Edwards Air Force Base Archaeology and Cultural Resources Archive

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dana V. Kilanowski.

The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), has received a grant under the Department of Defense's Legacy Resource Management Program to conduct oral history research on the life and times of Pancho Barnes and her Happy Bottom Riding Club. The specific purpose of the project is to interview and record oral history concerning the life and times of Pancho Barnes while informants are still alive and available to interview.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark M. Campbell. David D. Earle. Barry Boyer.

The purpose of the study was to attempt to identify characteristics which could be used to identify the ethnicity or cultural affiliation of human remains encountered in the archaeological record. Such "ethnic markers," should they be identified, could aid the Air Force in its efforts to comply with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, and Air Force Instruction. 32-7065, Cultural Resources Management. These "ethnic markers" could...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrew L. York. Tanya Wahoff. Michael Corbett.

This report presents the results of a cultural resources investigation at Area P in the south central portion of Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), Kern County, California. Cultural resources at Area P consist of 13 standing structures related to the military installation, two homestead ruins, a small historic debris scatter and one prehistoric site.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David D. Earle. Barry L. Boyer. Reid A. Bryson. Robert U. Bryson. Mark M. Campbell. James J. Johannesmeyer. Kelly A. Lark. Cole J. Parker. Matthew D. Pittman. Luz M. Ramirez. Margaret R. Ronning. Jackson Underwood.

This plan is presented as three volumes. Volume 1 (prehistoric resources) and Volume 2 (historic resources) are overviews that describe and synthesize existing knowledge. They establish the contexts and framework for understanding and evaluating cultural resources specific to the Base and region. Volume 3 provides the management approaches for both prehistoric and historic period resources. This volume is an overview of the prehistoric cultural resources at Edwards Air Force Base,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David D. Earle. Kelly A. Lark. Cole J. Parker. Margaret R. Ronning. Jackson Underwood.

This plan is presented as three volumes. Volume 1 (prehistoric resources) and Volume 2 (historic resources) are overviews that describe and synthesize existing knowledge. They establish the contexts and framework for understanding and evaluating cultural resources specific to the Base and region. Volume 3 provides the management approaches for both prehistoric and historic period resources. This is Volume 2 of the report which provides an overview of the historic cultural resources at...

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The 95th Air Base Wing (95 ABW) Commander of Edwards AFB, in coordination with the United States National Park Service and the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of Historic Preservation proposes to manage the cultural resources on Edwards AFB by developing and implementing an Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP). The ICRMP emphasizes a continued cultural resources management approach by coordinating cultural resources management activities on Edwards AFB...

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The Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Edwards Air Force Base (ICRMP) Fiscal Year 2009 requires Edwards AFB to annually track and coordinate historic facility efforts and provide an annual report to the California SHPO no later than December 1 for the previous fiscal year. This report is inspired by the Secretary of the Interior 's Report to Congress on Federal Archaeological Activities, but addresses the built environment with special focus on Edwards AFB's resources and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Debora L. Crosby.

This document provides an overview of the activities of the Cultural Resources Program at Edwards Air Force Base during fiscal year (FY) 2006. It provides information on the activities of the Joint Range Technical Services contractor, JT3/CH2M HILL (JT3), as well as the activities of the outside contractors. It also provides an itemized list of Operations and Services (FSPMOS) and active Level 1 (FSPM) projects with their status at the end of FY06. There was a 13.9-percent increase in the size...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew D. Pittman.

In September 1995, the Environmental Management Office at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) tasked Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to install and field test the prototype HIPROTECT II remote monitoring system. The name HIPROTECT stands for Human Intrusion Detection/Response System for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Resources. The HIPROTECT testing was designed to provide 24-hour protection of the Lansford Adobe at site CA-LAN-1386H. Site CA-LAN-1386H is two adjacent homesites, the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peregrine Gerard-Little. Stephen Sennott. Daniel J. O'Rourke.

Argonne National Laboratory conducted a historic facility inventory and evaluation on behalf of the United States Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California. The inventory and evaluation aids Edwards Air Force Base in managing the historic properties under its jurisdiction as required by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The inventory evaluated extant portions of a government-owned railroad and associated buildings on post. As a result of this study,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dana V. Kilanowski. Linda M. Stower. Richard L. Wessel.

This report presents the results of a historic property identification and assessment of effects for the proposed modifications of static rocket Test Stand 1-A (TS1-A). The TSl-A is a rocket test stand located within the Phillips Laboratory area at Edwards Air Force Base. No new construction will be undertaken for this effort. The work consists entirely of cleanup, refurbishment, and tie-in to existing facilities and equipment installations. This location is very cost-effective due to upgrades...

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This annual update of the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) has been prepared by Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), California, as required by Air Force Instruction 32-7065, Integrated Cultural Resources Management. The ICRMP is based on cultural resource management principles and identifies responsibilities for the management of cultural resources, land use and mission activities and their potential effects on the environment, descriptions of the prehistoric, historic and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan L. Bupp. Evelyn Chandler. Cary Cotterman. Kevin T. Doyle. Kyle M. Guerrero. Valerie M. Hallett. Brenda D. Smith.

The primary purpose of this Legacy Demonstration Project was to inventory all cultural resources within the Buckhorn Springs area (Phase I) and to evaluate those resources for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (Phase II).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan L. Bupp. Evelyn Chandler. Cary Cotterman. Kevin T. Doyle. Kyle M. Guerrero. Valerie M. Hallett. Brenda D. Smith.

The primary purpose of this Legacy Demonstration Project was to inventory all cultural resources within the Buckhorn Springs area (Phase I) and to evaluate those resources for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (Phase II). Volume II includes the Appendices A-I of the report which cover artifact analyses, site records, land chains, NRHP nomination form, and title page.

DOCUMENT Full-Text David D. Earle.

This report presents a history of the settler community of Muroc, California, which was located on what would later become Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). This report chronicles the development of Muroc and places it in the context of a series of critical historiographical themes relating to railroad development, homesteading, and the settlement of the arid West.

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This resource is a transcript for an interview with Dr. John Paul Stapp GS) for the Pancho Barnes Oral History Project funded by the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program for the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). In this interview, Dr. Stapp discusses Pancho Barnes and the early days of Edwards Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marcianne Miller. John Terreo.

The objective of this study is to critically examine the Air Force/NASA lifting bodies program and the issues, problems, and implications regarding the cultural resource management of resources associated with it. This resource contains both Volume I and II of the project. In 1993 the Legacy Resources Management Program provided funding to the Air Force for a study of AF/NASA Lifting Body Program. The Air Force tasked Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to undertake a historical, cultural, and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Wood.

Memo regarding National Register of Historic Places nominations for Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB). Includes copy of the Management Action Plan (MAP) for EAFB.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Frank J. Tokarsky.

Memorandum regarding recently completed site evaluation report for the archaeology investigations at Site 2 AFP 42.

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This paper discusses issues pertinent to establishing a paleontological resource program.

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Programmatic Agreement regarding compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA as it pertains to the Federal-Aid Highway Program in California.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Skip Stagg. John Terreo.

In September 1993, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) was tasked by the Environmental Management Office (AFFTC/EM) to study and recommend approaches for managing, restoring, and preserving historic jet aircraft of the Cold War era. The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) Museum was the partner in this project. This study's objective was to identify issues, problems and techniques regarding the cultural and historical evaluation and restoration of Cold War era jet aircraft. This objective was...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Terreo.

The ranch Florence Lowe Barnes (Pancho Barnes) owned and operated (which is now part of Edwards Air Force Base [AFB]) was a focal point for entertainment, social activity, and comradery. Many prominent individuals involved with historic flight test programs and projects went there for relaxation. In 1954, Pancho's home was destroyed by a fire that resulted in the annihilation of a large portion of her personal archives and artifacts. Consequently, one option to preserve crucial historical and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jane E. Kamplain.

This technical report presents the results of a Department of Defense Legacy Program project to inventory, analyze, and recover private collections related to Edwards Air Force Base. The project had four general purposes: 1) to recover valuable information and materials from private collections, 2) to develop methods and techniques to effectively identify and gain information from private collections, 3) to assess the usefulness of private collections in addressing cultural resource management...