Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) - Cultural Resource Report

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Josh Smallwood.

This government generated Section 106 report is a historic property inventory and assessment of adverse effects associated with the TP-01 Improvements Supporting Future Ballistic Missile Test Launches Project. The purpose of the document is to compile any prior or currrent studies performed in support of the TP-01 improvements supporting future Ballistic Missile Test launches as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Josh Smallwood.

This document is a government generated Section 106 historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects report associated with the National Reconnaissance Office's Western Processing Facility Construction Project. The purpose of this document is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the Western Processing Facility construction project as a single Section 106 report. This report provides the information needed by the California State Historic Preservation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karin Pitts-Olmedo.

This document is a contractor generated letter report for a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the proposed expansion of the current Gaseous Nitrogen Production Facility (Building 539). The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the facility expansion project as a single Section 106 and 110 compliance report. To support Section 106 compliance requirements, the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Foley C. Benson.

This document is a report that details the archaeological survey of Sudden Flats and associated canyons. The reconaissance survey represented the beginning of a larger project to be conducted at a future date. The project was completed during the month of August, 1969 and consisted of 1. Determination of size and location of shell middens and other cultural materials in the survey area; 2. Determination and classification of the ecological aspects of the survey area; 3. Minor surface collection...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is a report that summarizes activities carried out on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during the summer of 1969, under a Federal Antiquities Act Permit issued to Dr. Claude N. Warren of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara by the National Park Service as part of early inventory efforts at VAFB. Goals included locating archaeological sites between Shuman Canyon and Pt. Sal in the north and Sudden Flats in the south and filling out...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document discusses the emergency excavations conducted at SBA-1010 the Barka Slough Site. The excavation yielded stratified cultural deposits buried five feet below the surface. The occupational sequence, with an estimated age of between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 500, produced abundant remains of what appear to be those of Canadian Elk, along with Mule Deer and other mammals. The artifact assemblage suggests hunting, butchering, and hide processing activities at the site which was probably...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne. Michael A. Glassow.

This document is a preliminary report that presents the details of mapping 80 sites (maps not included) known in the project area, brief descriptions, and an initial evaluation of the significance of each site tested in the project area. Only 32 of the 80 sites were tested. As such this report was not considered adequate to provide supporting data for a draft EIS for the proposed Space Transportation Systems (STS) facilities at VAFB. A comprehensive final report on all aspects of field and lab...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This report is a document that describes the results of an archaeological survey that has been conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (see Map 1) over the last three years by the author while working in the capacity of Research Assistant and Research Anthropologist for the University of California at Santa Barbara. Two separate contracts funded by the U. S. Air Force and administered by the National Park Service have helped to support an on going archaeological inventory survey of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is a letter report for the archaeological survey and subsurface testing conducted by Laurence Spanne on December 5, 1975 to determine the impact of the installation of a cable trench near Launch Facility No. 23 on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The archeological survey focused on the east and northeast margins of CA-SBA-733, a previously recorded prehistoric site. The report also provided four recommendations in order to avoid or mitigate project impacts.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is a letter report that serves as an Archaeological Impact Statement for the proposed construction of an antenna base immediately adjacent to Building 23251 at its western edge. According to information provided by the Federal Electric Corporation, sponsors for the construction, the proposed effort would involve emplacing a five foot square concrete pad to a depth of one foot at this location. No additional disturbance of the surface would result. Construction is located near...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Glassow. Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is a Section 106 report that discusses a project that was designed to collect planning information for location of the Space Transportation System (STS) facilities on VAFB. This study was to include a survey or inventory of archaeological resources within the project area defined as a twenty-one mile long, 3,000' wide, coastal corridor extending from just north of the Santa Ynez River to a point south of Point Arguello. In addition, selected sites were to be tested, mapped, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne.

This document is for visits made on 6 February and again on 11 February, 1976, Laurence Spanne to the site of the proposed location for a new cable trench between Bear Creek, Old Surf and Coast Roads on South Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The proposed route for the cable trench was found to transect archaeological site CA-SBA-549 for a distance of approximately 1250 feet along a line beginning at a point about 300 feet southwest of the inter section of Bear Creek and Old Surf Roads...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Glassow.

This document is a report that presents the results of an intensive archaeological survey of five separate areas on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, that range in size from approximately one to 400 acres. Based on information collected in a 1974 survey of other portions of the base, two sites were predicted to be present in the largest of the areas and one site in another. The survey failed to locate any sites, but isolated finds of three chert flakes and a flake tool in the localities...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Toni Carrell.

This document is for an inter-tidal and underwater archaeological survey of the VAFB Boathouse embayment conducted April 28-29, 1978. This survey was undertaken to obtain additional cultural resources data for the Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO) and to complete a Phase I archaeological survey and resource evaluation. No cultural resources were located within the project area, and additional underwater survey work is not recommended. Intertidal survey was a pedestrian survey...

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Archaeological survey of a 29-acre tract of land owned by the US Coast Guard at Point Conception. In addition to the survey, the scope of work included limited testing with a soil auger of a small section of property in which the Coast Guard wished to install a leach line and field. The scope of work also specified that National Register of Historic Places forms be filled out for any cultural resources deemed eligible for inclusion on the Register.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence W. Spanne. John Edwards. Robert Sydnor. E. A. Jackson.

This document is a study that was prepared as part of the archaeological monitoring program for the DOD Space Transportation Systems (STS) Ground Support Systems Integration Environmental Tasks at VAFB. Explains the general and project, or location specific, predictive criteria and ranking system employed for evaluating the probability of encountering subsurface archaeological sites at each Station Set Location. Includes detailed descriptions of previously encountered subsurface sites, and the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Gebhard. David Bricker.

This document is a Section 106 report that was written for public consumption as partial mitigation to minimize the adverse effects from planned Space Shuttle operations on this historical complex located on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Department of the Air Force's Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO), now space Division (SD), commissioned a detailed Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) report on the Boathouse along with this report for the public. The report...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David F. Stone. Anabel Ford. Albert Bixler.

This document is a report that discusses mitigation of impacts to CA-SBA-1176, the MAB-2 site, by construction grading of an access road connecting Pega Road with the Missile Assembly Building. Excavation of twelve cubic meters of soil helped to delineate and define two loci at the site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pandora Snethkamp. Duncan Ford. Anabel Ford.

This document is a letter report to Steve Craig of Henningson, Durham and Richardson, dated 3 July 1980, that reports the results of subsurface testing at CA-SBA-1036 located along El Rancho Lateral Road on VAFB in support of the environmental review process associated with the MX missile program. The purpose of the subsurface testing program was to define the scope of the mitigation required by providing accurate assessments of the depth of constituents and categories of information present...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian Haley. Jeffery B. Serena.

This document is a report that presents the results of a site survey, delimitation, mapping, and limited subsurface testing program for proposed construction of MX missile test facilities. Six areas of potential cultural sensitivity were investigated to determine their archaeological sensitivity, define site boundaries, and generate preliminary data on site content. The proposed project will likely have adverse effects on SBA-1153, though more thorough investigation would likely be needed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William Doelle. L. Mayro. S. Craig.

The initial fieldwork (1979) was designed to identify areas in which the construction of proposed MX facilities on San Antonio Terrace would result in impacts to cultural resources. Areas of projected impact were systematically surveyed, sites idetified, recorded, and mapped. All the cultural resources identified during this mitigation planning study were sites ranging in size from small lithic scatters on presumed trails to the archaeological remains of major settlements characterized by...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence Spanne.

This document is a letter report responding to Parson's query about the potential significance of sites CA-SBA-1106, -1107, and -1149 located within the GSSI or Space Shuttle Project area. Previous work at these sites indicated that they likely held limited significance, but that final examination/evaluation and surface collection of artifacts should be conducted prior to construction. Subsurface testing was not previously conducted due to the sparseness of surface materials.

DOCUMENT Full-Text WESTEC Services.

This document describes how the Union Oil Company of California is proposing to conduct a geophysical data evaluation of reserved mineral lands within VAFB. The collection and compilation of this data entails a seismic survey of approximately 90.3 line-miles (14.5 line-kilometers). Prior to commencing the seismic survey, an investigation of potentially impacted biological and archaeological resources was initiated encompassing a 50-foot (15-m) centerline corridor involving 82.6 miles (132.2 km)...

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During February, 1981, the Office of Public Archaeology undertook a limited historic background study of a historic ranch site (SBa-1148) on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. The purpose of the study was to develop adequate information on the historic significance of the property as part of the Space Shuttle construction program. The study included review of primary and secondary literature sources, a site inspection, and four oral interviews. Historic research...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian D. Haley.

Archaeological investigations were conducted by the Office of Public Archaeology at sites Sba-534 and Sba-680 in March, 1981, to mitigate impacts resulting from the construction of STS 69 KV Transmission Line on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Excavations in peripheral areas of both sites yielded chipped stone assemblages consisting primarily of chert debitage. Preliminary analysis of these materials suggests that the sites served in part as loci for the maintenance and modification of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roberta S. Greenwood. John S. Foster.

Archaeological investigations were undertaken by Greenwood and Associates for 12 archaeological sites (CA-SBa-603, 625, 722, 962, 978, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1011, 1019, 1020, and 1111) of which four sites are located on South Vandenberg and the remaining eight are located in North Vandenberg. It is the focus of this study to determine if the Range Improvement Project will have an adverse effect on cultural resources located within the project area. The investigations indicated that one site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pandora E. Snethkamp.

This document is a research design prepared in support of archaeological research undertaken relative to construction of the MX Missile test facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Santa Barbara County, California. Archaeological surveys for this development were initiated in April, 1979. The first excavations were performed during the summer of 19S0 and are currently underway. Additional survey, test excavation programs, and mitigation of impact programs are expected to continue through...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery B. Serena.

This document is a Section 106 report for salvage excavations at CA-SBA-1686 that were conducted to mitigate impacts from the Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) Space Transportation System (STS) related construction of V-33 (External Tank Processing and Storage Facility). The emergency field program resulted in the discovery of a large flaked stone assemblage representing a variety of aboriginal activities including reduction of cores to bifacial preforms, biface thinning, and tool maintenance....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence Spanne.

This document is a letter report summarizing results of a pedestrian survey of the Jesus Maria Oilfield improvements project area. A single archaeological site (CA-SBA-593) was identified in the vicinity. Trenching was deemed unlikely to have any impacts, but was monitored. A hearth feature was exposed during trenching. Feature was mapped in the trench wall and a sample of charcoal was collected for radiocarbon dating (results not included).

DOCUMENT Full-Text HDR Sciences.

This document contains the field notes, graphics, and other records pertaining to archaeological excavations conducted by HDR staff archaeologists for M-X facilities sitings at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (September-December 1980). The original field notes have been edited, supplemented, and typed. Most of the pertinent original graphics, such as profiles, have been reproduced from field copies into final forms and their implications are briefly discussed. However, most of the original...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Hector Neff.

This document is a report that deals with the results of a cultural resources survey undertaken by personnel of the Office of Public Archaeology (OPA), Social Process Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) during June, 1982. A total of twenty archaeological sites was examined and evaluated during Phase I of the Fuels Management Program Survey at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, including seven new sites (CA-SBa-1738, 1739, 1740,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Pandora E. Snethkamp. Jerry D. Moore.

This document is a report that outlines an attempt to develop a set of explicit statements for guiding prehistoric research on San Antonio Terrace. These hypotheses fall into three major classes. The first class relates to environmental change with hypotheses linking to specific expectations for the project area, and by extension, to changes in patterns of subsistence and settlement behavior in prehistory. The second class of hypotheses derive from basic anthropological expectations about the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert O. Gibson.

This document is a technical report discussing a series of 12 shovel test pits excavated along both sides of Coast Road on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The test pits are adjacent to CA-Sba-1149H and yielded 8 chert flakes that were recovered on the west side of the road, within the area recently cleared of brush. Preliminary surface examination indicate a prehistoric archaeological site exists adjacent to the historic site. The majority of debitage <20 mm was deemed "natural" based on a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text WESTEC Services.

A biological and cultural resource monitoring program on VAFB, in conjunction with a seismic survey conducted on behalf of the Union Oil Company. The seismic survey represents a minor variation on a previously completed study (WESTEC 1981). These variations include changes in auger hole depth and frequency, and the use of minisocie vibrating device, did not appreciably alter the anticipated impacts on biological or cultural resources. During the monitoring program, three previously unrecorded...

DOCUMENT Full-Text The Office of History, 1st Strategic Aerospace Division.

This document is a report detailing the story of the Marshallia ranch house. It is the oldest structure on VAFB, has been a landmark for more than a century, surviving drastic remodellings and the ravages of two fires. Mexicans and Americans, ranchers and missile engineers, wars and depressions, have all played a role in its destiny. Its fate has been linked with the "Rancho de Jesus Maria," which covered nearly one-half of the land on present-day VAFB. The ranch house's history mirrors the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text R. O. Gibson. B. J. Schuyler.

This document is a report for the results of the archaeological monitoring in 1982 for the proposed V33 Tow Route identified intact portions of CA-SBA-1149 within the project area. This report summarizes the results of the subsequent monitoring program during construction activities. The construction activities consisted of bulldozers, scrapers, and graders widening and levelling the old Coast Road. A total of 170 isolated artifacts and one feature consisting of a lithic cache of preforms and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Air Force Flight Test Center.

This report documents an archaeological investigation of portions of the San Antonio Terrace and Shuman Canyon was requested in support of proposed undertakings concerning the Peacekeeper in Minuteman Silo Testing Program. Possible modifications of El Rancho, El Rancho Oeste, Pega, Umbra and Point Sal Roads include turnout areas and access roads to launch facilities LF-02, LF-05, and LF-08. Archaeological investigations consisted of a background literature review, field survey, and consultation...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence Spanne.

This document provides general descriptions and map locations for known historic Anglo and Hispanic campsites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gail Thompson.

This document is a letter report that presents a summary of the methods and results of archaeological testing at CA-SBA-706 in July 1983. The purpose of this testing was to mitigate impacts to the site as a result of construction activities during the repair of damage to Bass Road.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffery B. Serena.

This document is a report of the analysis of marine shellfish remains recovered in archaeological investigations conducted to mitigate impacts of MX missile development at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Laurence Spanne.

This document is a report on subsurface testing at CA-SBA-1686 revealing a low density cultural deposit consisting predominantly of Monterey Chert flakes. Testing was concentrated along the alignment of a proposed security fence and associated electrical trench. Datable charcoal and charred bone were collected (no dates reported), along with four chert tools. No features or distinguishable artifact clusters were identified within the area tested. These results are similar to those of previous...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roderick Brown.

This document is a letter report that presents the results of archaeological survey for a fence line replacement project at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California that will be completed by the U.S. Prison, Lompoc. Three previously recorded archaeological sites are located along the proposed fence line. No artifacts were observed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roberta S. Greenwood. John M. Foster.

This document is a Section 106 archaeological survey that was performed to determine if any cultural resources would be affected by proposed modifications to four parcels (59 acres total) on south VAFB. Two previously recorded archaeological sites were in or near the study parcels. CA-SBA-1148 had been previous assessed as not significant and the boundaries of CA-SBA-1149 were unknown. No additional sites or isolated artifacts were discovered during the survey.

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Air Force, AFRCE-BMS.

This document is a data recovery plan for CA-SBA-1060 that was affected by the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Program. The program was to construct and operate Peacekeeper Missile Program test facilities includes Roads and Utilities components. Phase 1 involves four elements: 1) the modification of 12 overhead utilities along El Rancho road, 2) upgrading of the El Rancho Road - Umbra Road intersection, 3) construction of an at-grade crossing of the Southern Pacific Railroad by El Rancho Road, and 4)...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roberta S. Greenwood. John M. Foster.

This document is report for an inventory and limited awareness program that was undertaken to evaluate the potential impacts on cultural resources of two communications cable projects at VAFB. The inventory resulted in the discovery of five archaeological sites (4 prehistoric, 1 historic) and four cultural resource isolates. A limited assessment program was undertaken at the newly recorded sites (CA-SBA-1865H, 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869) and at five previously identified sites (CA-SBA-513, 939,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert O. Gibson.

This documents describes that an archaeological surface survey was conducted in the vicinity of the proposed V-17 Visual Landing Aids Project's construction of Papi lights at the 6500 foot marker north of the VAFB runway. Two previously recorded archaeological sites (CA-SBA-775 and 776) were noted adjacent to the proposed project area. This report summarizes the results of subsurface testing for the 100x200 foot area that could potentially impact these two sites. Based on a series of 19...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Earth Technology Corporation.

This document is a report that summarizes archaeological field mitigation and monitoring on sites SBA-939, 513, and 1853. These studies include excavation of nine trenches at SBA-939, and monitoring the digging of a fiber optics cable trench through all three sites. As part of the Peacekeeper Program on VAFB, fiber optics cables were installed along a main corridor leading from the Installation Checkout Facility (ICF) complex, near the intersection of El Rancho Road and El Rancho Oeste Road;...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gloria Lauter.

This Memorandum is in reply to a request for a preliminary assessment of archaeological work which may be required for the proposed San Antonio Creek Flood Control Project at VAFB. The project area was as yet undetermined, so mapping and recommendations are aimed at identifying archaeological work that may be needed in the general area. Given the working project boundaries, nine archaeological sites are situated within the project area and will require assessment and evaluation to determine...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roderick S. Brown.

This is a preliminary study of the rates at which the wind alters archaeological deposits on the San Antonio Terrace. The study was undertaken as an adjunct to ongoing archaeological work on the terrace in advance of M-X Missile test facilities construction. The San Antonio Terrace is partially overlain by dunes believed to be less than 2,000 years old (Johnson 1983, Cooper 1967). Johnson labeled the very active dunes near the beach "recent" and the more vegetated dunes farther inland...

DOCUMENT Full-Text US Air Force, AFRCE-BMS.

This document is a cultural resources evaluation of three archaeological sites located along a proposed fiber optics cable installation route was conducted to determine site characteristics , NRHP eligibility, project effects, and potential mitigation measures. The Air Force has determined that the three sites, SBA-939, 513, and 1853, are eligible for the NRHP. The fiber optics cable installation will adversely affect site SBA-939. SBA-513 will likely not be affected; however, it is of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chambers Consultants and Planners.

This document is a report that presents the results of archaeological research undertaken in support of the construction of MX missile test facilities on northern Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. During 1980-1982, all lands potentially subjected to construction impacts (the project area) were surveyed, and test excavations took place at 24 sites in order to define their boundaries and assess their significance. At eight of these sites excavations were more intensive...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lois Roberts.

This document is the historical research report for the MX Missile Test Facilities Project on Vandenberg Space Force Base. It provides a historical overview that is important to understanding the archaeology and historical period sites in the study area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text URS-Berger.

This document is a report that describes cultural resources testing and monitoring as part of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison program, a program to construct and operate Peacekeeper missile test facilities at VAFB. The project included the installation of utilities and modification of roads. A total of 12 overhead utility lines crossing El Rancho and Umbra roads were undergrounded or modified; one was located in a floodplain and three were within or adjacent to a significant archaeological site ...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert O. Gibson.

This document is a Section 106 report for archaeological testing performed on the site CA-SBA-212 located on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The testing was performed in support of the proposed installation of a communication line between an area near Point Pedernales to an existing line west of Coast Road. The purpose of the testing was to assess the National Register eligibility of CA-SBA-212. The report details the excavation of the site and presents the results. Although the document focuses...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Martin Marietta Corporation.

This report (ESR 20) describes the implementation of the Environmental Surveillance Plan for the STS Program at VAFB and is a continuation of reports No. 1-19. Construction activities continued at Station Sets V23, FY '84 Physical Security Modifications, V32 in Port Hueneme, and V80 (partial) Towroute. New construction began at V33 Harbor Headquarters Refurbishment, V23 Launch Pad Paving/North Access Road and Security Modifications Phase II (Security Patrol Roads) and V17 Visual Landing...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John M. Foster. Roberta S. Greenwood.

This document is a study that was conducted for Union Oil Company to identify and evaluate cultural resources which may be affected by their proposed Northwest Lompoc/Jesus Maria Project on VAFB. Union Oil proposes to construct 43 well pads with size ranging from an area of 200x200 to 200x420 feet, combined cable/pipeline corridors 10-15 feet wide, and new access roads 20 feet wide. The inventory resulted in the discover of nine archaeological sites and nine cultural resource isolates (eight...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Harmsworth Associates. Robert O. Gibson.

This document is a Section 106 inventory report discusses the results of monitoring and testing for construction activities associated with the V-23 Patrol Roads C and D. A total of 39 stone artifacts were recovered from Road C and 1 stone artifact was recovered from Road D during construction monitoring. A total of 10 shovel test units were excavated in the vicinity of where archaeological materials were unearthed and two new archaeological sites were identified. The two sites probably...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas Bamforth.

This document is a report that presents the results of an archaeological survey of approximately 12.17 miles of a fence surrounding the Point Sal Grazing Area and of an inspection of historic and prehistoric sites along a previously surveyed portion of this same fence. Seven archaeological sites and two isolates were recorded in the course of a survey o the fence around the Point Sal Grazing Area in the Casmalia Hills on VAFB in preparation for fence repair and replacement. In addition to this...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Foster.

This document is a archaeological study undertaken as part of an Environmental Assessment. The purpose was to identify unknown archaeological sites and evaluate emplacement of a buried communication cable (#1976) on Vandenberg Air Force Base. No previously unknown archaeological sites were discovered during the course of this investigation. Two isolated archaeological findings were made, though the materials do not appear eligible for NRHP.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Harmsworth Associates.

This document is a letter report describing the results of archaeological investigations conducted for the Temporary Storage Facilities project. An intensive on-the-ground survey was performed but yielded no cultural features or artifacts were observed in the study area. Six shovel test pits were excavated due to the project's proximity to SBA-1686. No subsurface cultural materials were observed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text R. O. Gibson. E. A. Jackson.

This document is a letter report summarizing the results of an archaeological survey conducted in a 10-acre area for a proposed parking lot. Two artifacts were located in the survey area, though sites in the surrounding portions of southern VAFB have largely been subsurface, with little surface visibility.

DOCUMENT Full-Text R. O. Gibson.

This document is a letter report outlining survey results associated with the V33 project. Based on an archaeological surface survey and a literature review for the area, no significant archaeological/cultural resources were identified in the V-33 project area. However, because of the proximity of SBA-1686 and the occurrence of buried and isolated cultural artifacts in the general vicinity, it is recommended that archaeological monitoring accompany brush removal and all excavation into the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text URS Corporation.

This document describes a Phase I archaeological investigation conducted at CA-SBA-1010 and its immediate environs. SBA-1010 (Barka Slough) is a deeply stratified archaeological site buried in the south bank of San Antonio Creek, a major watercourse in VAFB. The project was primarily designed to determine whether cultural resources would be adversely affected if Santa Barbara County rip-rapped San Antonio Creek to prevent future erosion of Highway S-20. The project focused upon defining the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert O. Gibson.

This document includes documents that were produced as part of the Union Oil Project/ Exxon Project Shamrock and Central Santa Maria Basin Area Study EIS/EIR. They are support material of fieldwork conducted for and related to the Technical Appendix G, Cultural Resources, March 18, 1985. Prepared by Arthur D. Little, Inc, Santa Barbara, CA.

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This report documents preliminary findings of a geoarchaeological reconnaissance of Lompoc Mesa and includes sections on: regional setting, coastal terraces, terrace correlations, faults, dunes, and soil stratigraphy. Also includes change through the Holocene, spatial elements (visibility corridors) for sites, and landscape alterations.

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This document has two primary purposes. First, it describes the nature and results of a Phase II testing program conducted to evaluate the significance and importance of cultural resources that could be affected by the proposed Union Oil Company of California Santa Maria Basin Pipeline Project (Platform Irene Project). Second, the document present a program design for developing Phase III mitigations for unavoidable cultural resource impacts. Data collectioned during the Phase II...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donna Elias. Charles Pergler.

This report is prepared by the Martin Marietta Corporation (MMC) for the US Air Force to document the Environmental Surveillance activities performed under Contract No. F04701-83-C-0032. Contributing archaeological support is provided by Harmsworth Associates under contract to MMC. The environmental surveillance procedure continually evolves as results of field surveillance provide additional information on impacts of the Vandenberg Space Shuttle Program upon environmental resources of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert O. Gibson.

This document is a letter report outlining results of an archaeological surface survey in the vicinity of a proposed power line between Building 21101 and Sky Screen Road on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Although only a single isolated chert flake was noted adjacent to the proposed power line corridor, vegetation prohibited adequate surface examination. There also exists a possibility of a buried cultural site in the area. At least one archaeological site (SBA)1868) located south of the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Army Corp of Engineers.

In August 1986, an archaeologist from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, conducted an intensive pedestrian survey of approximately 40 acres surrounding the U.S. Air Force's proposed control tower location on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The survey was conducted to determine what effects, if any, construction of the proposed facility would have on cultural resources. The survey revealed only a substantially altered roadway that may correspond to a historic period...

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This document is an appendix for the No Effects determination for Gaseous Nitrogen Pipeline Project. This literature search of historical records dealing with post-European contact was made to clarify the nature of historical components of sites discovered by archaeological survey teams in the subject project area. Archaeological sites adjacent and near the pipeline corridor north of Honda Creek and south of Spring Canyon displayed Anglo artifacts. This research attempts to provide a historical...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Chester King. Robert O. Gibson. M. Kay Martin. Nancy R. Murphy. Lois Roberts. Larry Wilcoxon.

This document is the Technical Appendix C for the EXXON Lompoc Pipeline Project Supplemental EIR outlining the impacts to cultural resources for proposed pipeline alternatives for the Project. The appendix addresses cultural resources and contains tables and cultural material information.

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A cultural resources survey and archival study of areas on VAFB proposed for expansion of testing facilities for Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison programs was conducted. Eighteen archaeological sites were identified during the survey of approximately 1100 acres. This brings to 39 the total number of sites known to exist in the three survey areas. Most of the sites represent camps or projectile-point preparation locations used by prehistoric hunters in...

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This Request for Determination of Eligibility for the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District as a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) district is being submitted to facilitate management of cultural resources that could be affected by the construction of Peacekeeper Rail Garrison and Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test facilities. Flight tests of both the Small ICBM and Peacekeeper Rail Garrison systems will be conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) to verify...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert O. Gibson.

Archaeological survey and testing for corridors covering proposed installation of approximately five miles of communications cable connecting various launch facilities along Port Sal and Globe roads. A total of 13 archaeological sites were investigated, including three newly identified sites and ten previously recorded sites. Sites and testing efforts are described individually yielding a recommended redesigned cable corridor that will reduce impacts and outlines possible cultural materials that...

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This document is a Section 106 report that addresses the potential for effects to significant archaeological and/or historical properties as a result of the construction of a gaseous nitrogen (GN2) pipeline which requires the excavation of a 1 foot wide trench 3-5 feet deep and will generally occur within 10 feet of existing roadways. During the cultural resource inventory and subsurface testing projects, 10 sites, five prehistoric, two historic, and three multi-component resources, were...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Environmental Solutions, Inc..

This document is a Section 106 inventory report for the proposed construction of a new space launch complex (SLC-7). The report includes geotechnical testing in the vicinity of Cypress Ridge terrace, to assess the viability of the location. Previous geotechnical testing in this area was supported by a No Effect determination. Two archaeological sites have been recorded in the vicinity of the proposed geotechnical testing from archaeological surface surveys and limited subsurface testing as part...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jason Marmor.

This document is a monitoring report describing archaeological observation of geotechnical core drilling at the proposed project site of Space Launch Complex 7 (SLC-7). Monitoring of soil core extraction at selected locations was recommended as a result of an earlier intensive cultural resources survey of the SLC 7 project area. During the course of the project a number of lithic artifacts including possibly utilized flakes were observed on the surface in the vicinity of the terrace top just...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James L. Rudolf.

This document is a letter report describing the results of Phase I archaeological surveys along the routes of four proposed fence lines in Santa Lucia Canyon and in the San Antonio Valley and Purisima Hills. One archaeological site and two isolated finds were identified during the survey in Areas 2 and 3. No cultural resources were observed in Survey Areas 1 and 4.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

An archaeological survey was conducted for the Santa Ynez Raw Waterline project consisting of 3.5 miles of 5' deep trenches which will follow East and West Farm Roads and Terra Road from Well #5A on United States Penitentiary property in Lompoc to the Water Treatment Plant on VAFB. Seven archaeological sites and one isolate were identified during the archaeological surface survey. Three sites had been previously recorded and four new sites were temporarily designated USP-1 through USP-4. Six of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dames and Moore, Inc..

This document is a report that presents the results of a testing program completed at archaeological sites SBA-793 and -917 by Dames & Moore in October, 1988. The purpose of the work was to: 1) assess potential impacts to the sites from replacement of a security fence surrounding the Vandenberg Tracking Station (VTS), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California and 2) to gather information necessary to assess the potential eligibility of SBa-917 for inclusion on the National...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tetra Tech, Inc..

This document constitutes a Historic Preservation Plan (HPP) for the San Antonio Terrace Archaeological District (Figure 1.1-1). This district was created by the Air Force to facilitate management because most archaeological sites in the district contain data relevant to a common research theme. The district includes that part of north Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) which could be affected by the construction and opera­tion of various Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM} test programs....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Larry A. Carbone.

Before testing and mitigation fieldwork was undertaken at CA-SBA-594 during Phase II of the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison program, it was noted that surface artifact distributions differed from those reported in previous survey and site record forms from 1979. This discrepancy no doubt came about from shifting dune activity exposing alternate areas of site materials through time. As well as distributional variance, surface frequencies appeared higher than initially reported at Locus I adjacent and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This report outlines the eligibility of the Marshallia Ranch House (Building 1338) for NRHP listing. The building is located at the golf course on VAFB (S of Casmalia) and is also known as the Distinguished Visiting Officers Quarters. It is scheduled for minor renovations with a major upgrade planned for FY 1991. The Marshallia Ranch has been subjected to preliminary evaluation as part of the San Antonio Terrace National Register District. The opinion from those documents is that the ranch...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This documents is a Section 106 report for the archaeological survey of a proposed power control line. The line is to allow resynchronization of standby and commercial power at the "K" substation (Building 676) from a remote power plant (Building 525). Three sections of the line will be buried by trenching. Prior to the surface survey, a records and literature search was conducted. No previously recorded archaeological sites lie within the APE, though CA-SBA-1940 runs adjacent to extant power...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Vandenberg Air Force Base.

This document is a brief report presenting the results of a Section 106 study for the Minuteman Launch Support System project on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Osland.

This document is a one page report for the excavation of 6 shovel test pits at the Titan Pasture A (Gate location). The report provides a breakdown of the 6 STPS including the artifacts that were observed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alex N. Kirkish.

This document is Section 106 archaeological inventory and effects testing report for the proposed construction of a test radar facility at one of three alternate project sites. The proposed project, which is primarily a testing and feasibility study, will entail minimal construction and will primarily involve the utilization of temporary test facilities. Since all three alternative project locations had not been previously inventoried for historic properties, an intensive surface survey was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This report presents the results of a subsurface archaeological testing program at Sba-793 conducted by the Directorate of Environmental Management in May and June 1990. The purpose of the work was to evaluate the effect of construction of the proposed waste water treatment plant on this National Register eligible site. Despite the disturbed appearance of the ground surface an undisturbed deposit exists within this portion of Sba-793. The deposit, however, does not contain any new or unique...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Environmental Solutions, Inc..

This document is an archival research and intensive survey of a 5.26 km2 study area was accomplished in support of the preparation of an environmental impact statement for the Titan IV/Centaur Launch Complex (TCLC) on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California. The study area covers a broad expanse of terrain from Honda Canyon south and east to Canada Agua Vina and includes the locations of the four alternative TCLC sites considered--Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6), Cypress...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This report presents the results of an archaeological surface survey conducted to evaluate the replacement of a proposed 69kV power distribution line for effect on historic properties. The study identified eleven archaeological sites and one isolate within the APE. Nine of the sites are prehistoric and two sites are historic. One of the historic sites is a trash dump, and the other an old road. Eight of the eleven sites are crossed by the power line. However, these eight sites will not be...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Glassow.

This report presents the results of archaeological investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, undertaken to mitigate the impacts to three archaeological sites by construction of a shuttlecraft tow route. Included in the analysis of data from these sites are selected data from earlier test excavations at eight other sites near the three that are the main focus of analysis. Analysis and interpretations emphasize reconstruction of subsistence-settlement systems through more than 8500...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael A. Glassow.

This report presents the results of archaeological investigations on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), undertaken to mitigate the impacts to three archaeological sites by construction of a shuttlecraft tow route. Included in the analysis of data from these sites are selected data from earlier test excavations at eight other sites near the three that are the main focus of analysis. Analysis and interpretations emphasize reconstruction of subsistence-settlement systems through more than 8500 years...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah H. Berry.

This report was written to supplement an earlier report (Berry 1990) and to address the comments of the California State Historic Preservation Officer SHPO). Several different types of information were requested by the SHPO and will be addressed in the appropriate sections following the format given in the Office of Historic Preservation publication (1989) “Archaeological Management Reports (ARMR): Recommended Contents and Format.” The earlier report can be found at:...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tetra Tech Inc..

This document is a report that presents the results of cultural resource investigations for the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Project and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This report covers additional survey, testing, and data recovery undertaken for the project at 29 archaeological sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Larry A. Carbone. Roger D. Mason.

This document is a report that describes archaeological survey of the remaining unsurveyed areas of Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) was performed by Chambers Group and its principal subcontractor (SAIC). A total of 63,600 acres were surveyed. Of this total, 5,172 acres ( or 8 percent) were surveyed opportunistically. During the survey, 581 prehistoric sites, 11 historic sites, and 8 sites with both prehistoric and historic components were recorded, making 600 new sites recorded on VAFB. In...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Wilcoxon Archaeological Consultants.

All sites on the Discrepancy List were re-visited by a crew of four archaeologists and one BTG representative. The BTG representative accompanying the archaeological crew operated a Trimble GPS receiver backpack unit. Sites were relocated using site records, topographic maps and BTG generated maps, referred to as "Grid 46" maps. Upon reaching the general vicinity of the site, we conducted an intensive linear survey at 10 to 15 meter intervals, sweeping back and forth until artifacts described in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas Harro. Rebecca McKim. Sandra Flint. Carole A. Denardo.

This document is a report that presents the results of archaeological testing at CA-SBA-1853 for a power line replacement project on Vandenberg Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Ryan. Clayton G. Lebow. Douglas Harro. Joyce L. Gerber.

This document is a report that presents the results of archaeological investigations for the North Base Fiber-Optic Cable System Project. The U.S. Air Force proposes to construct the North Base Fiber-Optic Cable System on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Santa Barbara County, California. The proposed project will involve placement of approximately 23 miles of cable conduit in trenches a maximum of 42 inches deep and 18 inches wide. Archival research identified multiple archaeological sites...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kevin Palmer.

This document is a historic context for Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. It presents the results of historic resources inventory carried out in 1998 and 1999.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clayton G. Lebow. Christopher Ryan.

This report documents the condition of sensitive and threatened cultural resources for FY99. The suite of sensitive and threatened sites was examined during the third quarter and then again during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. Chapter 1 of this report lists the sites examined and briefly describes methods specific to inspection of sensitive and threatened sites. The condition of sensitive and threatened cultural resources examined during the third quarter of FY99 is summarized in...