Nellis Air Force Base Cultural Resources Archive

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kevin Rafferty.

A cultural resources inventory of ten test well drill locations adjacent to the Desert Range on the Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Clark County, Nevada. The USGS will be drilling test wells in these areas. Surface disturbance to the locations will consist mainly of the placement of drilling equipment on the site surfaces and the actual drilling itself.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Brunzell.

BCR Consulting LLC (BCR Consulting) under contract to Ace Environmental LLC completed a Cultural Resources Inventory of the LSV Indian Springs Project (project) located at Creech Air Force Base (CAFB) and on Bureau of Land Management land (BLM) in Clark County, Nevada. Proposed project activities will include installation of permanent power at an existing communications site, and installation of underground, overhead, and above-ground utility lines to an existing telecommunications site. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Louis Hendrickx. Kevin Rafferty.

A cultural resource investigation of a fence line right-of-way on the Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge. This pedestrian archaeological survey, approximately 4.5 miles in length and 50 feet in width on the Desert National Wildlife Range for Nellis Air Force Base, was conducted under order number PX8000-9-0501 from the National Park Service, Western Region. In addition, a water storage site was surveyed at the request of Bruce Zeller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Maps 1 and 2). Constructing the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard H. Brooks. James Heid. Dennis Jenkins.

The project consisted of a cultural resource survey of Seismic Line #5 conducted by the Archaeological Research Center in Clark County, Nevada for Seisdata Services Incorporated. The route started at the Lincoln/Clark County line, ran south along Highway 93 for 28 miles, then turned slightly to the west and continued for another 22 miles until it ended three miles west of Range Road.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard H. Brooks.

In early April of 1980, the Archaeological Research Center, a Division of the Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) received a·request from Mr. William Hannocock, State of Nevada, Department of Public Works, to conduct an archaeological survey in the Indian Springs area, Clark County, Nevada. The project area to be surveyed is proposed as the location of a new Nevada State prison. The cost estimate for the archaeological-survey was submitted by the Research Center to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard R. Stockton. Stephen T. Neese. Teri Swearingen. Pat Olsen.

An archaeological and botanical survey was performed on the proposed Ragged Ridge Gap Filler Radar Site in accordance with an agreement concluded between Boyle Engineering Corp. and the Archaeological Research Center, Museum of Natural History , University of Nevada , Las Vegas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lonnie C. Pippin. Donald L. Zerga.

The Social Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, was contracted by the Department of Energy to provide information concerning the nature of cultural resources in the project area, to identify and evaluate cultural resource factors that may be important in selecting the nuclear waste repository site, and to recommend procedures for the avoidance of adverse impact to the archaeological record of the southwestern Nevada Test Site, in support of the search for potential repository locations...

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Short report recommending that land disturbing activities proposed at drill hole site U-20A be postponed until the area can be properly surveyed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Stefanie Rowland-Fleischmann.

A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for Construction of Borehole SD-9 in Association with the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, Nye County, Nevada. No archaeological sites are previously known from the project area, and no new archaeological sites were found as a result of this reconnaissance. As no archaeological sites will be affected by the proposed project activities, it is recommended that the project proceed as scheduled.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Courtney Higgins. Daron Duke. Steven J. Melvin.

The project area is located in Indian Springs, Clark County, Nevada, within T16S, R56E, Section 9 (Figure 2). It is a 17.4‐acre, roughly rectangular parcel bounded on three sides by Creech AFB and on the fourth (south) side by a frontage road paralleling the north side of US Highway 95 (US 95). Spatial definition of the project area was generated by digitizing a project map provided by Nellis AFB, combined with refinement using tax assessor parcel boundaries. The parcel is privately owned, but...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Stanton D. Rolf.

Cultural Resource clearance and Inventory.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynn Hatzenbuehler.

Class III inventory in support of installation of a laser target.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), 98th Range Wing (99 RANS) proposes re-installation of an existing fiber optics line on Angel Peak communications site, Mt. Charleston, Clark County, Nevada. The Area of Potential Effect and area covered by the inspection is five acres.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kevin Rafferty.

On October 7, 1987, the Division of Anthropological Studies (OAS) of the Environmental Research Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, conducted a cultural resources inventory of three test we 11 drill sites near Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. Mifflin and Associates, Incorporated, of Las Vegas, Nevada, wIII be drilling test wells in conjunction with the State of Nevada Yucca Mountain Project. Surface disturbances to the locations would include vehicular traffic, the placement of drilling...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steve Botkin.

Cultural Resources Survey in support of proposed water monitoring wells.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kevin Rafferty.

Development survey for a 4-plex development, 4800 E Craig Rd. Potential impacts to the site include grading and leveling of the parcel, followed by the construction of 12 units on the property measuring 840' x 150'.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kevin A. Rafferty.

Since the early 1970s, the Bureau of Land Management has been involved in what has come to be known as "cultural resource management", which is "the development and maintenance of programs designed to protect, preserve and/or scientifically study cultural resources.. . and the natural resource that figures scientifically in cultural systems" (USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office Information Memorandum No. NSO 76-59:3). This involves the survey of lands subject to impact through...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lonnie C. Pippin. Ronald L. Reno.

This report concerns only those water table exploration drill hole sites (A, C, D, E, H, M and N) which occur outside the previous studied areas of Yucca Mountain and those drill holes (C and M) that will impact known cultural resources.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lonnie C. Pippin. Alvin McLane.

The proposed land wirhdrawal, if granted, should have an overall beneficial effect on the historic properties within the land parcels due to the restriction of public access. Recent recreational activities on White Sides have already affected the cultural resource at 26LN3761 by the removal of rocks to construct wind breaks and have affected both historic roads (26LN3218 and 26LN3985) which have been heavily traveled to gain access to the southern land parcel. An adverse effect of land...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott D. Ferguson.

A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of Portions of Split Wash and Drill Hole Wash for Proposed Phase II of Ghost Dance Fault Trenching in Association with the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, Nye County, Nevada.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ronald L. Reno.

A class III cultural resources reconnaissance of a water line between a BLM well and the Tonopah Test Range Man Camp, Nye County, Nevada.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David R. Hart.

The Proposed Action is to utilize excess F-16s as a result of the introduction of F-35As from HIII Air Force Base (AFB) and standup and the Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS), while introducing the Close Air Support (CAS) Integration Group (CIG) as a named activity in the 57th Operating Group (57 OG), at NAFB. The 57 OG wIII be organizationally restructured to the 57 CIG and wIII reflect United States Air Force (USAF) emphasis on CAS and the USAF commitment to enhance and preserve the joint...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Sheets.

The Air Force proposes to conduct an ordinance test on Range 63 west of the dry lake area in an area that previously contained no targets. An archaeological survey was deemed necessary to determine the presence or absence of cultural resources in the proposed target area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lonnie C. Pippin.

The U.S. Air Force proposes to emplace an approximately 96 km (60 mile) long fiber optic line between the Sandia Compound and Cedar Peak Facility on the Tonopah Test Range (ITR) and TPK-40 on the Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Ellis. David Ferraro.

The cultural resources survey is undertaken to provide alternate right-of-way routes for Seisdata Services' seismic investigation. The objective of the cultural survey is to record and preserve any historic or prehistoric values of significance, and also to provide clearance guidelines for the seismic line activities.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan H. Simmons. Lori L. Orser.

As part of the environmental protection program of the U.S. Air Force, archaeologists from the Desert Research Institute's Social Sciences Center conducted a cultural resources survey at the Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Airfield (AFAF) in southern Nevada. The purpose of the survey was to examine whether or not cultural resources existed within the potential impact zone of a proposed munitions facility. this facility will consist of eight structures in an area of approximately 94 acres.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael R. Polk.

In late May, 1984 Seisdata Services, Inc. (SSI) requested that Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants (Sagebrush) conduct an archaeological survey of several proposed seismic lines in Tikaboo Valley, Lincoln County, Nevada. The project area lies about 65 miles west of Caliente, Nevada, adjacent to the northern edge of Nellis Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.

Site description of Cuprite.

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Letters from 1915 about Cuprite Mining site.

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Photographs of Cuprite mining operations.

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Cuprite Site Descriptions

DOCUMENT Full-Text William G. White.

On behalf of Earth Tech and the Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), the Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has completed a summary review of existing material pertinent to a proposed comparative rock art study on the Nellis Air Force Range (Nellis Range) and adjacent overflight area situated east of the Nellis Range. Representing the first of several reporting tasks, this report includes existing data relevant to...

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This report presents the findings of a historical records search and site inspection for ordnance and explosives (OE) presence located at the former Nellis Air Force Range - Area "A", Las Vegas, Nevada. This investigation focused on approximately 708,621 acres of land that were used by the War Department/Department of Defense. The site was used as a portion of a bombing and gunnery range from 1940 to 1942.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer. Kurt Heidelberg. William Hayden. Jeffrey Altschul.

This document presents data to demonstrate that the expansion of reconfigured targets on and adjacent to Dog Bone Lake in Range 62 is within a zone of target disturbance created beginning in the late 1950’s. Following is a brief history of target uses, discussion of the cultural history and environment, sources used to identify the size and range of disturbance, definition of the Range 62 target disturbance zone, and results including the NAFB determination.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer. Tracy Henderson.

The goal of this study is to examine the status of cultural resources research and development of targets in the center portion of Kawich Valley. The project area or Area of Potential Effect (APE) for this review is called the Range 74 Kawich Valley Target Disturbance Zone (R74 TDZ), depicted in Maps 1 and 2 and defined as 51,000 acres in size. The purpose of this study was defined by five objectives. 1) Define the boundaries of the target zone in Kawich Valley, Range 74C, characterized by live...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

Discussion of Cultural Resources and the Guard Beddown.

DOCUMENT Full-Text R. N. Dennis.

A material pit location was surveyed in March 1981. On the basis of the survey we found the 480 acre parcel to contain no cultural material whatsoever. We further recommend that this parcel be given cultural resource clearance on the basis of this survey. Should any prehistoric cultural remains be found at a later date, the NDOT Chief Archaeologist should be notified immediately.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

The 98th Range Wing has proposed road repair of a 29-mile road segment from SR highway 375 in Railroad Valley, east-west to Cactus Flat. Its location crosses Cedar Pass in the Kawich Range in the northeast portion of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), managed by Nellis Air Force Base. The existing paved road was created circa 1970. It is the sole and main artery to access the northeast portion of the NTTR. With substantial use, the road has become in disrepair and two individuals have...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer. Lonnie C. Pippin.

Documentation of Surface Disturbance for a Proposed Right-of-way from P80B to P48, West of Kawich Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base. Attachment includes memo and photos.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

A temporary facility called Tent City is proposed for construction in December 2007. The Area of Potential Effect is 60 acres and is entirely on previously disturbed land, depicted in Photos 1-4. The Area of Potential Effect lacks physical integrity and no historic properties would be affected by the temporary installation. NAFB has composed a Plan for inventory of 2,500 acres and 14.5 miles of historic railroad alignment for future training actions in the south portion of Silver Flag Alpha.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

The 99th Range Wing has proposed an upgrade to Training Ranges 6 and 6A at the Silver Flag Alpha facilities 15 miles southeast of Indian Springs and Creech Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada. The Area of Potential Effect is 45 acres. The location is shown in Maps 1 and 3. The upgrade would consist of excavating trenches, depicted in Feature 1, within the current boundaries of Ranges 6 and 6A. The APE has been used for small arms training for decades, thus unexploded ordnance remains. The...

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The purpose of this document is to provide a general description for each of the demolished buildings based on existing photographs and Nellis AFB Civil Engineering and Real Property Accountable Records.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Edwards.

DRI Letter: Revised Report Deliverables (DRI Report No. JE062713-1 and HE062513-1)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher E. Drover. Amy Wilson. David M. Smith.

The NAFB is interested in streamlining the identification of cultural resources in playa areas to quickly clear them for training. The Dry Lake Hydrological Disturbance Evaluation Model is a quantitative process by which archaeologists can assess whether a cluster of artifacts is an intact, culturally significant site, or merely the eroded remnants of several sites, using concepts of geomorphology, hydrology, and statistics, minimizing the need for intense field surveys. Using the findings of...

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Photographs from oral history.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bretton Somers. John Lindemuth.

The first human arrivals in the Great Basin encountered a landscape that for a time supported numerous lakes, marshes, rivers, and streams within the internally draining basins of the Great Basin. The current investigation is an effort to determine whether the terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene remnants of Mud, Gold Flat, and Kawich lakes on the Nevada Test and Training Range supported Paleo archaic activity. This study combines Dickerson's 2006 geomorphology findings with archaeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Lindemuth. Bretton Somers.

Archaeological and cultural surveys have been done in the NAFB vicinity in order to open up more acreage for new target construction. Through these surveys NAFB hopes to find areas with the highest potential for mission expansion and the lowest potential for number and complexity of eligible archaeological sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Cook. Marcus Grant. Eric Hansen. Richard Arnold. Sherri Wenzlau. Robert Dickerson.

Geo-Marine, Inc., conducted archaeological inventory of 6,989 acres on EC South Range, part of the Nellis Test and Training Range. The primary goal of the project was to integrate empirical data, including associations of features and material culture with potential sacred significance, and ethnographic data to characterize the archaeological resources of EC South Range. Ethnographic data were provided by Native American crew members during fieldwork. The project addressed requirements under...

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2006 EC South Rock Art Photos.

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IMACS Site Forms at EC South sites for Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

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Eden Creek Map revised.

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Eden Mining site photographs.

DOCUMENT Full-Text John R. Norberg. Henry R. Cornwall.

Site forms from Eden mining site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.

Historical context of the Eden mining site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jill Onken.

Many obsidian artifacts are found at archaeological sites within the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) and Nevada Test Site (NTS) because of the proximity of several geological sources of obsidian. These artifacts are datable using the obsidian hydration dating method, but effective hydration temperature (EHT) and relative humidity (rH) are significant extrinsic variables affecting hydration rates and, thus, age estimates of artifacts based on hydration rind thickness. Saline diffusion cells...

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Elizabeth Wall Photographs from oral history.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Nichols.

Lands Case N-42721 Ella Mountain USAF Master ACMI Communications Site-50' x 60' Right-of-Way for 10' x 16' equipment shelter, 8' x 8' microwave tower pad, 4' x 6' propane tank pad.

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Presentation on accomplishments of 99th ABW enlisted personnel.

DOCUMENT Full-Text John W. Hohmann.

The results of this survey is the first attempt to create such a model which attempts to empirically identify, measure, analyze, and then interpret the cultural resources discovered within a portion of the south-central Great Basin region. This survey will be undertaken within an ethnoarchaeological approach.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynn Haarklau.

Inductive and deductive reasoning were used to identify the ethnohistoric period winter camp site type in the south-central Great Basin. Visits to some sites near springs, previously recorded as dwellings built by historic ranchers and miners, yielded visual anomalies in coursed stone structures suggesting that the most recent ancestors of regional Native Americans may have constructed the features. Extensive document research resulted in a compilation of data used to develop an ethnohistoric...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephanie D. Livingston. Fred L. Nials. Jerry Williams.

Site 26Ck3905 is a series of small lithic scatters that cover an area of approximately 720 acres on the west side of the dry bed of Dog Bone Lake . It is bounded on the east by the Dog Bone Lake playa and on the west by the Pintwater Range. It lies on an alluvial fan containing numerous chert and quartzite cobbles .

DOCUMENT Full-Text Fred L. Nials. Stephanie D. Livingston. Gregory H. Henton.

Photo log.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher D. Dore.

An evaluation of the ability of low-cost commercial satellite multispectral imagery to identify ephemeral archaeological surface sites was undertaken on the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nevada. Archaeological data from field inventories were used as a control sample. Using the QuickBird II sensor, significant differences were identified in mean reflectance in the blue, green, and near-infrared bands between on-site pixels and adjacent off-site pixels on a single site with the densest...

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Pages from a 1950s guide to Nellis AFB.

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Correspondence related to construction of facilities for the B-29 Flexible Gunnery Training Program.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bob McCracken.

The second and final installament of historian Robert McCracken's series on the vast United Cattle and Packing Co.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Ferraro.

Cultural resources report field worksheet. Several sites located on the terraces above the present shoreline of Mud Lake.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daron Duke. Mark C. Slaughter. Martin Goetz. Brian Knight.

A cultural resources inventory of areas in the Spotted Range, Indian Springs Valley, and Three Lakes Valley in the South Range of the Nevada Test and Training Range was conducted in accordance with sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Ten prehistoric archaeological sites were recorded. These consist of open-air and rockshelter sites containing primarily lithic artifacts. The research focus of the study was to test several implications of Bettinger and Baumhoff’s...

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The Archaeological Research Center (ARC) of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas performed the study to provide base-line information on the types, distribution and significance of historic properties for the Air Force's Environmental Impact Statement concerning the continued withdrawal of public land.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert R. Ellis. Teri Swearingen. Michael Mason. Richard H. Brooks.

Final report of activities, finding, and research performed in support of an archaeological, historical, and rare plant survey looking at the potential impact of electronic warfare sites.

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This report inventories and develops the historic context for buildings and structures associated with the Capehart and Wherry Housing at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada. All of the properties were constructed during the Cold War era in American history, and are directly associated with the military’s efforts to provide housing pursuant to the Wherry Act, Public Law 211, by the 81st Congress on August 8, 1949, and the Capehart Act passed on August 11, 1955.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynn Haarklau. Lynn Johnson. David L. Wagner.

To support the work involved in developing a PA, Nellis AFB determined that the area of research should be expanded for the entire north NTTR, 2 million acres, a region of intense volcanism. In 2000, the Air Force funded a large-scale scientific investigation of obsidian and its human associations on 2 million acres on the NTTR, the largest study done in terms of acreage and numbers of artifacts analyzed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joseph M. Moore.

The project involves the use of five material pits near Scottys Junction for the repair of existing highways. This use will involve the use of heavy equipment to excavate, crush, sort, haul and process gravel for use in asphalt mix. Tile purpose of the survey is to determine if there are cultural resources to be affected by the excavation of these pits.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Harold Drollinger.

The Desert Research Institute (DRI) received a request from the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Operations Office (NNSA/NV) to conduct a Class III cultural resources reconnaissance of proposed seismic lines in Frenchman Flat on the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and the Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR), Nye County, Nevada. The purpose of the seismic study is to gather information of the geology beneath the underground nuclear testing areas for the verification and refinement of current...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

Correspondence in support of the Legacy Grant Proposal.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Maria Nieves Zedeño. Fletcher P. Chmara-Huff. Alex K. Carroll. Rebecca S. Toupal.

This report summarizes published and unpublished historical, archaeological, and ethnographic information on the Native American use, history, and occupancy of the Belted Range, Nye County, Nevada.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Anne Dubarton.

The focus of the research was site 26NY3393. This site consists of a gabled wooden lodge with a hearth, a rock ring, and a diffuse artifacts scatter of ceramics, lithic tools, and lithic debitage. The structure is the only gabled log structure known on Pahute and Rainier mesas, and associated artifacts included Based on temporally diagnostic artifacts, the occupation of site 26NY3393 spans 8,000 years. There is no evidence that the site was occupied continuously for any great length of time. It...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Nichols.

Lands Case N-42721 Gap Peak (East Mormons) ACMI Communications Site-USAF/Construction of a 15' x 15' solar powered communications tower (leveling and trenching) and 110' x 120' helicopter landing zone (brush-clearing only).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Stanton D. Rolf.

BLM Cultural Resources inventory for fence line construction along the north boundary of the Nellis Bombing Range.

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General sensitivity map of cultural resource for NTTR, Nellis Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert P. Dickerson.

Archaeological and cultural surveys have been done in the NAFB vicinity in order to open up more acreage for new target construction. Through these surveys NAFB hopes to find areas with the highest potential for mission expansion and the lowest potential for number and complexity of eligible archaeological sites. This report provides a discussion on the geology of the southern Great Basin to be used by non-geologists who need to understand what type of rocks exist in this region. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dennis Smith. Richard Hanes.

A single archaeological site (Cr Nv-06- 3008), consisting of two isolated chert flakes, was located during the course of the field investigation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Michael K. Lerch. Margaret Beck. Robert M. Wegener. Kathleen L. Hull.

The study resulted in the identification of 46 archaeological sites. Among these are extensive habitation areas, a spectacular rock art gallery, and a rockshelter containing baskets that appear to represent a woman’s personal belongings. Projectile point and ceramic types provide insights on changing settlement and subsistence patterns, technology, and external relationships. During the five millennia or more that people have lived in the Black Mountain area, it has served both as a place of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Michael K. Lerch. Kathleen L. Hull. Margaret Beck. Robert M. Wegener. Richard W. Arnold.

An archaeological research and characterization study of 1,275 acres in nine survey units in the Black Mountain area of the Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI). The study resulted in the identification of 46 archaeological sites. Among these are extensive habitation areas, a spectacular rock art gallery, and a rockshelter containing baskets that appear to represent a woman’s personal belongings. Projectile point and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Layton.

The project consists of rerouting the existing boundary fence around some private mining claims.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret Waski.

A gravel pit at the Test Site (half of it is on DOE and half of it is on BLM) wIII be expanded from 45,000 cubic yards to 90,000 cubic yards .

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Kelly. Russell Bevill.

URS Corporation, formerly Dames & Moore, under contract to Prewitt & Associates, was selected by Nellis Air Force Base to perform archaeological inventory of an approximate 5,000-acre sample of the Kawich Range. The following report constitutes the third phase of the project, and documents the results of the archaeological survey and an evaluation of a predictive model. Thirty-five sample units were randomly selected for survey within the project area, while six named springs were intuitively...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson.

The study provides information to assist managers on planning how to best invest scarce time and money into mining archaeology.

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Desert Research Institute Site Forms for the Groom area site on the Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

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This resource is a guide to the geology of Stonewall Mountain. Conducted by Nellis AFB archaeology, a geological study was completed in the Stonewall Mountain and Stonewall Flat area on the Nevada Test and Training Range. This study is meant to help archaeologists working in that area understand what natural resources were available to the early Native American inhabitants of the region. This geological study also compares the rocks that exist in the Stonewall region with the different types of...

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Site forms from Hannapah mining site.

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Hannapah Photos

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.

Historical context of the Hannapah mining site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Stoffle.

Discussion of traditional southern Paiute political units.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Serra Akboy-Ilk. Michelle Wurtz Penton. Kristen Reynolds.

Three buildings at the Charter School Property, Nellis AFB (Facilities 1783, 1784, and 1789) are recommended eligible under Criteria B and C based on their design by Zick & Sharp, whose Mid-century Modern work shaped the architectural landscape of Las Vegas between 1949 and 1980. The school campus was designed to be “one of the most modern type structures” in the state of Nevada and embodies distinct design and structural qualities of the Mid-century Modern architectural style.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Serra Akboy-Ilk. Michelle Wurtz. Kristen Reynolds.

This report presents the historical evaluation and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility recommendations for 18 architectural resources (Facilities 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 3200, 25003, 30002, 30003, 30004, 50000, 58717, and one unnumbered structure) of the Lomie Gray Heard Charter School Property (Coral Academy circa 2016) at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB).

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At the request of Nellis Air Force Base, Desert Research Institute performed a revised survey and re-evaluation or Building 65 at Creech Air Force Base, located in northwest Clark County, Nevada. Since the building is scheduled for demolition, enhanced recording as a proposed treatment measure was done at the same time.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mikel Travisano. Michelle Wurtz. Natalie K. Thomas. Marsha Prior.

This report presents the National Register eligibility recommendations for 251 World War II and Cold War-era resources constructed prior to 1961 at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) and Creech AFB, a Nellis subinstallation, in southern Nevada.

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Historic Evaluation of 251 Buildings Appendix C - Nevada State Historic Preservation Office Documentation.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mikel Travisano. Michelle Wurtz. Marsha Prior. Tarin E. Erickson.

Of the 64 resources, three Buildings—1039, 1045, and 1046—are recommended eligible under Criterion A based on their association with the World War II Army Air Force’s first flexible gunnery school and range (Building 1039), or its successor, the USAF Fighter Weapons School (Buildings 1045 and 1046). They are also recommended eligible under Criterion C as good representatives of a 1930s igloo design developed by the Office of the Quartermaster General, which was revised in late 1941 and again in...