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Welcome to the Department of Defense (DoD) Cultural Resources Program Collection.

The DoD maintains thousands of historic and culturally significant resources that form an integral part of mission support and readiness. The Department's cultural resources are the Nation's heritage and DoD holds these assets in trust for all Americans. As stewards of the Nation's largest inventory of federally managed historic properties, DoD strives to maintain, promote, and interpret the cultural resources it manages, both to support the defense mission and to preserve the country's military heritage for future generations. Cultural resources are mission enhancing assets that connect our fighting men and women with their proud history and traditions.

The Federal Preservation Officer for DoD is responsible for cultural resources management and historic preservation policy across the Department. Mr. Richard Kidd is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment & Energy Resilience and is located within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations & Environment.

The DoD historic property portfolio includes 49 individual National Historic Landmarks, 3,171 National Historic Landmark contributing properties, 2,396 individual and contributing historic assets listed in the National Register of Historic Places, over 15,000 historic assets determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, and over 132,000 recorded archaeological sites. Military Services and other DoD Components manage these cultural resources at the installation level and work closely with public stakeholders, including American Indian and Alaska Native tribes, Native Hawaiian Organizations, State Historic Preservation Officers, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Sound cultural resources stewardship ensures DoD’s compliance with applicable historic preservation Federal laws, Executive Orders, and regulations in support of the defense mission.

For more information, please visit: https://www.denix.osd.mil/cr/index.html


Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 201-300 of 375)


The Military Heritage Guidebook (Legacy 03-196) Military Historic Context Emphasizing the Cold War Including the Identification and Evaluation of Above-Ground Cultural Resources for Thirteen Department of Defense Installations in the State of Georgia (Legacy 03-175) Military Training Lands Historic Context (Legacy 05-265)
  • Military Training Lands Historic Context (Legacy 05-265)
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

    This project resulted in historic contexts for U.S. Department of Defense military training lands.

  • Military Lands Historic Context - Training Village, Mock Sites, and Large Scale Operations Areas - Report (Legacy 05-265) (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Dan Archibald. Adam Smith. Sunny Adams. Manroop Chawla.

    This historic context of military training villages, mock sites, and large-scale operations areas focuses on the landscape outside the developed core of military installations, covering large scale operation areas across all military Services nationwide from pre-Civil War to 1989. The study identifies changes in history and use over time, notes important chronological periods, establishes geographical context, and identifies historical themes.

  • Military Training Lands Historic Context - Large Arms Ranges - Report (Legacy 05-265) (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Dan Archibald. Adam Smith. Sunny Adams. Manroop Chawla.

    This historic context of military training lands focuses on the landscape outside the developed core of military installations, covering large scale operation areas across all military Services nationwide from pre-Civil War to 1989. The study identifies changes in history and use over time, notes important chronological periods, establishes geographical context, and identifies historical themes.

  • Military Training Lands Historic Context - Small Arms Ranges - Report (Legacy 05-265) (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Dan Archibald. Adam Smith. Sunny Adams. Manroop Chawla.

    This historic context of military small arms training ranges focuses on the landscape outside the developed core of military installations, covering large scale operation areas across all military Services nationwide from pre-Civil War to 1989. The study identifies changes in history and use over time, notes important chronological periods, establishes geographical context, and identifies historical themes.

National Historic Context for Hush Houses and Test Cells on DoD Installations (Legacy 07-342) National Historic Landmarks Data Reconciliation (Legacy 07-375)
  • National Historic Landmarks Data Reconciliation (Legacy 07-375)
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

    Using the National Council on Preservation Education (NCPE) summer intern program, an individual worked with the NPS NHL program and staff from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Headquarters Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), US Army Environmental Center (USAEC) and the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) to collect and analyze DoD NHL information. The individual compiled an analysis document that presented all collected information and outlines possible...

  • National Historic Landmarks Data Reconciliation - Inventory (Legacy 07-375) (2007)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Paloma Bolasny.

    Using the National Council on Preservation Education (NCPE) summer intern program, an individual worked with the NPS NHL program and staff from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Headquarters Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), US Army Environmental Center (USAEC) and the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) to collect and analyze DoD NHL information. The individual compiled an analysis document that presented all collected information and outlines possible...

  • National Historic Landmarks Data Reconciliation - Report (Legacy 07-375) (2007)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Paloma Bolasny.

    Using the National Council on Preservation Education (NCPE) summer intern program, an individual worked with the NPS NHL program and staff from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Headquarters Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), US Army Environmental Center (USAEC) and the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) to collect and analyze DoD NHL information. The individual compiled an analysis document that presented all collected information and outlines possible...

Nationwide Context and Evaluation Methodology for Farmstead and Ranch Historic Sites and Historic Archaeological Sites on DoD Property (Legacy 17-837) Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations (Legacy 07-357) Non-Invasive Burial Determination Using Near Surface Geophysical Survey and Soil Chemical Testing at Fort Hood, Texas, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (Legacy 03-193) Individual Resources OCONUS Data Layer for Cultural Resources: A Feasibility Study (Legacy 05-266)
  • OCONUS Data Layer for Cultural Resources: A Feasibility Study (Legacy 05-266)
    PROJECT Carla Van West.

    This study developed and partially populated a cultural resources database and a GIS data layer for Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) regions where DoD personnel are deployed; assessed the depth, breadth, and availability of needed OCONUS culture resource information; and made recommendations concerning how to efficiently and effectively develop these OCONUS cultural resource data layers in future efforts.

  • OCONUS Data Layer for Cultural Resources: A Feasibility Study - Presentation (Legacy 05-266) (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Carla Van West.

    This study developed and partially populated a cultural resources database and a GIS data layer for Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) regions where DoD personnel are deployed; assessed the depth, breadth, and availability of needed OCONUS culture resource information; and made recommendations concerning how to efficiently and effectively develop these OCONUS cultural resource data layers in future efforts.

An Optimal Foraging Model of Hunter-Gatherer Land Use in Carson Desert (Legacy 92-0497) Paleontology Resources: A Key to Unlocking the Past (Legacy 92-0482) Patriotic Legacy: The Navajo Code Talkers and the Use of Native American Languages in Defense of America (Legacy 94-0311) The Penobscot Expedition Archaeological Project: Field Investigations 2000 and 2001 (Legacy 01-133) Performance Testing of Historically Appropriate Blast-Resistant Windows (Legacy 04-219) Prioritizing Site Treatment Actions (Legacy 10-122)
  • Prioritizing Site Treatment Actions (Legacy 10-122)
    PROJECT Brian Crane.

    Building on the results of Legacy project #09-442 (recommended procedures for a program of archaeological site condition monitoring), this project developed site treatment protocols designed to prevent further deterioration of sites on Department of Defense (DoD) lands. In addition to typical site treatments such as stabilization, burial, or mitigation through excavation, the project's report examines landscaping around sites to change erosion patterns or divert pedestrian traffic, as well as...

  • Prioritizing Site Treatment Actions (Legacy 10-122) (2012)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian Crane. Christopher Bowen. Laurie Paonessa. Eric Griffitts. Dennis Knepper. Bernard Means.

    Building on the results of Legacy project #09-442 (recommended procedures for a program of archaeological site condition monitoring), this project developed site treatment protocols designed to prevent further deterioration of sites on DoD lands. In addition to typical site treatments such as stabilization, burial, or mitigation through excavation, this report examines landscaping around sites to change erosion patterns or divert pedestrian traffic, as well as education programs or enhanced site...

Procurement Guidelines for the Reuse of Historic Building Materials (Legacy 06-316)
  • Procurement Guidelines for the Reuse of Historic Building Materials (Legacy 06-316)
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

    This pamphlet provides a basic understanding for qualified program managers, technical and procurements staffs in DoD with set guidelines for whole-building recycling, and reuse of historic materials. The pamphlet is meant to be used as a supplement to the Procurement Guidelines booklet. The new guidelines will provide information that will assisted in DoD installations Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process.

  • Procurement Guidelines for the Reuse of Historic Building Materials - Guide (Legacy 06-316) (2006)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text John Cullinane Associates.

    This pamphlet provides a basic understanding for qualified program managers, technical and procurements staffs in DoD with set guidelines for whole-building recycling, and reuse of historic materials. The pamphlet is meant to be used as a supplement to the Procurement Guidelines booklet. The new guidelines will provide information that will assisted in DoD installations Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process.

A Programmatic Approach to Determine Eligibility of Prehistoric Sites in the San Diego Subregion, Southern Coast Archeological Region, California, for the National Register of Historic Places (Legacy 05-251) Programmatic Approaches to the Management of Cold War Historic Properties (Legacy 13-701)
  • Programmatic Approaches to the Management of Cold War Historic Properties (Legacy 13-701)
    PROJECT Karen Van Citters.

    This project developed a programmatic approach for the consistent management of DoD Cold War-era resources by analyzing the existing Cold War documentation to reduce the need for case-by-case Section 106 compliance. The project report includes management categories of Cold War-related properties, recommendations for a variety of management approaches specific to each category, and next steps for developing approaches.

  • Programmatic Approaches to the Management of Cold War Historic Properties - Report (Legacy 13-701) (2015)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Van Citters.

    This document develops a programmatic approach for the consistent management of DoD Cold War-era resources by analyzing the existing Cold War documentation to reduce the need for case-by-case Section 106 compliance. The document includes management categories of Cold War-related properties, recommendations for a variety of management approaches specific to each category, and next steps for developing approaches.

A Proposal to Safely Recover the H.L. Hunley Submarine Located in Charleston, South Carolina (Legacy 00-106) Protecting the Past to Secure the Future: Best Management Practices for Hardening Archaeological Sites on DoD Lands (Legacy 06-303) Protocols for 3D Visualization as Alternative Mitigation and Public Interpretation (Legacy 14-733) Recording the Cold War: Identifying and Collecting Cold War Resources Data on Military Installations (Legacy 07-285) Regional Analysis of Historic Farmstead Archaeological Site Characteristics on DoD Installations (Legacy 12-508)
  • Regional Analysis of Historic Farmstead Archaeological Site Characteristics on DoD Installations (Legacy 12-508)
    PROJECT Susan Enscore.

    This project analyzes late 19th to early 20th-century farmsteads, which share many similarities in terms of types of artifacts, layout, historic use, and relationships to the topography, is intended to promote more efficient decisions regarding "potentially eligible" archaeological sites by making fewer individual site evaluations necessary, leading to more cost-effective management and increased troop readiness through wider access to training lands.

  • Regional Analysis of Historic Farmstead Archaeological Site Characteristics on DoD Installations - Report (Legacy 12-508) (2014)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Enscore. Carey Booker. George Calfas. Megan Tooker.

    This analysis of late 19th to early 20th-century farmsteads, which share many similarities in terms of types of artifacts, layout, historic use, and relationships to the topography, is intended to promote more efficient decisions regarding "potentially eligible" archaeological sites by making fewer individual site evaluations necessary, leading to more cost-effective management and increased troop readiness through wider access to training lands.

  • Regional Analysis of Historic Farmstead Archeological Site Characteristics on DoD Installations - Brochure (Legacy 12-508) (2014)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Enscore. Carey Baxter.

    This brochure summarizes an analysis of late 19th to early 20th-century farmsteads, which share many similarities in terms of types of artifacts, layout, historic use, and relationships to the topography, that is intended to promote more efficient decisions regarding "potentially eligible" archaeological sites by making fewer individual site evaluations necessary, leading to more cost-effective management and increased troop readiness through wider access to training lands.

Regional Cold War History for Department of Defense Installations in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (Legacy 09-454) Removing the Veil: Interest of Military Land Managers in Using Declassified and Classified Imagery (Legacy 99-1749) Report on the Reconnaissance Investigation of the CSS Alabama (Legacy 99-1880) Reveille to Taps: Camp Forrest, TN 1940-1946 (Legacy 92-0442) Rock Art Study on DoD Property Located in LANTOPS, EFA Chesapeake, and NORTHDIV Areas of Responsibility (Legacy 94-0021)
  • Rock Art Study on DoD Property Located in LANTOPS, EFA Chesapeake, and NORTHDIV Areas of Responsibility (Legacy 94-0021)
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

    This report provides information intended to sensitize CRMs in the DoD to the presence of rock art on installations in all regions of the U.S. The document 1) defines the general characteristics of rock art sites in the northeastern U.S., 2) provides a regional context and predictive model for rock art in the study area, 3) analyzes potential threats to rock art sites as a result of military, civilian, or natural activities or factors, and 4) develops recommendations for managing rock art sites...

  • Rock Art Study on DoD Property Located in LANTOPS, EFA Chesapeake, and NORTHDIV Areas of Responsibility - Report (Legacy 94-0021) (1997)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher Polglase. Clement Meighan. Martha Williams.

    This report provides information intended to sensitize CRMs in the DoD to the presence of rock art on installations in all regions of the U.S. The document 1) defines the general characteristics of rock art sites in the northeastern U.S., 2) provides a regional context and predictive model for rock art in the study area, 3) analyzes potential threats to rock art sites as a result of military, civilian, or natural activities or factors, and 4) develops recommendations for managing rock art sites...

Rural Industries of the Sand Hills of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina Context (Legacy 09-436)
  • Rural Industries of the Sand Hills of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina Context (Legacy 09-436)
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Courtney Williams

    This historic context identifies the rural industry property types associated with the Sand Hills region; reviews the features associated with each; considers each property type or class as identified at various Department of Defense installations and reviews the significant studies of each; and reviews their physiographic distribution. The document provides recommendations for the future management, interpretation, and National Historic Preservation Act evaluation of rural industry properties.

  • Rural Industries of the Sand Hills of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina Context - Report (Legacy 09-436) (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Renee Lewis. Joe Joseph.

    This historic context identifies the rural industry property types associated with the Sand Hills region; reviews the features associated with each; considers each property type or class as identified at various DoD installations and reviews the significant studies of each; and reviews their physiographic distribution. The document provides recommendations for the future management, interpretation, and NRHP evaluation of rural industry properties.

  • Rural Industries of the Sand Hills, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina - Pamphlet (Legacy 09-436) (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Renee Lewis. Joe Joseph.

    This historic context identifies the rural industry property types associated with the Sand Hills region; reviews the features associated with each; considers each property type or class as identified at various DoD installations and reviews the significant studies of each; and reviews their physiographic distribution. The document provides recommendations for the future management, interpretation, and NRHP evaluation of rural industry properties.

Safeguarding Military Information in Historical Studies (Legacy 12-516)
  • Safeguarding Military Information in Historical Studies (Legacy 12-516)
    PROJECT Karen Van Citters.

    This project is designed to aid the Department of Defense (DoD) cultural resource manager (CRM) and their contractors in understanding the potential for the unauthorized disclosure of national security information that should be protected from public release and how to avoid such a disclosure on cultural resource projects.

  • Safeguarding Military Information in Historical Studies - Handbook (Legacy 12-516) (2013)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Van Critters. Brian Lion.

    This handbook is designed to aid the Department of Defense (DoD) cultural resource manager (CRM) and their contractors in understanding the potential for the unauthorized disclosure of national security information that should be protected from public release and how to avoid such a disclosure on cultural resource projects. Karen Van Citters and Brian M. Lione.

Stabilization and Preservation of DoD-owned Military Fortifications (Legacy 05-239)
  • Stabilization and Preservation of DoD-owned Military Fortifications (Legacy 05-239)
    PROJECT Douglas Cubbison.

    This project evaluated the different materials of military fortifications and particular conditions created by military fortifications in which a range of different materials are integrated, causing challenging preservation scenarios. The report offers integrated, proven sets of procedures to preserve and stabilize fortifications.

  • Stabilization and Preservation of DoD-owned Military Fortifications - Report (Legacy 05-239) (2006)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas Cubbison. Travis Beckwith.

    This project evaluated the different materials of military fortifications and particular conditions created by military fortifications in which a range of different materials are integrated, causing challenging preservation scenarios. The report offers integrated, proven sets of procedures to preserve and stabilize fortifications.