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Field surveys for sensitive species and other biological features were conducted along the Bonito pipeline in support of the Repair Bonito Pipeline Environmental Assessment (EA). A list of sensitive plants and animals that could occur along the pipeline was provided by biologists from Holloman Air Force Base and the results of surveys for these species are also provided in this report. Biologists also inspected the many arroyos and swales crossed by the pipeline and provided information on other...

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Report and SHPO correspondence for a Phase I archeological survey of sixty-five acres was conducted for two project areas at Holloman Air Force Base, Otero County, New Mexico: the West Area/BBSG Taxiway (KWRD 903025) and the North Area/Sewer Effluent (KWRD 943012). Four isolated occurrences were found but are not considered potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The proposed projects will have no effect on significant archeological resources within the surveyed area.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Norman A. Haywood. Keith A. Russell.

This cultural resource survey involved the examination of approximately 1,013 acres of land on the Dyess Air Force Base in Taylor County, Texas. During this investigation, two previously unrecorded archaeological sites were discovered. Sites 41TA183 and 41TA184 are both situated on a hill top in the northwest portion of the base. Since both sites are situated well above riverine settings, neither has been subjected to any alluvial deposition. However, these sites were heavily disturbed by...

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The Archaeological Research Center (ARC) of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas performed the study to provide base-line information on the types, distribution and significance of historic properties for the Air Force's Environmental Impact Statement concerning the continued withdrawal of public land.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert R. Ellis. Teri Swearingen. Michael Mason. Richard H. Brooks.

Final report of activities, finding, and research performed in support of an archaeological, historical, and rare plant survey looking at the potential impact of electronic warfare sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Grant Snitker. Francis McManamon.

The Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) digital archive, “Vandenberg Air Force Base Archaeology and Cultural Resource Archive - Documents, Images, and other Data,” was created by the Center for Digital Antiquity (Digital Antiquity) in tDAR (the Digital Archaeological Record). Funding for the project was provided by United States Air Force (USAF) Civil Engineer Center (USAF-CEC) Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Office and administered through a contract between Baer Engineering of Austin, Texas...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Paul R. Green. Jeffrey Altschul. Michael P. Heilen. David W. Cushman. Michael K. Lerch. William E. Hayden. Joshua R. Trampier.

The purpose of Environmental Security Technology Certification Program(ESTCP) project RC-200720 was to (1) demonstrate that predictive models of archaeological site location are sufficiently accurate to serve as the foundation for programmatic approaches to compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and (2) develop protocols for validating/refining predictive models and integrating them into the compliance process. The project...

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This report inventories and develops the historic context for buildings and structures associated with the Capehart and Wherry Housing at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada. All of the properties were constructed during the Cold War era in American history, and are directly associated with the military’s efforts to provide housing pursuant to the Wherry Act, Public Law 211, by the 81st Congress on August 8, 1949, and the Capehart Act passed on August 11, 1955.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alberto Molina.

The purpose of this Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST) is to document the environmental sustainability of a 0.531-acre parcel at Old Austin Road on the north-central portion of Fort Sam Houston. This document is part of a group of correspondence concerning a 0.531-acre parcel at Old Austin Road on the north-central portion of Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The documentation provided in these letters help evaluate the character of the property, before it is transferred to the City of San...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynn Haarklau. Lynn Johnson. David L. Wagner.

To support the work involved in developing a PA, Nellis AFB determined that the area of research should be expanded for the entire north NTTR, 2 million acres, a region of intense volcanism. In 2000, the Air Force funded a large-scale scientific investigation of obsidian and its human associations on 2 million acres on the NTTR, the largest study done in terms of acreage and numbers of artifacts analyzed.

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Report and SHPO correspondence for the fire training facility for aircraft crash fire rescue training. Project activities will consist of constructing a facility consisting of a bum pit, holding pond, oil/water separator, fuel, water, electric and rebum line trenches, fuel tanks, a control area, access road, and a water distribution line.

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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 Joseph M. Moore.

The project involves the use of five material pits near Scottys Junction for the repair of existing highways. This use will involve the use of heavy equipment to excavate, crush, sort, haul and process gravel for use in asphalt mix. Tile purpose of the survey is to determine if there are cultural resources to be affected by the excavation of these pits.

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First Floor Plan - Architectural and Schedules - for the alter and repair of Building 661 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The floor plan was drawn by Lackland.

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Copy of Building 208's floor plan before the proposed rehabilitation of the structure, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. This document is part of a collection of correspondence concerning the proposed rehabilitation of Building 208, a historic Post Garage, at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Included are letters of correspondence, Q.M.C. forms, location maps, blueprints and photographs of the structure.

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Drawings of the first, second, third, and basement floors of Building 902, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Date is unknown. These drawings are included in correspondence and extensive summary documentation on an undertaking in progress to rehabilitate Building 902, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The letters also indicate that the Section 106 process was not completed prior to the expenditure of Federal funds for the subject undertaking.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Milton Babbitt.

First Floor Plan that is part of a preliminary design for the Renovation of the Taj Mahal (Building 100) at Randolph Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christopher H. Neufeld.

Drawings of floor plans for the renovation of Hangar 71 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. These drawings were created for interim review only by the Air Education and Training Command of the United States Air Force.

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Floor plan of Building 208, designating the proposed classrooms. Building 208 is located at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Milton Babbitt.

Second Floor Plan that is part of a preliminary design for the Renovation of the Taj Mahal (Building 100) at Randolph Air Force Base.

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Floor plans of the basement and first floor to be used for the proposed undertaking at Building 661, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. This letter is part of a group of letters and supporting documentation for the proposed undertaking to rehabilitate the south wing of the first floor and the north wing of the basement at Building 661, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The projects focus on the interior of the building that was originally constructed to serve as the installation's School of...

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This is a decision flowchart used for relocating archaeological sites.

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This is a NRHP Eligibility Decision Flowchart for Site Re-Location Projects.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

Federal agencies are encouraged to integrate the Section 106 process into agency planning at its earliest stages. The determination of whether or not an undertaking exists is the Agency Official's decision. However, the Council may render advice on the existence of an undertaking. If there is an undertaking, but it does not present a type of activity that has the potential to have an effect on an historic property, then the agency is finished with its Section 106 obligations. If the action is...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Randolph Field Printing Office. Joe C. Freeman.

Correspondence from 1996 regarding three schemes and a blank for Cadet rooms. Also includes pages from the 1936 Flying Cadet Orders and Regulations Handbook.

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Blank VER0811 form used to request for SHPO Consultation in conjunction with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and/or the Antiquities Code of Texas.

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The Historic Properties Component (HPC) is the portion of the Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) that relates to compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). The HPC establishes the procedures Fort Sam Houston (FSH) and its sub-installation Camp Bullis (CB) will follow in its management of historic properties. The HPC provides procedures for identification, evaluation, and determining and resolving the effects of undertakings on such...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joe C. Freeman. Victoria Green Clow.

This is a Historic American Building Survey for Building 1030 and is part of a collection of survey documents of Significant Historic American Buildings at Fort Sam Houston. Building 1030, constructed in 1936, is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C. Built during Fort Sam Houston’s period of expansion and improvement during the interwar years (1920–1939), Building 1030 is a contributing element of the potential NHL district.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joe C. Freeman. Daron Duke.

Historic American Building Survey for Building 4226, Inflammable Storage. Building 4226 is a utilitarian-styled, one-story, load-bearing masonry structure built on a raised concrete foundation. The foundation consists of drilled piers with spread footings that support a continuous grade beam and floor slab. The walls are of stuccoed, hollow clay tile. Concrete columns, located above the drilled piers, support the slightly pitched concrete roof structure. The low, gabled roof is clad with a...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joe C. Freeman. Daron Duke.

This is a Historic American Building Survey for Buildings 2013-2017 Hospital Wards. It is part of a collection of survey documents of Significant Historic American Buildings at Fort Sam Houston. Building Nos. 2013–2017 are hospital ward buildings constructed in 1919 as part of Fort Sam Houston’s World War I mobilization effort (1917-1919) and are eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A. Located north of the Artillery Post Hospital, the buildings are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joe C. Freeman. Daron Duke.

This is Historic American Building Survey for Buildings 452, 1461, 4125, 4224, and 6213 at Fort Sam Houston. It is part of a collection of survey documents of Significant Historic American Buildings. Building 452, the Bath House, has been determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C. Building 452 was built in 1937 during a period of facility expansion and improvements undertaken by Fort Sam Houston during the interwar period (1920-1939)....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior. Troy M. Ainsworth. Martha Doty Freeman.

This report is a compilation of several historical research investigations conducted for Fort Sam Houston and its training site, Camp Bullis, in San Antonio, Texas. When the U.S. Army first stationed troops in Texas in late 1845, the Post at San Antonio was established, and for three decades the Army leased buildings. After the Civil War, the city of San Antonio offered land to the U.S. Army for a permanent post, and by 1876, when the first buildings were erected, the long and varied history of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior. Troy Ainsworth. Martha Doty Freeman.

This master history document is a compilation of three historical studies conducted for Fort Sam Houston and its training site, Camp Bullis, in San Antonio, Texas. The three studies compiled include: Fort Sam Houston, An American Depot, Headquarters, and Training Facility, 1876-1946 by M.D. Freeman; Camp Bullis, A Military Training Facility in the Southern Department and Eight Corps Area, 1906-1946 by M.D. Freeman; and Inventory and Evaluation of Cold War-era Resources at Fort Sam Houston and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Russell Vittrup. H.J. Grubb.

Page 1 of an engineers report on the water supply at Leon Springs Military Reservation- 1924 Page 1 of a memorandum about water production costs- 1930 3 page construction contract for well drilling- 1933 1 page memo regarding the artillery ranges and notes- 1937 2 page report on conditions at Camp Bullis- 1939 1 page memo on improvements for Leon Springs Military Reservation- 1941 1 page from a book on Roosevelt's recommendation of General Bullis- no Date 1 page transcript...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Victoria Green Clow. Marsha Prior. Tiffany Osburn.

This Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) follows the requirements for the preparation of an ICRMP as defined in AR-2004 using the guidance found in DA PAM 200-4. This ICRMP serves as a guide, with the Historic Properties Component for the implementation of the Army Alternative Procedures for National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Compliance activities at Fort Sam Houston. This text is designed to serve as a five-year plan for the integrated management of the historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jackie Schlatter.

The annual status report for Cultural Resources Management Activities provides information regarding Fort Sam Houston's implementation of the Programmatic Agreement. This report replaces the numerous documents that would have been required under Section 106 if a Programmatic Agreement had not been implemented. As in previous reporting periods, this report reflects the status of undertakings that are subject to the Cultural Resources Review Process as stipulated in the Programmatic Agreement and...

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The annual status report for Cultural Resources Management activities provides information regarding Fort Sam Houston's implementation of the Cultural Resources Management Plan (CRMP). This report replaces the numerous documents, which would have been required under Section 106, if a Programmatic Agreement had not been implemented. In consultation with the Fort Sam Houston representative from the Texas Historical Commission, the focus of this report has been modified to reflect the status of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John L. Brenneman.

The annual status report for Cultural Resources Management Activities provides information regarding Fort Sam Houston's implementation of the Cultural Resources Management Plan. This report replaces the numerous documents that would have been required under Section 106 if a Programmatic Agreement had not been implemented. In consultation with the Fort Sam Houston representative from the Texas Historical Commission, the focus of this report is in keeping with that of the 1998 report. This report...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John L. Brenneman.

The annual status report for Cultural Resources Management activities provides information regarding Fort Sam Houstons implementation of the Cultural Resources Management Plan (CRMP). This report replaces the numerous documents that would have been required under Section 106 if a Programmatic Agreement had not been implemented. In consultation with the Fort Sam Houston representative from the Texas Historical Commission, the focus of this report is keeping with that of the 1997 report. This...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven P. Austin.

The CRMP presented here provides guidelines and procedures that will enable Fort Sam Houston to meet its legal responsibilities for the identification, evaluation, and treatment of historic properties under its jurisdiction. The principal evaluation of cultural resources utilizes significance criteria as established by coordinating federal regulations for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Archeological and architectural resources that have been evaluated and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Duane E. Peter. Victoria Green Clow. Edward Salo.

This Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) follows the requirements for the preparation of an ICRMP as defined in AR 200-4 using the guidance found in DA PAM 200-4. The text is designed to serve as a five-year plan for the integrated management of the historic properties contained within the limits of Fort Sam Houston Military Reservation (FSH), Bexar County, Texas, for fiscal years 2002-2006. The plan contains: an introduction; planning level survey; a review of past cultural...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrea Gerstle. Thomas C. Kelly. Cristi Assad.

The archaeological and historical investigations reported here result from a contract between the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contract #DACA 63-77-6-0081). During this project, Thomas R. Hester served as principal investigator, with Dr. Joel Gunn as co-principal investigator. The archaeological field director, Thomas C. Kelly, his co-workers Andrea Gerstle and Cristi Assad, and the other...

DOCUMENT Full-Text MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc..

As partial fulfillment of the requirements under NEPA, the current project’s main goal is to prepare a detailed statement, as part of the BRAC-Fort Sam Houston EIS, assessing the impacts of he BRAC-related actions to cultural resources in the project area. Although, the scope of NEPA includes the cultural environment, it does not specify a process by which, impacts to cultural resources are to be assessed.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Craig A. Wells.

This Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzes and documents environmental effects associated with the Army’s compliance with the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and other transformation activities at Fort Sam Houston (FSH), Texas, and related field training activities at Camp Bullis, Texas. Its purpose is to inform decision makers and the public of the likely environmental consequences of the proposed action and alternatives. This EIS identifies, documents and evaluates all relevant...

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No agency shall disclose any record which is contained in a system of records by any means of communication to any person, or to another agency, except pursuant to a written request by, or with the prior written consent of, the individual to whom the record pertains.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Harold Drollinger.

The Desert Research Institute (DRI) received a request from the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Operations Office (NNSA/NV) to conduct a Class III cultural resources reconnaissance of proposed seismic lines in Frenchman Flat on the Nevada Test Site (NTS) and the Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR), Nye County, Nevada. The purpose of the seismic study is to gather information of the geology beneath the underground nuclear testing areas for the verification and refinement of current...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.

Correspondence in support of the Legacy Grant Proposal.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Maria Nieves Zedeño. Fletcher P. Chmara-Huff. Alex K. Carroll. Rebecca S. Toupal.

This report summarizes published and unpublished historical, archaeological, and ethnographic information on the Native American use, history, and occupancy of the Belted Range, Nye County, Nevada.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah I. Olszewski. Glenn P. Darrington. Sharon K. Bauer.

The intensive archaeological survey reported here was undertaken at the request of Luke Air Force Base (AFB) to provide data that can be used by both agencies in combination with the results of other studies in their efforts to carry out that mandate responsibly. Specifically, the aim of this study is to provide data that will augment the Cultural Resources Management Plan (CRMP) for the Gila Bend (eastern) segment of the Range (Blanchard 1992), and that will be used for the environmental impact...

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HAFB played an important role as a development and testing facility for missile and rocket research during the early Cold War. The identification and documentation of many of the buildings and structures used during this time period has provided valuable insight on a variety of Cold War construction techniques, as well as initiating steps to document, protect, and preserve this legacy of the USAF. This is extremely important since of the original early Cold War-era facilities that still exist,...

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Project data for proposed rehabilitation projects at Building 902, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Information includes installation and location, program element, category code, project number, project cost, cost estimates, description of background and requirements. This data is part of correspondence concerning the rehabilitation and replacement of windows and doors at Building 902, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Also included are notes and discussion on organization and the process of...

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Report and SHPO correspondence regarding the plan to demolish 14 facilities on the base which are considered substandard or are no longer in use. Project activities will consist of demolishing buildings 134, 813, 821, 829, 835, 847, 867, 884, 886, and 908 and facilities 640, 13822, 75111, and 84201.

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Report and SHPO correspondence regarding the plan to demolish seven (7) buildings on the base as part of two separate projects. Project activities will consist of demolishing buildings 819 and 890 as part of a Fighter Maintenance Facility project (KWRD 953007), and demolishing buildings 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2039 as part of the Family Housing Replacement, Phase 2 project (KWRD 953008).

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Report and SHPO correspondence for the demolition of five buildings. Project activities will consist of demolishing buildings 21, 98, 598, 801 and 802 using heavy equipment, and removing them from the HAFB Real Property Inventory

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Report and SHPO correspondence for the a demolition of two buildings not listed in the original FY93 Building Demolition Report (HAFB 93-001). Project activities will consist of demolishing buildings 143 and 375 using heavy equipment, and removing them from the HAFB Real Property Inventory.

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Report and SHPO correspondence for the a demolition of seven buildings in FY 93. Project activities will consist of demolishing buildings 818, 874, 893, 896, 919, 1095 and 1965 using heavy equipment, and removing them from the HAFB Real Property Inventory.

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 Anne Dubarton.

The focus of the research was site 26NY3393. This site consists of a gabled wooden lodge with a hearth, a rock ring, and a diffuse artifacts scatter of ceramics, lithic tools, and lithic debitage. The structure is the only gabled log structure known on Pahute and Rainier mesas, and associated artifacts included Based on temporally diagnostic artifacts, the occupation of site 26NY3393 spans 8,000 years. There is no evidence that the site was occupied continuously for any great length of time. It...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard Nichols.

Lands Case N-42721 Gap Peak (East Mormons) ACMI Communications Site-USAF/Construction of a 15' x 15' solar powered communications tower (leveling and trenching) and 110' x 120' helicopter landing zone (brush-clearing only).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Stanton D. Rolf.

BLM Cultural Resources inventory for fence line construction along the north boundary of the Nellis Bombing Range.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Scott Thompson.

This report presents a historic context for military aviation training on the Barry M. Goldwater Range East for the World War II and early Cold War eras for the 56 RMO. The project includes limited survey of select inactive targets and military structures on the range. A National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form for resources and properties on BMGR East has been prepared as part of this project.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lawrence R. Benson. Robert D. Jones.

A history of Lackland Air Force Base describing the major changes that have occurred over the years, telling the highlights of the Lackland story. The San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, as it was called in 1943, looked new and unfinished but was already helping perform a training mission vital to victory in World War II. Since that time, Lackland has continued to serve the Air Force and our nation. Today Lackland Air Force Base is a busy community spread over almost 7000 acres in the southwest...

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Sketch map and general information of site 41BX420, Comanche Spring, Camp Bullis, Texas. Details include site boundaries, archaeological features, artifact placement and some topographical information.

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General sensitivity map of cultural resource for NTTR, Nellis Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jack Meyer.

Only one prehistoric archaeological site has been identified within Travis Air Force Base (TAFB), and a recent study has questioned whether the materials recovered there are, in fact, prehistoric artifacts rather than quarry materials brought to the base more recently (Scher 2017). In an effort to provide an overview for use in ongoing Native American consultation, Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., under contract to TAFB, developed site sensitivity models for both surface and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Wayne E. McIntosh. Robert C. Behm.

This report has been prepared by the U. S. Army Engineer District, Fort Worth, Corps of Engineers, at the request of the Department of the Air Force, as outlined in Design Instructions No. 6710-LK66-SW/CE/-1, Exploratory Geological and Foundation Survey, Lackland AF3, Texas, FY-67 MCP. The purpose of this study is twofold: (l) to develop as complete a geologic picture as possible of the subsurface conditions at Lackland Air Force Base, with special emphasis directed toward development of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert P. Dickerson.

Archaeological and cultural surveys have been done in the NAFB vicinity in order to open up more acreage for new target construction. Through these surveys NAFB hopes to find areas with the highest potential for mission expansion and the lowest potential for number and complexity of eligible archaeological sites. This report provides a discussion on the geology of the southern Great Basin to be used by non-geologists who need to understand what type of rocks exist in this region. The...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James T. Abbott. Lori E. Rhodes.

This report presents the results of a geophysical study of five sites on KAFB. The objectives for the geophysical study were two fold: (1) to explore the effectiveness of near surface geophysical techniques for verifying the presence and nature of architectural and other cultural features and (2) to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each of the four remote sensing techniques being employed--resistivity, gradiometer, magnetometer, and ground penetrating radar (GPR)--by assessing their...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dennis Smith. Richard Hanes.

A single archaeological site (Cr Nv-06- 3008), consisting of two isolated chert flakes, was located during the course of the field investigation.

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Report and SHPO correspondence regarding the plan to construct a Munitions Storage Area as part of the Tornado Beddown at the base.

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Report and SHPO Correspondence regarding the plan to construct a complex for the German Air Force (GAF) Tornado training program. Project activities will consist of constructing facilities to house 12 Tornado aircraft, including pre-engineered metal and masonry shelter and maintenance hangers, concrete live load and arm/de-arm pads, and a hush house. In addition, one underground storage tank will be removed, the surrounding area will be remediated, and Building 302 (an aircraft hanger) will have...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Michael K. Lerch. Margaret Beck. Robert M. Wegener. Kathleen L. Hull.

The study resulted in the identification of 46 archaeological sites. Among these are extensive habitation areas, a spectacular rock art gallery, and a rockshelter containing baskets that appear to represent a woman’s personal belongings. Projectile point and ceramic types provide insights on changing settlement and subsistence patterns, technology, and external relationships. During the five millennia or more that people have lived in the Black Mountain area, it has served both as a place of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Michael K. Lerch. Kathleen L. Hull. Margaret Beck. Robert M. Wegener. Richard W. Arnold.

An archaeological research and characterization study of 1,275 acres in nine survey units in the Black Mountain area of the Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) was conducted by Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI). The study resulted in the identification of 46 archaeological sites. Among these are extensive habitation areas, a spectacular rock art gallery, and a rockshelter containing baskets that appear to represent a woman’s personal belongings. Projectile point and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David Layton.

The project consists of rerouting the existing boundary fence around some private mining claims.

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In September 2006 an archaeological survey of 120 acres, commissioned by Air Education and Training Command (AETC), was conducted on Parcel G of Goodfellow Air Force Base (AFB) by Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI) in support of land acquisition for privatized military family housing. The archaeological survey resulted in the relocation of site 41TG218 and the discovery of two new archaeological sites (41TG607 and 41TG608). Given that the proposed project is designating a 300-foot-wide buffer zone along...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edward Salo. Marsha Prior.

This report provides an inventory and assessment of the Cold War-era (1945-1991) built environment at Goodfellow Air Force Base (AFB), Texas. Of the 343 Cold War buildings inventoried at Goodfellow AFB, only eight were further evaluated based on their association with the Cold War missions of Goodfellow AFB.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Wes Smalling.

Newspaper article in the Clovis News Journal describing the potential designation of the historic trail "The Long Walk".

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Report and SHPO correspondence regarding the plan to conduct seismic studies as part of the Grapevine Canyon Ground Water Survey on the Fort Bliss Military Reservation, McGregor Range.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Margaret Waski.

A gravel pit at the Test Site (half of it is on DOE and half of it is on BLM) wIII be expanded from 45,000 cubic yards to 90,000 cubic yards .

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Kelly. Russell Bevill.

URS Corporation, formerly Dames & Moore, under contract to Prewitt & Associates, was selected by Nellis Air Force Base to perform archaeological inventory of an approximate 5,000-acre sample of the Kawich Range. The following report constitutes the third phase of the project, and documents the results of the archaeological survey and an evaluation of a predictive model. Thirty-five sample units were randomly selected for survey within the project area, while six named springs were intuitively...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson.

The study provides information to assist managers on planning how to best invest scarce time and money into mining archaeology.

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Desert Research Institute Site Forms for the Groom area site on the Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

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Detailed drawings of the first floor veranda framing for the buildings in Group 1 of the Fort Sam Houston Infantry Post. This is part of the Legacy Program Demonstration Project at Fort Sam Houston.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Anne A. Fox. Kristi M. Ulrich.

The descriptions of ceramic types in this publication are compiled primarily as an aid to archaeologists working at missions and presidios in Texas, though it will also help those investigating town and ranch sites occupied during the eighteenth century. It was written with the help of numerous site reports done by archaeologists throughout the twentieth century who have valiantly wrestled with the problems of type identification and dating. The senior author has had the privilege of working...

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The Randolph Field Historic District contains 349 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. These are the fundamental moorings that connect us not just to a dot on the map but to a place with a past, a present and a future of which we are a part.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Denise Kerr. William Allen. Fernando Cortez.

This is a visual and historical guide to Lackland Air Force Base's Static Aircraft Displays. The guide includes a Lackland map, parade ground map, and a detailed descriptions of the type of aircraft on display.

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This resource is a guide to the geology of Stonewall Mountain. Conducted by Nellis AFB archaeology, a geological study was completed in the Stonewall Mountain and Stonewall Flat area on the Nevada Test and Training Range. This study is meant to help archaeologists working in that area understand what natural resources were available to the early Native American inhabitants of the region. This geological study also compares the rocks that exist in the Stonewall region with the different types of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory Perino.

Special Bulletin No. 3 is a continuation of the Guide to the Identification of Certain American Indian Projectile Points, published by the Oklahoma Anthropological Society in December 1958, and October 1960. Information and pen drawings are presented for 50 projectile point types that have been recognized in the United States and Canada. There are 150 point types included in the three Special Bulletins; still, not all are included that have been recognized or identified throughout the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert E. Bell.

This Bulletin, Special Bulletin No. 2, is a continuation of the Guide to the Identification of Certain American Indian Projectile Points published by the Oklahoma Anthropological Society in December, 1958. Information and pen drawings are presented for 50 projectile point types that have been recognized in the United States. This makes one hundred point types that have been included in the Special Bulletins, but it does not include all that has been recognized or identified throughout the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert E. Bell.

This guide to the identification of certain American Indian projectile points is designed to acquaint the reader with a series of projectile point types that have been identified and named by archaeologists. As a guide it is far from complete, and there are many additional types of projectile points that are not included; also, there are a number of distinctive forms which have not been typed. There are somewhere between 150 and 200 projectile point types that have been named in the United...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory Perino.

Special Bulletin No. 4 is a continuation of the Guide to the Identification of Certain American Indian Projectile Points, published by the Oklahoma Anthropological Society in December, 1958, October, 1960, and October 1968. Information and pen drawings are presented for 50 projectile point types that have been recognized in the United States and Canada. There are 200 point types included in the four Special Bulletins; still, not all are included which have been recognized or identified...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Victoria G. Clow.

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) report for Building 981, located at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Report includes photographs, written historical and descriptive data, reduced copies of measured drawings.

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HABS/HAER inventory for Kelly AFB.

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Site forms from Hannapah mining site.

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Hannapah Photos

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.

Historical context of the Hannapah mining site.

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Report and SHPO correspondence regarding a radiocarbon sample and 19 obsidian artifacts from two prehistoric sites were submitted for dating and sourcing as part of the Holloman AFB Historic Ranch Survey.

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Report and SHPO correspondence regarding HAR-058 (LA 103418), a large prehistoric site located on Holloman AFB (HAFB), and discovered recent disturbance.

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On 15 November 1995, archaeologists from GeoMarine Inc. (GMI) noted disturbance to HAR-058 (LA 103418), a large prehistoric site on Holloman AFB (HAFB). This is the second incident of disturbance reported for this site in 1995.

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HAR-074 (LA 104,267) was evaluated for its overall uniqueness in terms of its size. It is also unique since evidence suggests that, while several large Paleoindian hunting camps have been documented, this is the first small hunting camp of that age documented in the Tularosa Basin. HAR-074 (LA 104,267) is considered potentially eligible to the National Register of Historic Places.