This document reports the activities undertaken during the 2000 investigation of the CSS Alabama, a Confederate commerce raider that sank in a channel off the Normandy Peninsula in 190 feet of water. The paper describes the work, including recovery of a cannon, use of underwater TV to record the exposed wreck structure, recovery of exposed artifacts, steps taken to package and send artifacts to Charleston, South Carolina, for conservation, collection of data for a video mosaic, recordation of...

This historic context study examines the role of the Air National Guard (ANG) in the Cold War effort. It provides an overview of military aviation and the establishment of the ANG, the Cold War, and then focuses on the missions and operations of the ANG during the years 1946-1989.

This doctoral dissertation discusses a study supporting the thesis that adverse paleoenvironmental conditions during the late Holocene appear to have notably influenced prehistoric cultural evolution in the Southern California Bight region. Radiocarbon dating confirmed changes in prehistoric settlement patterning, indicating a movement toward more reliable water sources, during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (AD 650-1250).

The project's primary focus was to acquire requisite data for understanding and characterizing the complex corrosion and deterioration processes affecting Arizona's hull. The information was then fed into a model to predict the nature and rate of structural changes resulting from corrosion in order to inform management actions.

The project's primary focus was to acquire requisite data for understanding and characterizing the complex corrosion and deterioration processes affecting Arizona's hull. The information was then fed into a model to predict the nature and rate of structural changes resulting from corrosion in order to inform management actions.

The project's primary focus was to acquire requisite data for understanding and characterizing the complex corrosion and deterioration processes affecting Arizona's hull. The information was then fed into a model to predict the nature and rate of structural changes resulting from corrosion in order to inform management actions.

This slideshow summarizes the content, organization, and progress of DoD's 2006 Historic Real Property Inventory data, including the number and status of structures that are over 50 years old.

This document is intended to help Cultural Resources Managers (CRMs), architects, and engineers understand the existing green features of historic buildings and use those features optimally in adaptive reuse projects that are aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reaching sustainability goals.

This report describes a project that provided the following benefits: (1) gathered pre-1945 facility-specific data to complement the originally collected Cold War data and provide the same level of information for all pre-1992 facilities at all four installations; (2) established a procedure for creating searchable electronic documents employable at any repository; (3) provided electronic copies of important national, regional, and local contexts and other important CRM documents for intended...

The Paleoindian Archaeology and Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Shorelines on Department of Defense (DoD) Installations project maps were developed to aid DoD cultural resource managers identifying potential locations of sites that might yield evidence of Paleomaritime or aquatic culture. This report describes the GIS techniques and datasets employed to generate the maps.

This guidebook describes historic sites important to American military heritage. Its accompanying military heritage maps highlight historic sites associated with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force.

This map accompanies the guidebook of historic sites important to American military heritage.

This map accompanies the guidebook that describes historic sites important to American military heritage.

This map accompanies the guidebook that describes historic sites important to American military heritage.

This map accompanies the guidebook that describes historic sites important to American military heritage.

This map accompanies the guidebook that describes historic sites important to American military heritage.

These bookmarks show Department of Defense National Historic Landmarks.

This poster is for the guidebook that describes historic sites important to American military heritage.

This report develops a statewide and regional historic context for existing Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps installations in Georgia. This includes all Reserve Centers and National Guard units where applicable. The focus is mission and infrastructure oriented, with emphasis on the period from World War II (WWII) to the end of the Cold War.

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.

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.

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.

The report describes the evolution, development, and use of military hush houses and test cells from WWII through the Cold War, documenting different kinds of noise-attenuating technology from propeller engine testing rigs to jet engine development and maintenance. It provides a context, methodology, and examples for a building type, applicable throughout the U.S.

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...

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...

This presentation includes development of a methodology for efficiently identifying the best examples of historic farmstead sites, and also those sites that are least likely to be deemed eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. It details testing the applicability of the methodology to regions across the country.

This report includes development of a methodology for efficiently identifying the best examples of historic farmstead sites, and also those sites that are least likely to be deemed eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. It details testing the applicability of the methodology to regions across the country. Regional historic contexts were created to assist in the determination of “typical” farmsteads.

This booklet is a national historic context for Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects related to military installations.

This report is a national historic context for Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects related to military installations.

This project sought to develop a non-invasive means to identify the locations of prehistoric and historic human burials using geophysical and soil chemistry. With field investigations conducted at rockshelters, open air sites, and historic cemeteries, geophysical investigations were very effective in identifying burials and other cultural features at all site types. Chemical analysis of the soil to verify burial locations appears to hold greatest promise in historic burials.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved technical and administrative amendments to the Army Alternate Procedures. Those Army Alternate Procedures set forth a process that Army installations can follow in order to meet their historic preservation review responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act. The main purposes of the amendments are to conform the Alternate Procedures to the Army’s internal reorganization and clarify its exemption regarding designated surface...

This historic context discusses the development of weapons technology and construction of ammunition and explosive storage facilities during the Cold War, including modifications to existing ammunition storage facilities to accommodate changes in technology.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved a Program Comment that facilitates the Army's compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to management of its inventory of Capehart and Wherry Era family housing and associated structures and landscape features. Executed – May 31, 2001; Expiration – None.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued a program comment for the U.S. Department of the Army that sets forth the way in which the Army complies with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for its inventory of Inter-War Era historic housing management actions, including: maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, renovation, abatement, mothballing, demolition, replacement construction, new construction, lease and conveyance. Executed – September 4, 2020; Expiration –...

This Program Comment provided the Department of the Army with an alternative way to comply with its responsibilities following management actions on World War II and Cold War Era Army Ammunition Production Facilities and Plants that may be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (Facilities and Plants): ongoing operations, maintenance and repair, rehabilitation, renovation, mothballing, cessation of maintenance, new construction, demolition, deconstruction and salvage,...

The prototype PA provides a template and streamlined approach to the process of developing, negotiating and implementing PAs for Army installations that have historic properties impacted by the privatization of Army lodging. Executed – April 5, 2012; Expiration – April 5, 2062.

The Department of the Army developed, in concert with the ACHP, a Prototype Programmatic Agreement (PA) for the interiors of National Register contributing buildings and individually eligible buildings. The Army determined that a Prototype PA would provide Cultural Resource Managers at Army installations an additional tool to use in meeting their responsibilities under Section 106 for these federal facilities, and to streamline the consideration of these interiors. The Army has more than 20,000...

This report describes methods for conserving archaeological artifacts recovered from marine environments, including required chemicals and necessary equipment. The report includes a discussion of estimating level of effort and the resources that will be necessary to accomplish each option.

This report contains inventories and histories of historic structures on military installations in California.

This document provides a historic context statement for use in inventorying and evaluating as cultural resources thousands of standardized buildings constructed from nearly identical plans at installations throughout the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Panama. It discusses shared characteristics, history of the Quatermaster Corps, and building types.

This document discusses the rationale for soil collection and curation, types of samples, and guidelines for collecting, processing, and sorting soil samples.

This Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement is among the Department of Defense, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. The agreement regards the demolition of World War II temporary buildings. Executed – June 1986; Amended – May 1, 1991.

This publicly available overview document compiles DoD’s issued cultural resources policy, guidance, and available training as well as available external resources that may assist in Military Services’ legal and policy compliance efforts.

This Program Comment provides the Military Departments with an alternative way to comply with their responsibilities for management actions on Cold War Era Unaccompanied Personnel Housing (barracks) that may be listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. This includes ongoing operations, maintenance and repair, rehabilitation, renovation, mothballing, cessation of maintenance, new construction, demolition, deconstruction and salvage, remediation activities, and...

This Program Comment provides the Department of Defense (DoD) and its Military Departments with an alternative way to comply with their responsibilities following management actions on World War II and Cold War Era ammunition storage facilities that may be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places: ongoing operations, maintenance and repair, rehabilitation, renovation, mothballing, cessation of maintenance, new construction, demolition, deconstruction and salvage,...

This report satisfies the requirements of House Report 116-445, page 7, accompanying H.R. 7609, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2021. House Report 116-445 requests that the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment provide a study to Congress regarding services DoD provides to State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs) and systemic departmental issues when requesting concurrence on historical...

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved and issued to the Department of Defense a Program Comment on World War II and Cold War era (1939– 1974) ammunition Storage Facilities, and a Program Comment on Cold War era (1946–1974) Unaccompanied Personnel Housing. The Program Comments pertain to all buildings and structures designed and built as ammunition storage facilities within the years 1939–1974, and all buildings and structures that were designed and built as Unaccompanied...

This is the National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District, Ft. Bliss, TX.

This catalog provides a bibliography and brief description of Legacy projects on the DoD’s historic built environment from 1993-2011.

This historic context was prepared to support the Departments of the Air Force and the Navy in executing the Program Comment for Capehart and Wherry Era Housing at Air Force and Navy Bases.

This plan was prepared for use by the U.S. Air Force Molokai Receiver Station facility to help guide and advise on responsibilities and to assist with the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the prehistoric and historic resources under their jurisdiction.

This booklet recounts the stories of this community, of the people who worked, lived, and played at Mokapu Peninsula before it was transformed into the military landscape of today.

Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Army National Guard Readiness Centers Maintenance and Repair Among the National Guard Bureau, the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Executed - December 10, 2010; Expiration - December 10, 2020.

This report is a complete evaluation of the historic facilities at Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB). The context covers the history of Kirtland AFB from the early 1880s through the end of the Cold War and discusses the methodology used to determine the significant historic resources at Kirtland AFB.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved a program comment that facilitates the Navy's and Air Force's compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to management of their inventories of Capehart and Wherry Era housing units, associated structures, and landscape features. Executed – November 18, 2004; Expiration – None.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued a Program Comment for the Department of the Navy setting forth the way in which it will comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act with regard to the determination of National Register of Historic Places eligibility of its vessels and the treatment of adverse effects that may result from their disposition. Executed - December 10, 2010; Expiration - December 10, 2020.

This report is an overview of the Naval Historical Center's underwater archaeology branch’s duties and responsibilities in regard to sunken vessels and submerged aircraft. The paper discusses future activities.

This public brochure discusses the training that occurred on Fort Bliss under the Safeguard Missile Program, which was at the forefront of the U.S. nuclear strategy.

This report contains recommendations and cost estimates for the improvement of installation entrances, specific to locations, and provides general information for use by other bases considering such upgrades.

This document summarizes a workshop on technologies for the preservation of archaeological sites and structures on December 3-4, 1985.

This public brochure is a historic context including Coe family history, military expansion/acquisition, and the development of Fort Bliss.

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.

This report expands and elaborates on an earlier model that predicted locations of prehistoric archaeology at Stillwater Marsh by analyzing the economic foraging potential of resource distributions there. A preliminary survey of selected lands administered by three federal agencies determined the predictive power of the model.

This document contains arguments for establishing a federal paleontological resources program.

This report provides a history on the use of Native American languages in U.S. military services.

This is the final report of a site assessment and multi-component remote-sensing survey of the Penobscot River, Penobscot County, Maine. The project was part of an ongoing effort to research, investigate, and document shipwrecks and other submerged archaeological sites associated with the Penobscot Expedition of 1779, and ultimately develop a management plan for their protection and preservation.

This report provides manufacturer-independent test data for historically compatible blast-resistant windows and a listing of blast test facilities. The report includes a list of blast-resistant window manufacturers capable of complying with UFC 4-010-01 (DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings) and 36 CFR Part 67.

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...

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.

The goal of this project was to research regional issues, and develop a landscape-based, programmatic approach to determine eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places of prehistoric sites in the San Diego Subregion Southern Coast Archeological Region, California.

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.

This document describes a detailed plan of the recovery procedure for the H.L. Hunley.

This proposal discusses the drawbacks of the then-proposed method of lifting the H.L. Hunley from its resting place through a system of straps and outlines a procedure for a mechanical device to scoop up the submarine and its supporting surrounding sediment. The proposal includes a timetable for construction, testing, demonstration, and actual recovery of the Hunley.

This report provides best management practices for protecting archaeological sites while allowing access for military training through well-established and new and innovative techniques.

This report provides protocols and best practices for the use of 3D visualization in cultural resources projects.

The goals of this study were threefold: to identify DoD Cold War facilities and associated documentation at a select number of installations; to create a systematic approach for identifying, compiling, and analyzing available data; and to prepare time and cost metrics on the process.

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.

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.

This regional history of Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) presents a framework for determining NRHP eligibility within a definitive context. The history represents a means to more evenly and expediently evaluate resources from the U.S. military response during the Cold War period of significance.

A report on the uses of imagery to support land management activities.

The report discusses the background (discovery of the ship), ownership, French jurisdiction, required permissions and agreements necessary to undertake reconnaissance, funding, equipment, and the results of the two-day reconnaissance.

This document is a history of Camp Forrest in Tennessee.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

Historic armories, located in central cities, retain the ability to meet the needs of their communities; the adaptability of drill spaces and offices lends itself to conversion to school buildings, apartments, libraries, museums, and community centers. This report highlights successful projects from around the country.

This two-part guide contains case studies for which sustainability principles were used, followed by sections centered on the five guiding principles for high performance and sustainable buildings, as developed by the National Institute of Building Sciences and included as part of the Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG).

This pamphlet summarizes a guide containing case studies for which sustainability principles were used, followed by sections centered on the five guiding principles for high performance and sustainable buildings, as developed by the National Institute of Building Sciences and included as part of the Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG).

This report develops a classification system for support and utility structures; partially inventories 35,077 structures; provides a methodology for evaluating NRHP significance; and makes recommendations for treatment. It covers the Military Services from 1917 to 1946 in a nationwide context.

This poster displays images of playing cards distributed to inform Service members of cultural resources within Afghanistan.

This document is a script for in-theater heritage training concerning archaeological sites and sacred places in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a basic briefing appropriate for all deploying military personnel.

A poster promoting supporting the mission and showing respect for heritage resource preservation in Afghanistan.

A poster promoting supporting the mission and showing respect for heritage resource preservation in Egypt.

A poster promoting supporting the mission and showing respect for heritage resource preservation in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A report on the consideration for preservation of archeological sites and cultural properties in military theaters of operation that is becoming increasingly essential to the mission. The attached specifications offer quick solutions for construction of training assets that replicate a variety of cultural properties that our personnel may encounter overseas.

This poster displays images of playing cards distributed to inform Service members of cultural resources within Iraq and Afghanistan.

This presentation discusses the importance of submerged cultural resources, laws governing submerged cultural resources, why raising artifacts is not advisable, how to identify shipwreck sites, and resources for further information.

This presentation stresses awareness of cultural and heritage resources in the field and discusses training with replica and actual heritage sites. The presentation also offers guidelines for addressing heritage sites in the field and associated concerns.