Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) - Cultural Resource Report
Part of: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) Cultural Resource Archive - Documents, Images, and other Data
This is a collection of reports, generated by, or in support of, the Vandenberg Air Force Base Cultural Resource Program.
Site Name Keywords
CA-SBA-550 •
CA-SBA-503 •
CA-SBA-209 •
CA-SBA-210 •
CA-SBA-609 •
CA-SBA-612 •
CA-SBA-655 •
CA-SBA-2988 •
CA-SBA-2322 •
CA-SBA-2324
Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature •
Artifact Scatter •
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Midden •
Rock Art •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Governmental Structure •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Historic Governmental Structure •
Military Structure
Other Keywords
Shovel Test Pits •
Prehistory •
shovel test pits (STPs) •
Flakes •
Section 106 •
Condition Assessment •
Monitoring •
Cores •
Shatter •
Significance / Management
Culture Keywords
Chumash •
Historic •
Indigenous •
Archaic •
Purisimeno Chumash •
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians •
Late Archaic •
U.S. Army •
Historic Native American •
Camp Cooke
Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Archaeological Overview •
Historic Background Research •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Heritage Management •
Systematic Survey •
Architectural Survey •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Consultation
Material Types
Chipped Stone •
Shell •
Fauna •
Ground Stone •
Fire Cracked Rock •
Building Materials •
Glass •
Metal •
Ceramic •
Wood
Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric •
Historic •
Middle Period •
Late Period •
Historic Period •
Early Period •
Protohistoric Period •
Proto-Historic •
Contemporary •
Cold War
Geographic Keywords
California (State / Territory) •
Santa Barbara (County) •
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California •
Vandenberg Air Force Base •
United States of America (Country) •
USA (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
California •
Santa Barbara County •
Santa Barbara County (County)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 201-228 of 228)
- Documents (228)
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VAFB-2021-46: Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Sites on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Fiscal Year 2020 (2021)
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This document is a report for the Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Sites on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Fiscal Year 2020. When the program began, 25 sites were identified as particularly sensitive and threatened. Sensitive cultural resources on Vandenberg SFB are archaeological sites that are of particular importance to local ethnic groups such as the Chumash Indians. These resources include ceremonial sites such as shrines and rock art sites, cemeteries, and village sites....
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VAFB-2021-48: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS SUPPORTING ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OF FIREBREAKS AND FIRE ACCESS ROADS VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Task 3 Firebreak and Fire Access Road Maintenance Synthesis (2021)
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This document is a synthesis of archaeological sites that cross firebreaks and fire access roads on Vandenberg Space Force Base. The document includes lists of sites and recommendations to support future maintenance activities that pass through the sites.
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VAFB-2021-49: Archaeological Resource Treatment Plan, Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Test Program, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2021)
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This document consists of the archaeological resource treatment plan for the ground based strategic deterrent project at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The plan includes a description of the proposed project, outlines the phases of the project, and presents the treatment plan for archaeological resources crossed by project activities.
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VAFB-2022-04: Identification of Historic Properties and Assessment of Effects, Facility 1810 Sewer System Replacement Project (813-21-053), Fire Station #43, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2022)
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This document is a historic property inventory report and assessment of effects for the Facility 1810 Sewer System Replacement Project. The report 1) provides a project description and details about the work to be performed, 2) defines the Area of Direct Impact (ADI) and the project Area of Potential Effect (APE), explains the process of identifying historic properties that may be impacted by the project, 4) identifies the archaeological site CA-SBA-1060 as a historic property that may be...
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VAFB-2022-17: Archaeological Studies in 2019–2020 Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the Firebreaks and Access Roads Maintenance Program, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2022)
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This document is a Section 106 report that presents the study and results of the 2019–2020 Firebreaks and Access Roads Maintenance Program. Across Vandenberg Space Force Base (SFB), there is an extensive system of about 54 miles of firebreaks and 192 miles of associated roads. Many of these firebreaks and access roads are maintained on an annual basis. There are more than 2,100 archaeological resources on Vandenberg SFB, and firebreaks and access roads coincide with archaeological resources in...
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VAFB-2022-22: Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Sites on Vandenberg Space Force Base Fiscal Year 2021 (2022)
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This document is a report that presents the results of the sensitive and threatened archaeological site condition assessments on Vandenberg Space Force Base for Fiscal Year 2021.
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VAFB-2023-07: Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Sites on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Fiscal Year 2022 (2023)
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This document is a threatened and sensitive site condition assessment report completed as part of the Fence 2 Fence contract.
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VAFB-2023-09: Results of Radiocarbon Dating for 72 Samples Collected on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California; Project ID 2021-C14 (2023)
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This document is a letter report presenting the results of 72 radiocarbon samples collected on Vandenberg Space Force Base. The samples were taken from archaeological sites from 20 archaeological sites including CA-SBA-204, -530, -553, -639, -662, -668, -697, -733, -734, -735/H, -739, -972, -1060, -1547/H, -1594, -1596, -1598, -1600, -1604, and -1679. The samples consist of 67 marine shells, 3 pieces of charcoal, and 2 sample of charcoal-stained soil. The document presents several tables of...
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VAFB-2023-19: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act After-Action Report for Discoveries at CA-SBA-512 Ground Based Strategic Deterrent/Sentinel Test Program, Vandenberg Space Force Base Santa Barbara County, California (2023)
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This document is a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act After-Action report for discoveries at CA-SBA-512 on Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This report documents the discovery of cultural items covered under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) during archaeological mitigation activities and the actions taken to implement the project’s Plan of Action for the Treatment of Cultural Items in Accordance with the Native American Graves...
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VAFB-2024-11: RE: CA-SBA-666 Radiocarbon Dates—Culvert 10 Repair Project Vandenberg Space Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California VSFB Project ID: 813-22-033CR (2024)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a letter report for the collection of four marine shell samples from the cutbank wall of a large washout west of Culvert 10 at CA-SBA-666 on Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). Two of the samples were submitted to Beta Analytic for radiocarbon analysis. This was undertaken as part of the Archaeological Investigations Supporting Section 106 Compliance for the Culvert 10 Repair Project.
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VAFBM-1985-24: Archaeological Monitoring During Installation of Communications Cable, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This study was conducted to monitor, identify unknown archaeological sites, and evaluate cultural resources which were potentially affected by the emplacement of a buried fiber optics cable on VAFB. During a previous study, nine archaeological sites had been identified in the APEI. Of these nine, five were in the ROW of the cable line: CA-SBA-512, 513, 941, 1853, and 1866. Monitoring of cable emplacement within or immediately adjacent to these sites confirmed previous assessments of low or no...
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VAFBM-1989-07: MEMO FOR RECORD: Archaeological Monitoring at Umbra and Tod Road (1989)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a memorandum for record of archaeological monitoring activity near Umbra and Tod Road. The monitoring was performed in order to observe trenching activity that occurred on archaeological site CA-SBA-706. No cultural remains were observed during the excavation of the trench.
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VAFBM-2001-02: Archaeological and Native American Monitoring, Soil Boring at Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is the daily monitoring record for the Marshallia Ranch Golf Course IRP Soil Testing Project.
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VAFBM-2001-05: Re: Archaeological and Native American Monitoring for the Communication Line Repairs at Pega, Dione, and Perigee Roads, Vandenberg AFB (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a monitoring summary report for work completed by Applied EarthWorks, Inc. (AE) during June 2001. AE completed archaeological and Native American monitoring for communication line repairs in the vicinity of Pega, Dione, and Perigee roads on Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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VAFBM-2001-09: Site Visit/Monitoring Summary for CA-SBA-1060 for Building 1810 Parking Lot Extension, Hydrant Relocation (Add on) (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a site visit and monitoring summary for CA-SBA-1060 during Building 1810 (Fire Station #3) parking lot extension and hydrant relocation (hydrant relocation was add on).
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VAFBM-2001-10: SITE VISIT/MONITORING SUMARY: CA-SBA-1853 and Install Culvert Pt Sal Rd. 1977 Area (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a site visit record for CA-SBA-1853 and the Install Culvert Pt Sal Rd. 1977 area.
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VAFBM-2002-05: Monitoring for Umbra/El Rancho Road fiber optics cable installation (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is the site visit / monitoring summary for monitoring for the Umbra/El Ranch Road fiber optics cable installation, near SBA-1565, completed by Andrea Van Schmus in 2002.
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VAFBM-2002-08: SITE VISIT/MONITORING SUMMARY FOR CA-SBA-1709H near RTF (Rail Transfer Facility) (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a site visit/monitoring summary report for the following work: an IRP soil testing project is proposed for the extreme northeast corner of the site area - a site visit was done to determine if the IRP testing could proceed without monitoring.
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VAFBM-2005-04: Cultural Resources Monitoring at IRP Site 15 For Installation of Groundwater Monitoring Wells (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document presents the results of archaeological and Native American monitoring for the IRP Site 15 Groundwater Monitoring Wells Project. A small quantity of archaeological materials were observed during monitoring. The artifacts were removed during construction and replaced when all ground disturbance was complete. No other cultural materials were observed.
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VAFBM-2007-01: Site Visit/Monitoring Summary for Monitoring of Hydropunch Borings at IRP Site 32 Project (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
Site Visit/Monitoring Summary for Monitoring of Hydropunch Borings at IRP Site 32.
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VAFBM-2008-01: Archaeological monitoring of Fiber-Optic Cable Installation for CITS, Vandenberg AFB (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is the monitoring report for the archaeological monitoring of the Fiber-Optic Cable Installation for the Combat Information Transport System (CITS) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.
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VAFBM-2008-03: Site Visit/Monitoring Summary for Monitoring of Launch Facility-24 (LF-24) Refurbishment, Vandenberg Air Force Base (2008)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a site visit/monitoring summary for the Monitoring of Launch Facility-24 (LF-24) Refurbishment, North Vandenberg Air Force Base Project.
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VAFBM-2009-04: Site Visit/Monitoring Summary for the Installation of Fence at Firewood Storage Area; Marshallia Ranch Golf Course Project (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a monitoring report for the installation of a fence at the firewood storage area at the Marshallia Ranch Golf Course.
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VAFBM-2009-08: Archaeological and Native American Monitoring of Trenching for Lions Head Communications Cable Splice Pit Excavations, Vandenberg, Air Force Base, California (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is an archaeological and Native American monitoring report for the Lions Head Communications Cable Splice Project. Monitoring was completed for trenching in the vicinity of CA-SBA-740.
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VAFBM-2013-01: Cultural Resource Monitoring of Demolition of Three Communication Buildings, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is a letter report for the archaeological monitoring of the demolition of buildings 1958, 1982, and 1992. Background research revealed that archaeological sites CA-SBA-0759/H, -0512/513/941, and -0940 are recorded within or adjacent to the project work areas. The report provides brief details about the activities monitored and explains that no cultural material or intact soils were observed at Building 1992 or Building 1958. Previous and on-going activities unrelated to the...
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VAFBM-2018-01: Archaeological Monitoring Report for Coast Road Culvert Repair 2018 (2018)
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This document is an Archaeological Monitoring report for the Coast Road Culvert Repair Project. The work scope entailed grubbing along a pre-existing, west to east, and north to south trending graded and partially paved access road. The access road entrance begins east of the Coast Road access, and continues south approximately 180 yards down to an unnamed seasonal creek and the culvert basin. One small black banded Monterey chert (1.5”) flake/possible modified flake tool as well as a possible...
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VAFBM-2019-03: Results of Archaeological Monitoring for the Least Tern Fence Installation Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2019)
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This is a letter is an Archaeological Monitoring Report for the Least Tern Fence Installation Project, on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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VAFBM-2022-02: Archaeological Monitoring Report for the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project (2019-UPRRN) (2022)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Arianna Zalud
This document is an archaeological monitoring report for the Narlon Bridge Replacement Project. The report covers a period of time approximately 14 months in duration. Applied Earthworks, on behalf of Althouse & Meade, Inc, monitored ground-disturbing activities associated with the project including access road grading, construction of a laydown yard, construction of a bridge that spanned the creek, construction of a retaining wall, and hand excavations.