York City. During the preliminary phases for the construction of a new building in 1991, archaeologists...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles M. Slaymaker.

Between September 1994 and January 1995, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District's Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC) performed research to address the status of the Savannah District's archaeological collections from projects conducted, on fee-title land at Hartwell, Russell, and J. Strom Thurmond lakes in Georgia and South Carolina. The MCX-CMAC conducted a literature and site record review of all work conducted...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Eugene A. Marino.

Since the 1906 Antiquities Act, several major laws and regulations have directed the land-managing agencies of the federal government to appropriately house and preserve archaeological materials recovered from federal lands or by federally-funded projects for long-term public benefit. The Department of Defense armed services—including the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and Marines, and the U.S. Air Force—manage a significant number of archaeological collections and are therefore subject to these laws and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This planning and protocol document describes the reconciliation and transfer of over 400 burials and associated artifacts excavated from an eighteenth-century African Burial Ground (ABG) in lower Manhattan in 1991. After 10 years of research on these remains and materials, their reburial is imminent. Numerous federal, city, and private organizations, as well as the media, will be involved in the reconciliation of the remains and artifacts (which involves a comparison of the original inventory...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons.

This report is written to summarize the potential for the Warren Lasch Conservation Center to become a National Underwater Archaeological Conservation and Curation Center at the Charleston Naval Complex in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Center's location, site, building, equipment, and staff were evaluated and potential exists for the Warren Lasch Conservation Center to become a National Underwater Archaeological Conservation and Curation Center.

DOCUMENT Full-Text U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis Curation and Archives Analysis Branch.

In July, 2001 the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) contracted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, to assess the archaeological collections recovered in the course of federal and state funded archaeological investigations in Vermont and to assess two Vermont organizations as potential candidates for curating and managing Vermont’s archaeological collections (VTrans Contract No. 0984273; USACE Agreement No. VDOT0001). The goal of the project was to determine the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marc Kodack. Kristen L. Langness. Kenneth C. Alldredge. John A. Eastman. Robin P. Shtulman. Janet L. Wilzbach.

The US Army Environmental Center (AEC) requested the assistance of the US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC), St. Louis District, in determining the scope of the Army's compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 USC 470 et seq., 36 CFR 800). The project included all active duty Army installations, National Guard facilities, and Army Reserve Regional Support Commands in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jamie C. Brandon. Lela Donat.

The Arkansas Archeological Survey (AAS), through support of the St. Louis Center Corp of Engineers, rehabilitated and consolidated the archeological collections and support documentation from Les Johnson (3AS159) and Cedar Grove (3LA97). Both of these collections were generated from past U. S. Army Corps of Engineers projects and fall under the regulations as published by the Secretary of the Interior’s NAGPRA Regulation 43 CFR Part 10 (the Federal Register on December 4, 1995). In addition...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

The Department of the Navy, Atlantic Division, tasked the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District with the job of identifying human skeletal remains and associated funerary objects on Navy land for a PL 101-601, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Section 5 Inventory. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune was the only Atlantic Division Navy installation with human skeletal remains and associated funerary objects. The St. Louis District was asked to locate and assess...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

This Collections Management Plan has been developed in order to standardize the preparation of collections for long-term curation and preservation in the new Rhode Island Department of Transportation Archaeological Collections Center that is now housed in the historic Woonsocket Depot in the City of Woonsocket. Standardization is necessary to enable staff to monitor collections efficiently and effectively. These standards and guidelines clarify requirements for all collections which Rhode...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael K. Trimble. Thomas B. Meyers.

The St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers has been involved with the management of archaeological resources removed from District property for over 30 years. At least 92 collection-generating projects were completed during this period. Vast quantities of archaeological materials salvaged from these operations are now stored in the repositories of ten curatorial institutions in Missouri and Illinois. Over the years, Corps personnel have become increasingly aware of the inability of most...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Amy Williams.

The Tulsa District tasked the St. Louis District with identifying NAGPRA-related materials within the Wister Lake collections and separating these from the general, non-burial materials. Through consultation between the St. Louis and the Tulsa Districts, it was determined that the best course of action would be to transfer the Wister Lake NAGPRA collection of artifacts to the St. Louis District’s archaeological rehabilitation laboratory for this process. This is an arbitrary collection of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Natalie M. Drew. James P. Ferguson.

On 12 October 1990, 36 CFR Part 79, Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections, was enacted by Congress to establish minimum standards for the curation of federal collections. In the intervening seven years, the US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC) has performed many assessments of the curation condition of federal archaeological collections. One of the major problems identified during the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for the management of thousands of cultural resources on Corps property and for the curation of millions of archaeological and historical resources removed from these lands. As mandated by federal regulation, agencies are required to ensure that all recovered archaeological materials and the associated records are adequately curated and are accessible for use by the Native Americans, public, and researchers. Unfortunately, funding...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kiesha M. Hurst. Heather Pobst. Jennifer Riordan. Cathy A. Van Arsdale. Amy Williams.

Between August 1997 and March 2000 personnel from the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis located archaeological collections, conducted curation needs assessments for Army National Guard archaeological collections from across the United States and U.S. Territories, and conveyed the findings in three reports (1998 and 2000). In 2006, the National Guard Bureau (NGB) tasked the St. Louis District with updating this information through telephone and electronic mail correspondence with Army...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara C. Smoyer.

In May 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) Headquarters at Camp Carroll and the Alaska Office of History and Archaeology in Anchorage to review and document archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or federally supported Army National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on AKARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic standing structures...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy VanArsdale.

In December 1997 and March 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Arizona Army National Guard (AZARNG) Headquarters and the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office in Phoenix, and the Arizona State Museum in Tucson to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or federally supported AZARNG facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on AZARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L. Riordan.

In May 1998, St. Louis District personnel contacted three California Information Centers to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted at three California Army National Guard (CAARNG) facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural resources investigations on federally owned or federally supported CAARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries, discusses historic contexts and predictive...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara C. Smoyer.

In June 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Connecticut Army National Guard (CTARNG) Headquarters in Hartford and the Office of Connecticut State Archaeology in Storrs to review and document archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported CTARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic standing structures recorded...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara C. Smoyer. Michael K. Trimble. Christopher B. Pulliam.

In March 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Delaware Army National Guard (DEARNG) Headquarters in Wilmington and the Delaware State Historic Preservation Office in Dover to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported DEARNG facilities, discusses historic contexts and predictive models, and provides a list of Native...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lara S. Anderson.

In December 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG) Headquarters in St. Augustine and the Florida State Site Files Office in Tallahassee to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported FLARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites recorded within facility boundaries, discusses historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lara S. Anderson.

In October 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG) Headquarters, the Georgia Historic Preservation Division in Atlanta, and the Georgia State Site Files in Athens to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or federally supported Army National Guard facilities in the state. Only one facility, Macon Training Site, is currently federally supported. St. Louis District research confirmed that no cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy Van Arsdale.

In November 1997, St. Louis District personnel contacted the Guam Army National Guard (GUARNG) Headquarters to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the territory. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported GUARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries, and discusses historic contexts and predictive models. To...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy VanArsdale. Kenneth L. Shingleton. Michael K. Trimble. Christopher B. Pulliam.

In May 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Hawai’i Army National Guard (HIARNG) Headquarters, the Hawai’i Department of Land and Natural resources, and the Bishop Museum in Honolulu to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or federally supported Army National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on HIARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy VanArsdale. Christopher B. Pulliam.

St. Louis District personnel visited the Illinois Army National Guard (ILARNG) Headquarters in December 1997, and the Illinois State Museum in Springfield in July 1998, to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on three federally owned or federally supported Army National Guard facilities in the state: Camp Lincoln, Marseilles Training Area, and Riverside Maintenance Center. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on these federally owned or...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen L. Langness. Michael K. Trimble. Christopher B. Pulliam.

In March 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology in Indianapolis, and Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on Camp Atterbury, the only federally owned or supported Indiana Army National Guard (INARNG) facility included in this project. Information from this research is reported in this document and includes the history of cultural investigations on Camp Atterbury and a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Janet Wilzbach.

In March 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Kentucky Army National Guard (KYARNG) Headquarters in Frankfort and the Office of State Archaeology, Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on KYARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy A. Van Arsdale.

In May 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Maine Army National Guard (MEARNG) Headquarters and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission in Augusta to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on eight Army National Guard facilities in the state: Auburn, Bangor, Bog Brook, Caswell, Gardiner, Hollis, and Plymouth Training Sites, and Camp Keyes. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on these federally owned or federally supported...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen L. Langness.

In February 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Maryland Historical Trust in Crownsville to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. Information from this research includes the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) facilities and lists of historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries. Additionally, historic contexts and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Janet Wilzbach.

In June 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Massachusetts Army National Guard (MAARNG) Headquarters at Camp Edwards Training Site on Cape Cod and the Massachusetts Historical Commission in Boston to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported MAARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen L. Langness.

In April 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Michigan Bureau of History, Office of the State Archaeologist, and the Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG) Headquarters in Lansing to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. Information from this research includes the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported MIARNG facilities and provides a list of historic buildings recorded...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L. Riordan. Michael K. Trimble.

In February 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson, Mississippi, to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or supported Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG) facilities in the state. The work was conducted by St. Louis District personnel to provide the baseline data necessary to locate and assess archaeological collections from the investigated MSARNG facilities, as well as to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth L. Shingleton, Jr..

In November 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the Missouri Army National Guard (MOARNG) Headquarters and the Missouri Historic Preservation Program in Jefferson City, and the Archaeological Survey of Missouri in Columbia to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported MOARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara C. Smoyer.

In September 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the Montana Army National Guard (MTARNG) Headquarters in Helena, the State Historic Preservation Office of Montana in Helena, and the University of Montana in Missoula, to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported MTARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Janet Wilzbach.

In May 1997 and January 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Nebraska Army National Guard (NEARNG) Headquarters and the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported NEARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen L. Langness.

In November 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the Nevada Army National Guard (NVARNG) Headquarters in Carson City to research archaeological and historic building surveys conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported NVARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites recorded within facility boundaries, discusses historic contexts and predictive models, and provides a list of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy Van Arsdale. Michael K. Trimble.

In May 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the New Hampshire Army National Guard (NHARNG) Headquarters and the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources in Concord to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on Army National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported NHARNG facilities, lists historic properties recorded within facility boundaries, discusses historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara C. Smoyer.

In March 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the New Jersey State Museum and the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office in Trenton, and the New Jersey Army National Guard (NJARNG) Headquarters in Lawrenceville to review and document archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on Army National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported NJARNG facilities, lists historic buildings...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L. Riordan.

In October 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the New Mexico Army National Guard (NMARNG) Headquarters and the Museum of New Mexico, Laboratory of Anthropology, Archaeological Records Management Section (ARMS) in Santa Fe to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on eight federally owned or supported National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on these NMARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L. Riordan.

In April 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the New York Army National Guard (NYARNG) Headquarters in Latham, New York, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation in Waterford, New York, to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or federally supported Army National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural resources investigations on NYARNG facilities, lists...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen L. Langness.

In April 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Office of State Archaeology (NCOSA), the Historic Preservation office, and the North Carolina Army National Guard (NCARNG) Headquarters in Raleigh to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or federally supported Army National Guard facilities in the state. Information from this research includes the history of cultural investigations on NCARNG...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth L. Shingleton, Jr..

In August 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the North Dakota Army National Guard (NDARNG) Headquarters and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in Bismarck to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported NDARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lara S. Anderson.

In January 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Adjutant General’s Office of the Ohio Army National Guard (OHARNG) and the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus to research archaeological and historic building survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported OHARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth L. Shingleton, Jr..

In October 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the Oklahoma Archaeological Survey in Norman and the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office in Oklahoma City to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on five federally owned or federally supported OKARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy A. Van Arsdale.

In January 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Oregon Army National Guard (ORARNG) Headquarters and the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office in Salem to research archaeological and historic building survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported ORARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries, discusses...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara C. Smoyer.

In March 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Pennsylvania Army National Guard (PAARNG) Headquarters in Annville and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Harrisburg to review and document archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported PAARNG facilities, lists archaeological archaeological sites and historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen L. Langness.

In December 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the Puerto Rico Army National Guard (PRARNG) Headquarters and the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office in San Juan to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or federally supported Army National Guard facilities in the territory. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on PRARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristen L. Langness.

In June 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission in Providence and the Rhode Island Army National Guard (RIARNG) Headquarters in East Greenwich to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or federally supported National Guard facilities in the state. Information from this research includes the history of cultural investigations on RIARNG facilities and lists of historic buildings...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy A. Van Arsdale.

In January 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the South Carolina Army National Guard (SCARNG) Headquarters and the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology in Columbia to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on two Army National Guard facilities in the state: Clarks Hill Local Training Area and Leesburg Training Area. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on these federally owned or federally supported SCARNG...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cathy A. Van Arsdale.

In September 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the South Dakota Army National Guard (SDARNG) Headquarters and the South Dakota Archaeological Research Center in Rapid City to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported SDARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lara S. Anderson. Kristen L. Langness. Jennifer L. Riordan. Kenneth L. Shingleton, Jr.. Barbara C. Smoyer. Cathy A. Van Arsdale. Janet L. Wilzbach.

In 1997, the National Guard Bureau (NGB) tasked the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis, with assisting the Army National Guard (ARNG) in complying with the cultural resource requirements outlined in Army Regulation 200-4 and Department of Defense Instruction 4715.3. The St. Louis District was asked to develop a national project minimally to address three objectives of the NGB cultural resources program: (1) national Planning Level Surveys (PLS) for all ARNG federally owned or supported...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer Riordan.

In February 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Tennessee National Guard (TNARNG) Headquarters and Tennessee Division of Archaeology in Nashville to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on Army National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural resources investigations on federally owned or federally supported TNARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lara S. Anderson.

In April 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Adjutant General’s Department of Texas (AGTX) at Camp Mabry, the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory, and the Texas Historical Commission in Austin to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on Army National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or supported Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) facilities, lists archaeological sites and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lara S. Anderson.

In September 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the Utah Army National Guard (UTARNG) Headquarters and the Utah Division of State History in Salt Lake City to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported UTARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries, discusses...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L. Riordan.

In October 1997, St. Louis District personnel visited the U.S. Virgin Islands Army National Guard (VIARNG) Headquarters in St. Croix and the U.S. Virgin Islands Division of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (VIDAHP) in St. Thomas to research archaeological and historic building survey work conducted on federally owned or supported National Guard facilities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on these VIARNG facilities, lists...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara C. Smoyer.

In February 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Virginia Army National Guard (VAARNG) Headquarters and the Department of Historic Resources in Richmond to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported VAARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries, discusses...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L. Riordan.

In January 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Washington Army National Guard (WAARNG) Headquarters in Tacoma and the Washington Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation in Lacy to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural resources investigations on four federally owned or federally supported WAARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara C. Smoyer.

In January and February 1998, St. Louis District personnel contacted Vernon Campbell of the Washington, D.C. Army National Guard (DCARNG) Headquarters and Nancy Kassner of the Washington, D.C. Historic Preservation Division (HPD), to inquire about archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on the Washington, D.C. ARNG Armory. This document discusses the prehistoric and historic contexts of the Washington, D.C. area, and provides a list of Native American tribes that may be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lara S. Anderson.

In January 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the State Historical Society of West Virginia in Charleston to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned and funded National Guard facilities in the state. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) facilities, lists archaeological sites recorded within facility boundaries, discusses historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth L. Shingleton, Jr..

In March 1998, St. Louis District personnel visited the Wisconsin Army National Guard (WIARNG) Headquarters and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on federally owned or supported Army National Guard facilities in the state. In total, three WIARNG facilities were investigated. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on WIARNG facilities, discusses historic contexts and predictive models,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kate Schaumann. Major William H. Saunders Saunders.

This document reports the history of cultural resource inventories and historic properties evaluations on WY ARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites a historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries, discusses historic contexts and provides a list of Native American tribes that the Wyoming State Historical Preservation Office (WYSHPO) says may be culturally affiliated to archaeological sites, historic properties or collections. All artifacts collected by the WY ARNG's contractors were...