Hanscom Air Force Base Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management Archive

In November 1991, The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc., under contract with The Benham Group, Inc., conducted a historic and prehistoric archaeological reconnaissance survey and soils inspection of Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts. The reconnaissance survey included extensive background research, walkover survey, and limited subsurface testing. The major goal of this effort was to locate areas of intact soils and assess their potential for containing...

In December 1993 The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. conducted an archaeological reconnaissance survey at the Sagamore Hill/Solar Observatory in Hamilton, Massachusetts. The property encompasses 30 acres in the northeastern corner of the town less than one-half mile east of Essex. The reconnaissance survey consisted of background research and a walkover/surface inspection to determine the prehistoric and historic cultural resource potential of the property. This two-step process resulted in...

PAL, on behalf of Rizzo Associates (Rizzo), is assisting the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) with the preparation of the Hanscom Field 2005 Environmental Status and Planning Report (ESPR) as an update of the Hanscom Field 2000 ESPR. L.G. Hanscom Field is Massachusetts’ premier general aviation airport and serves as a general aviation reliever to Logan International Airport with niche commercial service. Flanscom Field is located in the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln,...

Since 1993 eight archaeological surveys have been conducted within Hanscom Air Force Base (HAFB). As a result of those surveys two prehistoric and two historic period sites have been identified. This report is a summary of the investigations and findings for these archaeological surveys conducted within Hanscom Air Force Base.

PAL, under an on-call services contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), New England District (NED), completed a historic inventory survey and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility evaluation of properties at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) in Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts, and at four off-base facilities in Hamilton, Ipswich, Stow, Sudbury, and Waltham, Massachusetts. Hanscom AFB occupies approximately 1,100 acres of land, approximately 400...

This is Volume II of the report which includes Appendix B. The rest of the report can be found in Volume I in tDAR at: https://core.tdar.org/document/438510

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL) proposes to demolish 10 buildings within the Katahdin Hill Area that contribute to the significance of the AFCRL Historic District (Nos. 1122, 1124, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, and 1142) for a proposed facilities replacement. One additional non-contributing building (No. 1123) within the Katahdin Hill Area will also be demolished. In compliance with Section 106, MIT LL and the USAF have consulted with the...

This document presents information and procedures for consulting with American Indians in the course of project planning, project implementation, inadvertent discoveries and other Air Force/American Indian interactions at Hanscom Air Force Base and its satellite facilities. The report draws heavily on material prepared for the Department of Defense through the Legacy Resource Management Program as well as the Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plan prepared for Hanscom AFB by John Milner...

As part of ongoing cultural resources management work at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB), the Headquarters Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (HQ AFCEE) contracted Parsons Engineering Science, Inc. (Parsons ES) to perform a Phase I archaeological survey of previously identified areas on the base determined to have moderate to high potential for archaeological resources. These 34 areas, totaling approximately 120 acres, were identified through a previous archaeological reconnaissance...

Battery 208 and associated buildings are located at the Fourth Cliff Recreation Annex of Hanscom Air Force Base. Battery 208 is situated on the highest point of Fourth Cliff and is positioned so that its guns commanded a position facing the Atlantic. The battery, consisting of two gun emplacements flanking an earth- covered concrete magazine complex, had a concrete observation tower directly to the north and an observation station and attached barracks directly to the south. The complex was...

Pamphlet discussing a brief history of the Fourth Cliff Recreation Area including its popularity as a vacation spot in the 1800's to its conversion to an Air Force Field Station in 1948.

PAL has completed an architectural survey and a National Register of Historic Places (National Register) eligibility evaluation of historic resources at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) in Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). This project represents Phase I of two anticipated phases of work. Phase II will consist of the completion of National Register nomination forms for properties recommended eligible for the National Register in the current work...

This resource only includes the appendices of the report starting at page 119. The documentation relating to facility-specific resources has been integrated into the historic contexts developed for the analysis of historic resources within the Sudbury Annex. The documentation consists of a series of primary documents, including maps, secondary sources, and general thematic and historical works.

As part of ongoing cultural resources management work at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB), the Headquarters Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (HQ AFCEE) contracted Parsons Engineering Science, Inc. (Parsons) to perform Phase I archaeological surveys at the Sagamore Hill Antenna Complex (AC), Hamilton, Massachusetts and the Eagle Hill Antenna Facility, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Both facilities are GSUs (Geographically Separate Units) affiliated with Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. The 66...

This report gives a brief history of Hanscom Air Force Base including Ipswich Antenna Station and Sagamore Hill Antenna Complex. Hanscom AFB began as an auxiliary airport for Boston in mid-1941, and was utilized by the U.S. Army throughout World War II (Weitze 2001). Two organizations were conducting electronics research for the Army at the time: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Radiation Laboratory, and Harvard’s Radio Research Laboratory (Hanscom AFB nd). With the end of the war,...

On behalf of Hanscom Air Force Base, the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence requested that a specialized archeological survey, consisting of a metal-detector survey followed by field excavation, be conducted in the areas with potential for battlefield debris. The survey would focus on resources associated with the Battle of April 19, 1775. The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence originally contracted TN & Associates, which in turn subcontracted Timelines, Inc. (now John...

PAL has completed an architectural survey and National Register of Historic Places (National Register) eligibility evaluation of historic resources at the U.S. Air Force (USAF) at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) in Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts. The project was completed under contract to Portage, Inc. for the USAF at Hanscom AFB. The properties within Hanscom AFB and off-base area facilities evaluated in Phase I comprise two areas on Hanscom AFB, two areas at off-base...

Pursuant to Public Law 102-488-October 24, 1992, 106STAT.3135, a 3.082-acre parcel of land within the western portion of Hanscom Air Force Base (HAFB) was transferred to Minute Man National Park (MIMA). The parcel, located between a wetland area to the east and Airport road to the west, had not been included in a previous specialized archeological survey of HAFB (Donohue 2007). The area was considered to have high potential for battlefield debris as well as high potential for prehistoric and...

PAL, on behalf of Rizzo Associates (Rizzo), is assisting the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) with the preparation of the Hanscom Field 2005 Environmental Status and Planning Report (ESPR) as an update of the Elanscom Field 2000 ESPR. L.G. Hanscom Field (Hanscom Field) is Massachusetts’s premier general aviation airport and serves as a general aviation reliever to Logan International Airport with niche commercial service. The Hanscom Field area is located in the towns of Bedford, Concord,...

In June 1999, PAL completed an intensive (locational) archaeological survey of the FAMCAMP project area, which is located adjacent to Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts. The U.S. Air Force is proposing improvements to the Family Camp, a 25-acre parcel located north of the main base property and runways. Background research indicated that known prehistoric sites are located in the vicinity of the project area near Elm Brook and an area south of Hanscom AFB along a watershed between...

The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. conducted an inventory of historic and archaeological resources at the U.S. Department of the Air Force Fourth Cliff Recreational Annex. Fourth Cliff is a 56-acre military property situated at the northern tip of the Humarock Peninsula in Scituate, Massachusetts. The firm of Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Inc. is overseeing all of the environmental, archaeological, and architectural studies in preparation for future planning activities. A comprehensive...

The Headquarters Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (HQ AFCEE) has tasked Parsons Engineering Science, Inc. (Parsons) to conduct Phase I archaeological surveys at the Sagamore Hill Antenna Complex, Hamilton. Massachusetts, and at the Eagle Hill Antenna Facility, Ipswich, Massachusetts. The overall project objective is to conduct a Phase I archaeological survey of approximately 10 acres of the Sagamore Hill facility considered to be archaeologically sensitive. To achieve this...

Map describing areas of archaeological sensitivity and potential for the Main Base of Hanscom Air Force base. Includes images of diagnostic artifacts and artifacts recovered from investigations at the base.

This record contains shovel test pit results for multiple sites identified during the Hanscom Air Force Base field survey.