Nellis AFB - Survey Reports
Site Name Keywords
26CK4984 •
26NY1492 •
26NY9127 •
26NY9123 •
26CK4999 •
26CK4973 •
26CK4974 •
26CK5007 •
26CK5010 •
26NY2252
Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature •
Lithic Scatter •
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Artifact Scatter •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Isolated Artifact •
Domestic Structures •
Rock Shelter •
Quarry •
Isolated Feature
Other Keywords
No historic properties •
Silver Flag •
DACA63-95-D-0022 •
Gatecliff Series •
Humboldt Series •
Elko Series •
Pinto Series •
Toolstone Quarry •
fiber optic line •
Las Vegas to Tonopah Railraod
Culture Keywords
Western Shoshone •
Southern Paiute •
Ancestral Puebloan •
Beatty Mountain Shoshone •
Yuman •
Mojave •
Owens Valley Paiute •
Vanyume •
Virgin Branch Anasazi •
Kawich Range Shoshone
Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Systematic Survey •
Environment Research •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Archaeological Overview •
Historic Background Research •
Heritage Management •
Data Recovery / Excavation
Material Types
Chipped Stone •
Obsidian •
Ceramic •
Ground Stone •
Dating Sample •
Macrobotanical •
Wood •
Lithic Scatter •
Fauna •
Glass
Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric •
Historic •
Middle Archaic •
Late Archaic •
Gypsum Period •
Early Archaic •
Shoshonean Period •
Pinto Period •
Paleoindian Period •
Archaic
Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) •
Nevada (State / Territory) •
North America (Continent) •
USA (Country) •
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada •
Clark (County) •
Nye (County) •
Las Vegas, Nevada •
Cactus Flat •
Pahute Mesa
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 301-400 of 410)
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Effective Hydration Temperature and Relative Humidity Variation within the Nevada Test and Training Range, Southern Nevada (2006)
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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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Ella Mountain Master ACMI Site (1985)
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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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An Ethnoarchaeological Survey of West Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test and Training Range (2002)
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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.
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Evaluation of Site 26CK3905, Range 62, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (1989)
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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 .
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Evaluation of Site 26CK3905, Range 62, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada - Photo Log (1989)
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Photo log.
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An Evaluation of the Ability of Commercial High-Resolution Multispectral Remote-Sensing Satellite Data to Identify Archaeological Resources (2006)
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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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Federick Rocket Car Test (1977)
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Cultural resources report field worksheet. Several sites located on the terraces above the present shoreline of Mud Lake.
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A Field Test of the Traveler-Processor Model on the South Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2001)
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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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Final Report on the 1978 Archaeological Investigations of the Nellis Air Force Bombing and Gunnery Ranges Nye, Lincoln and Clark Counties, Nevada OR Siteseeing on the Range a Compendium (1982)
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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.
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Final Report on the Archaeological Survey of Electronic Warfare Sites and Related Developments, Nellis Air Force Base Ranges, With an Appendix on the Botanical Findings (1979)
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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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Fingerprints in the Great Basin: The Nellis Air Force Base Regional Obsidian Sourcing Study (2005)
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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.
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Five Pits for Use on US95 (1984)
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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.
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Frenchman Flat Seismic Survey: Range 64 (2001)
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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...
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From Conflict to Refuge: Recognizing American Indian Sites in the Western U.S. between 1800 and 1930 (2020)
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Correspondence in support of the Legacy Grant Proposal.
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A Gabled Wooden Lodge in an Archaeological Context: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19adPL, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1992)
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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...
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Gap Mountain Master ACMI Site (East Mormon Range) (1985)
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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).
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Gapfiller Radar Site on Tolicha Peak and Associated Access Road (1978)
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BLM Cultural Resources inventory for fence line construction along the north boundary of the Nellis Bombing Range.
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General Sensitivity Map, Cultural Resources NTTR (2009)
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General sensitivity map of cultural resource for NTTR, Nellis Air Force Base.
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The Geology of Source Materials for Lithic Artifacts in Southern Nevada (2003)
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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...
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George's Water Pipeline Cultural Resources Report (1982)
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A single archaeological site (Cr Nv-06- 3008), consisting of two isolated chert flakes, was located during the course of the field investigation.
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A Glimpse at the Archaeological Landscape of Black Mountain and Upper Thirsty Canyon, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2006)
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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...
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A Glimpse at the Archaeological Landscape of Black Mountain and Upper Thirsty Canyon, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2006)
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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...
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The Golden Fence (1990)
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The project consists of rerouting the existing boundary fence around some private mining claims.
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Gravel Pit Expansion at Test Site (1986)
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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 .
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Great Basin Land-Use Patterns: A View from the Kawich Range, Results of Inventory and Predictive Modeling from the Kawich Range Stratified Archaeological Sampling Project, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2002)
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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...
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A Guide to the Geology of Stonewall In Support of Nellis AFB Archaeology (2012)
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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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Historic Uses at Sulfide Well Nevada Test and Training Range Nellis Air Force Base (2003)
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The U. S. Air Force proposes to construct six target areas connected with roads in a 33 hectare (81.5 acres) parcel at Sulphide Well (26Ny1495) on the southern end of the Cactus Range in the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). The construction of these target areas (P- 76) will also require the upgrade of an existing 4.7 kIn (2.9 miles) long dirt road to this area from its intersection with an already upgraded gravel road (Figures 1 and 2). Although Sulphide Well was originally recorded as...
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IMACS Site Forms with Photographs for A Cultural Resource and Geological Study Pertaining to Four Selected Petroglyph/Pictograph Sites on Nellis Air Force Range and Adjacent Overflight Lands, Lincoln and Nye Counties, Nevada (1999)
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IMACS Site Forms with photographs for the Nellis Air Force Range Rock Art Study regarding four selected petroglyph/pictograph sites.
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Improvements and Maintenance on US95, Milepost CL107.00 to CL 121.00; WO 20726 (1987)
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The Nevada Department of Transportation intends to upgrade and improve a portion of the right-of-way of US95 in Clark County, Nevada. A cultural resource reconnaissance was conducted to inventory sites within the right-of-way segment and recommend measures for their protection.
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Indian Springs Fiber Optic Project (1991)
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Indian Springs Fiber Optic Project. The communication system includes direct burial of approximately 50 miles of fiber optic cable between Nellis AFB and Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field.
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An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of 20 Target Complexes on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2007)
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The U.S. Air Force (Air Force) proposes to construct and operate a series of target complexes at three locations in the North Range of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) to simulate conditions in mountainous terrain: 1) 10 Limestone Ridge sites between Limestone Ridge and the Belted Range, 2) nine Saucer Mesa sites located just east of Saucer Mesa, and 3) a “no-drop” site along an existing road north of Cliff Springs within the Belted Range. Based on the existing data and records search...
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An Inventory of 111 Acres for a Bypass Road and Staging Area at Creech Air Force Base, Clark County, Nevada NAFB Report 07-03 (2007)
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Results of a data review, records search, and native american observation of an 111-acre area.
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An Inventory of 70 Acres for Box Canyon Storage Area, Range 63, Clark County, Nevada Test and Training Range (2007)
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98th Range Wing (99 RANS), Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), proposes expansion of an existing outdoor storage area in a pass in the south hills of the Pintwater Range. A 30-acre area was surveyed and used in 1998. Activities at Creech Air Force Base have dramatically increased. The addition would include storage of construction equipment and target vehicles. The Box Canyon Road gravel road bisects the project area. The storage addition is 70 acres and is the Area of Potential Effect (APE).
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Inventory of Nellis Air Force Base Water Well Annex, South 42 Acres, Clark County, Nevada (2002)
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Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) proposes to release 42 acres of land in north Las Vegas Valley to private developers. Because the area surrounding the project area is 100% developed, the APE is considered to be the project area.
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Justification for the Lack of Physical Integrity for A Building Reconstruction at Tolicha Peak (2009)
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Justification for lack of Physical integrity Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), 98th Range Wing (99 RANS) proposes the re-installation of a building at Tolicha Peak, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) is 1.2 acres.
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Kawich Range Stratified Archaeological Sampling Project: Predictive Model and Sampling Design (1999)
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The Kawich Range is considered one of the least explored and most pristine mountain ranges in the Great Basin, part of 3.1 million acres withdrawn from public access in 1940s by the Department of Defense. Dames & Moore, under contract to Prewitt & Associates, was selected by Nellis Air Force Base to perform archaeological inventory and recordation of a 5,000-acre sample of the Kawich Range. The three phases of this project include: (1) preparation of a predictive model and research design; (2)...
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Lakes, Wetlands, and Meadows: Past Climate and Environments of the Playas on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2009)
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Archaeologists are aware of the potential for late Pleistocene/early Holocene pluvial lake deposits to be associated with modern playas in the central and northern parts of the Great Basin. However, playas located farther south in the Great Basin do not appear to have supported pluvial lakes during past wet climate cycles. The five playas included in this study—the Indian Springs playa, Dog Bone Lake playa, Three Lakes Valley playa, the playas in Cactus Flat, and Pahute Mesa playa—are thought to...
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Late Prehistoric and Ethnohistoric Pinyon Exploitation in South-Central Nevada: A Case from the Belted Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2012)
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A Section 110 archaeological characterization inventory of the Belted Range was conducted for Nellis Air Force Base by Far Western in the latter half of 2010. The focus of the study was on identifying patterning that could inform current research on the prehistoric exploitation of singleleaf pinyon. The survey identified 64 sites (62 prehistoric, 2 historic-period) within a total of 1,798 acres. We find that the Belted Range pinyon zone is much like those throughout the region that contain...
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Leith Mountain ACMI Site (south end of Clover Range) (1985)
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Land Case N-42721 Leith Mountain (south end of Clover Range) 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).
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Literature Review and Summary of Archaeological Research to Comply With the National Historic Preservation Act for Placement of Wild Horse Troughs at Cactus Springs, Stealth Spring, and Sleeping Column Seep, NAFR (1999)
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The BLM proposes emplacement of temporary wild horse-watering troughs at three springs in the south portion of the Cactus Range, Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR), Nye County, Nevada. In the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-drafted Environmental Assessment NV-052-98-009, the agency states that the three springs, Cactus Springs, Stealth Spring, and Sleeping Column Seep, were chosen because data gathering underway suggests residual [wild horse] use of vegetation and water use in the Cactus Range. It is...
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Lower Cave (25NY251) (1970)
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Lower Cave a road shelter located about 25 miles east of Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada was selected for excavation.
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Man Camp and Water Pipeline to Well at the Tonopah Test Range, US D.0.E. (1983)
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A systematic field survey of cultural resources at the Nellis Air Force Bombing and Gunnery Range including the Tonopah Test Range (TTR) was conducted by the Archaeological Research Center (ARC) of the Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) between June and December 1978.
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Map of Ellsworth Ave (2020)
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Map including Minot Avenue, Ellsworth Avenue, and Munitions Road.
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Map of MU732h Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2012)
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Map of MU732h Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
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Military Maneuver Area Cultural Resources Report (1981)
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Cultural Resources report for the military maneuver area.
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MX/Native American Cultural and Socio-Economic Studies-Draft (1980)
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The primary objective of this data procurement is to identify and locate Native American cultural resources in the study area; to identify the ethnic values with which they are associated; and to develop socioeconomic profiles describing the specific Native American settlements in Utah and Nevada which are located within the potential deployment areas.
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Native American Cultural Resources on Pahute and Rainier Mesas, Nevada Test Site (1994)
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This study builds upon previous Native American cultural resource consultation studies conducted on the Nevada Test Site. Seventeen American Indian tribes having traditional prehistoric or historic ties to lands within and in the vicinity of the NTS study area (Stoffle, Olmsted, and Evans 1988) were invited to participate in this study. Their participation was in keeping with a Native American consultation process that has been developed over a period of seventeen years and has involved more...
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Natural and Cultural Resources Study for Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range (1977)
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The purpose of this report is to survey and summarize the current information on the natural and cultural resources of Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range (Nellis BGR), and to outline the work that must still be done to attain a full description of these resources. This description, when completed, wIII be a basis for the environmental analysis for continued withdrawal of the land from the public domain, and for resource use planning for these lands.
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Nellis Air Force Base and Range Complex Ethnographic and Ethnohistoric Overview (1997)
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The main objective of this account is to identify Native American groups and individuals who occupied the NAFR region, describe some areas traditionally occupied and used by Native inhabitants, and locate sacred sites and cultural landscapes recorded historically, which may be important to local Native American communities. A second objective is to identify important gaps in our understanding of these traditional cultural ties, and to suggest promising avenues toward filling those gaps. A third...
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Nellis Air Force Base Archaeological Program Presentation (2020)
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Focuses on Site 26CK4984 located in Area II weapons storage area at Nellis Air Force Base.
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Nellis Air Force Base Evaluation and Monitoring Plan for Wooden Culverts on the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Grade (2010)
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The remains of the original 190-mile Las Vegas and Tonopah historic railroad alignment begin north of Las Vegas and end in Goldfield. The rail service began in downtown Las Vegas. From that point, an approximate 20 miles have been removed or disturbed through urbanization. Of the remaining 170 miles, an 18.5-mile portion is managed by Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB). An inventory of this portion of the grade was conducted in 2009. The hardware was removed more than 90 years ago and a degree of...
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Nellis Air Force Base Section 106 Archaeological Survey Range 71 North-South, Nye County, NV (2018)
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Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) contracted with the University of Montana, Center for Integrated Research (UM CIRE), in November 2016, to complete a cultural resource survey and technical report describing the results of a Section 106 archaeological inventory of approximately 3,300 acres of Range 71, on NAFB managed lands in Nye County, Nevada, which commenced in 2015.
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Nellis Air Force Base, Environmental Management Cultural Resources Program: Target Disturbance Zone Evaluations Proposal Archaeology Sampling in Three Elevation Zones (2004)
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This document describes major tasks that utilize multi-disciplinary scientific processes to investigate archaeological and cultural sensitivities on the largest training range in the Air Force with fighter pilot training beginning in the 1950’s. The project is one of two evaluation phases that wIII be concurrently implemented. Part I concentrates geomorphological and archaeological investigations into seven major target construction and use zones, with the results to be subjected to consultation...
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Nellis Air Force Base: An Intuitive Review of Records for Complex Sites on the Nevada Test and Training Range (2010)
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This study is a discriminating view of archaeological site records from Nellis Air Force Base. Records were selected based on defined criteria, experience of the land, and knowledge of the varied abilities of the many archaeologists who worked on this Air Force range over 35 years. This differs from statistical analyses where sites are ranked by accepting all data on site records as relatively equal. From a universe of 2,065 records, 244 were selected using intuitive criteria that reflected an...
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Nellis Air Force Base: Archaeological Survey, Area II, Clark County Nevada (2017)
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The Area II survey conducted by SWCA resulted in the documentation of 50 archaeological sites and 78 isolated finds. Sixteen of the archaeological sites were newly discovered, and of the 44 previously documented sites, 33 were found and reinvestigated. The archaeological sites included 15 prehistoric/ethnographic sites associated with Native Americans, 32 historic sites potentially associated with Euro‐Americans, and 3 multi‐component sites with prehistoric/ethnohistoric and historic components....
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Nellis Air Force Base: Final Report, Section 110 Archaeological Survey, Area II, Clark County Nevada (2018)
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The Area II survey conducted by SWCA resulted in the documentation of 50 archaeological sites and 78 isolated finds. Sixteen of the archaeological sites were newly discovered, and of the 44 previously documented sites, 33 were found and reinvestigated. The archaeological sites included 15 prehistoric/ethnographic sites associated with Native Americans, 32 historic sites potentially associated with Euro‐Americans, and 3 multi‐component sites with prehistoric/ethnohistoric and historic components....
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Nellis Air Force Range 1993 Wild Horse Gather Trapping Locations (1993)
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The BLM has proposed 5 locations within or immediately adjacent to the Nellis Air Force Range as potential trapping sites to be used during the September 1993 Wild horse and burro gathers.
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Nellis Air Force Withdrawal Lands, Clark County, Nevada (1999)
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Nellis Air Force Withdrawal Lands, Clark County, Nevada
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Nevada Training Initiative Archaeological Inventory (2002)
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This inventory will support an Environmental Assessment for the NTI by identifying any cultural resources eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) within the Area of Potential Effect (APE) for NTI. An additional 111.2 acres were inventoried along existing roads, in Range 65N, and in the vicinity of an existing target in the South Range. These areas are not part of the NTI project. A total of 2,480.3 acres were inventoried for cultural resources.
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NTTR Acreage Released Through Section 106 Consultation (2003)
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The 98th Range Wing and Environmental Management Flight often accumulate data for projects that without creation of an exchange vehicle is not shared. Discussions with Range Wing determined a combination of efforts would present parameters of acreage previously inventoried and released through consultation that could be used to make future planning more efficient. The NAFB archaeologists routinely inventory areas larger than requested. This acreage could be superimposed on Range maps with the...
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NTTR Historic Plane Crash Photos (2009)
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A collection of plane crash photos.
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Old Lakes and Young Playas: The Nellis AFB Geologic Study and Quaternary History of Four Playas on the Nevada Test and Training Range (2006)
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Four playa basins in the northern part of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR))—Mud Lake, Kawich Lake, Gold Flat, and Stonewall Flat, contain modern dry lake playas. Three of these playas are rimmed by shoreline deposits that developed during wetter climatic conditions of the past, and the fourth playa contains fossils typically associated with wetlands environments. Because it is known that native peoples inhabited the Great Basin during some of the past wetter climate cycles, defining...
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An Overview of Cultural Resources on Pahute and Rainier Mesas on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1986)
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Since the early 1960's, Pahute and Rainier mesas, situated in the northwestern portion of the Nevada Test Site, southern Nye County, Nevada (Figure 1), have been used by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for nuclear weapons testing. In accordance with the Limited Test Ban Treaty signed in August, 1963, this testing has been restricted to underground. Nevertheless, construction activities which accompany underground nuclear tests have resulted in the disturbance of the surface terrain around...
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Paleontology and Fossils on the Nellis Air Force Base Military Training Lands (2013)
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A systematic analysis of the dry lake systems on the Nevada Test and Training Range, managed by Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada was completed in 2010 by Robert Dickerson. Nellis Air Force Base invited Dickerson to conduct an analysis of fossil types. The library and field survey methods and the results of the investigation are described in this document. The kinds of fossils in the formations on the Nevada Test and Training Range are associated with a deep variety of invertebrate fossils. The...
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Peak 4400 (Mormon Mountains) ACMI Site (1985)
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Land Case N-42721 Peak 4400 (Mormon Mountains) 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).
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Phase II Cultural Resources Inventory of 7,000 Acres at Lower Thirsty Canyon and Rocket Wash, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2016)
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This report documents the results of a Phase II cultural resources inventory of 7,000 acres on Range 77 (EC South), Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) Nye County, Nevada. Surveyed acreage encompasses two adjacent drainage corridors, lower Thirsty Canyon and lower Rocket Wash, both of which had been selected for the establishment of targets to be used in live-fire air-to-ground combat training. The NAFB/NTTR proposes to establish seven target zones in Thirsty...
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A Pictorial History of Nellis Air Force Base 1941-1996 (1997)
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Nellis history is complex and varied, and has been documented since its beginnings. The vast majority of the data, information, and pictures of this book are drawn from its official Army Air Corps and US Air Force histories written since 1941. Some of the photographs were donated by buffs who supported Nellis History. Unfortunately, we cannot thank all of them, since many pictures were donated anonymously. Where we know the donor, we have acknowledged them in the caption. Our heartfelt thanks go...
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A Pilot Study of Holocene Tephrochronology and Spring Paleoecology in the Kawich Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2007)
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Seven springs in the northern Kawich Range were investigated to determine whether Holocene volcanic ash layers exist in alluvial deposits within the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). Although no discrete ash layers were visible in the exposures studied, microtephra analysis of sediment samples collected at Rose Spring and Cedar Spring revealed the presence of varying concentrations of ash shards. Radiocarbon dating and stratigraphic relationships suggest that both Mono-Inyo Craters and...
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A Plan for Inventory of the Silver Flag Alpha Training Complex, Range 63c, Nevada Test and Training Range (2007)
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This document is a plan for inventory and evaluation of cultural resources for an Area of Potential Effect (APE) for 2,500 acres, called the Project Area, plus 14.5 miles of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad (LV&T) alignment.
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Playa Site Forms Combined (2009)
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Arch Playa Site forms.
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Prehistoric Archaeology of the West Sinter Quarry Cortez Mountains, Nevada (1988)
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This report documents the methods and results of archaeological investigations conducted by the Desert Research Institute Social Sciences Center i n the Buckhorn Mining District of the Cortez Mountains, Nevada. The investigations were conducted for Cominco American to mitigate the adverse impacts to significant cultural resources resulting from expansion of the Buckhorn Mine onto land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Mitigation efforts included avoidance of impacts by project...
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A Prehistoric Context for Southern Nevada (2012)
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The document was developed to assist land managers and cultural resource custodians in evaluating the significance of prehistoric archaeological sites under the requirement of the National Historic Preservation Act and other federal laws and regulations. In the intervening 30 years, southern Nevada has been one of the nation’s fastest growing population centers. This explosive urban expansion has resulted in the recording of thousands of prehistoric sites and the excavation of hundreds of these.
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Prehistoric Spatial Patterning and Subsistence Studies: Archaeological Investigations at Sample Unit U19arP4 (1992)
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This report documents the methods and results of archaeological investigations at Sample Unit U19arP4 on Pahute Mesa at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Eight sites were located there: four lithic artifact scatters (26NY1370, 26NY1372, 26NY3666 and 26NY3667), two temporary camps (26NY3665 and 26NY5418), one artifact locality (26NY5419), and one quarry (26NY3664). One of the lithic scatters, 26NY3667, incorporated a previously recorded rock ring, 26NY1371 , that could not be relocated during...
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Prehistory and Paleoenvironment at Pintwater Cave, Nevada: Results of Field Work During the 1996 Season (1997)
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As part of Nellis Air Force Base and Range Complex (NAFR) Historic Preservation Program, the Air Force in 1996 conducted archaeological research in this cave. This research was designed to contribute significantly to the Air Force's ability to evaluate other historic properties on NAFR. In a research design approved by the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and Region 1 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Air Force...
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A Proposal for Cultural Resources Monitoring for a Depleted Uranium Study, Range 63-10, Nevada Test and Training Range (2008)
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Proposal for cultural resources monitoring during soil investigations in Three Lakes Valley, south of the Nevada Test and Training Range, Clark County, Nevada, to investigate the migration of depleted uranium through precipitation within Range 63-10 in a section of approximately 150,000 acres.
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R74 New Airfield Target (2015)
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R74 New Airfield Target.
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Range 65 Tank Training Facility (1987)
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On November 19, 1987, a cultural resource inventory was begun on Range 65 for a tank training facility. The project was initiated by the National Guard in an area which has been previously utilized for tank training exercises by the National Guard and the Air Force for a period exceeding 15 years.
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Range 71 High Desert Training Area Map (2020)
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Map of the Range 71 High Desert Training Area part of the Nellis Air Force Base.
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Range 74C Airfield, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (02-2015-NTTR) (2015)
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The primary intent of this Air Force project is to develop an airfield within the existing Range 74 C. Possible uses of this airfield might include landing aircraft or air to ground weapons testing. This proposed area is easily accessed by existing dirt roads. The project area will be approximately three miles long and half mile wide.
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Reconnaissance Survey of the North 42 Acres of the Nellis Air Force Base Water Well Annex, North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada (1998)
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Report of survey results in support of release of land to the Veterans' Administration for the construction of a medical clinic.
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Reevaluation of Archaeological Sites on Nellis Air Force Base (2001)
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Report of results from a revaluation of archaeolgoical sites on Nellis Air Force Base.
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Reevaluation of Archaeological Sites on Nellis Air Force Base (2001)
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In 1992, Air Combat Command (ACC), which has oversight of 23 bases including NAFB, took efforts to complete inventory and evaluation of cultural resources on NAFB in Las Vegas Valley. NAFB is one of few bases that projects facility expansion, thus planning for protection or mitigation as necessary. Eighty-seven percent of NAFB lands were inventoried and 34 sites were evaluated as eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)...
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Repatriation Act of 1991 (NAGPRA) Partial Compliance for the Nellis Air Force Ranges Southern Nevada (1992)
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The NAFB wishes to begin the NAGPRA compliance process and has contracted with the DEA to perform an archival search of records and curatories as well as to communicate with persons who may have knowledge of Native American remains or funerary objects which have been reported from graves located on NAFB properties.
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Report of Negative Findings for Additional Survey of Area II Wastewater service Area sewer Line, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (1993)
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Within the area of the additional pedestrian surface survey no cultural debris was observed. Therefore, archeological clearance is recommended along the route of the additional (Area II) survey with the proviso that if the route is changed outside the boundaries of the right of way surveyed additional survey would be required.
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Report on the Archaeological Investigation of Buried Trash Deposits Uncovered at Indian Springs AFAF PHASE I and II (1999)
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Report on Phase II investigations of a historic trash pit. The buried trash consisted of aqua colored alcohol bottles (40%), ceramic dishes (may be soap dishes) (15%), cans (5%), cut bovine bones (30%), burned wood (5%), and small objects (including a burned shoe) (5%).
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Research Design Archaeological Characterization Sampling For the EC South Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2008)
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The purpose of this project is to conduct a characterization sampling study for the EC South which includes a portion of Quartz Mountain. They are mountainous areas that research has demonstrated has high potential for identifying significant sites. This project is a 4% sample of 200,000 acres to identify eligible sites for preservation, management with the mission, and Native American visitation.
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Research Design For An Archaeological Characterization Study On Portions of Belted Range and Kawich Valley (Range 74) Nevada Test and Training Range (2009)
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An ongoing task of cultural resource inventories on the NTTR is the characterization of various numbered ranges and/or environmental regions as archaeological landscapes. How to characterize an archaeological region is an intentionally vague and open-ended question. This engenders a variety of research approaches that in turn generate data on a range of topics relevant to the study of prehistory and ethnography in the southern Great Basin and northern Mojave Desert.
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A Research Design to Conduct an Archaeological Characterization Study of the Belted Range and Southern Kawich Valley, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2010)
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Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. (Far Western), was retained by Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) to complete a research design to conduct an archaeological characterization study of the Belted Range and southern Kawich Valley as part of the Air Force’s ongoing Section 110 compliance. The following research design includes a synthesis of existing data on the environmental context and known archaeology of the area, and provides an issue-oriented research and sampling methodology for...
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Results of Archaeological Investigations in Three Lakes Valley South, Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada (1998)
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This Summary Report presents the research context, methods, and results for an archaeological survey of approximately 2,000 acres of playa margin habitat in the Three Lakes Valley South on the Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR), Clark County, Nevada.
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Results of Archaeological Survey and Site Investigations for Year 2, Pintwater Cave Area Archaeological Research Program (1997)
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The Treatment Plan identified three research issues as vital for adequate scientific understanding of the prehistory and paleoenvironments of Pintwater Cave and the vicinity: (1) the meaning of variability seen in southern Nevada dart points; ( 2) local effects of climatic variability on human occupation; and (3) Archaic period subsistence. Report comments attached.
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The Results of Cultural Resource Investigations at Cactus Flat Dry Lake Margins, Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada (2000)
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The Cactus Flat Lakeside Margine Study was conducted on the Tonopah Test Site of the Nevada Test and Training Range a the Nellis Air Force Base. The goal was to: 1) identify the types of cultural resources around the margins of this dry lake system; 2) test a geomorphological model relating specific landforms to the distributions of prehistoric cultural resources; and 3) determine the hydrographic history of this closed basin through examination of stratigraphic sequences. The model and the...
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Seismic Exploration Lines Near the Spring Mountains Clark County, Nevada (1981)
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Northland Anthropological Research, Inc. (NAR), conducted an archaeological survey of five seismic exploration lines sited by Grant Geophysical Company on the northern slopes of the Spring Mountains in Clark County, Nevada. The survey was performed to insure that the proposed exploration activity would not adversely effect cultural resources. The lines, totalling 38.9 miles in length, were inspected between 3 and 11 January 1981. The survey recorded two archaeological sites, one representing a...
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Seismo-Acoustic Effects of Sonic Booms on Archeological Sites, Valentine Military Operations Area, Comments (2009)
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Nellis Air Force Base comments on the 1983 report of "Seismo-Acoustic Effects of Sonic Booms on Archeological Sites, Valentine Military Operations Area." The following is a description of deductive reasoning and results related to studies that Nellis AFB has conducted that may be referenced concerning the Effects of Sonic Booms on Archaeological Sites. Policy: Rock art sites on Nellis AFB lands have been and continue to be immediately removed from flight paths and surface disturbance. The north...
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Silver Flag Alpha Range Survey, Nellis Air Force Base Including Research for the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad (2010)
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Three research questions were addressed. Two were related to the historic events surrounding the LV&T Railroad, specifically with regards to the presence or absence of the Hell on Wheels phenomenon and the standardizations of sidings. The third research question was related to the prehistoric use of the area, addressing possible areas of agave or yucca stock processing.
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Silver Flag Alpha Range, Nellis Air Force Base Maps (2020)
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Project maps for the Silver Flag Alpha Training Site, Nellis Air Force Base, in the Indian Springs Area, Clark County.
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Silver Flag Support Documents (2009)
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Map, Base Civil Engineer Work Request, and photos related to Silver Flag.
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A Stratified Archaeological Sample of Low Elevation Areas On Nellis Air Force Range, Nevada (2000)
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The Nellis AFR Low Elevation Stratified Sample inventory was conducted in low areas of the range where most mission-related activities occur. This study, which was performed in accordance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, had the following goals: 1) characterize the prehistoric cultural resources of low elevation areas on the range; and 2) use this information to construct a model for identifying areas of low to high potential for cultural remains. Data from this study...
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The Structure of a Temporary Camp at Drill Hole U19AQ of Pahute Mesa, Nye County, Nevada REVIEW DRAFT (1989)
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Data recovery studies were initiated at Drill Hole Ul9aq to retrieve cultural resources information concerning the settlement and subsistence systems followed by the aboriginal hunter and gatherers in the area. Studies included the excavation of 28 separate units, ranging in size from less than one square meter to 32 square meters, and the collection and mapping of surface remains over a 84.8 hectare area.
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Supplemental Report to the Class III Cultural Resources Survey in Support of a Proposed Fiber Optic Line from the Tolicha Peak Compound to Black Mountain, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2011)
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In 2010, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) proposed to install a 10.6 mile (17.1 km) long fiber optic line between the Tolicha Peak Compound and the top of Black Mountain, on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Nye County, Nevada. The proposed route of the fiber optic line coincides with corridors of existing utility lines and other disturbance, as much as possible, to minimize potential effects to the overall environment and to known historic properties. Only a short portion (600 m; 1,968 ft) of...
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Surface Geology, Paleoenvironment, and Paleoclimate of Stonewall Mountain, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2014)
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Field studies for geomorphology, paleoenvironment, paleohydrology, plant ecology, and isotope geology were conducted at Stonewall Mountain and Stonewall Flat during the spring and summer of 2010 in support of Nellis AFB archaeological and ethnographic studies of the Stonewall Mountain region. These studies revealed natural resources for water, shelter, lithic tools, sulfur, and certain earth pigments exist at Stonewall Mountain and the Goldfield Hills. The playa in Stonewall Flat hosted a robust...