Archaeological Subsurface Testing for the Removal of Pipeline Utilities Under the Installation Restoration Program at Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, Ko`olaupoko District, O`ahu, Hawai`i

Summary

The results of a subsurface inventory survey conducted at Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS) are reported. The survey area followed a 1.8 km fuel pipeline and transected BAFS from Keolu Hills to Waimanalo Bay. Twenty-three backhoe trenches and three controlled test units were excavated. A partially intact cultural stratum with numerous pits was found over much of the project area. Six radiocarbon determinations were obtained on identified charcoal recovered from the pit features. Radiocarbon dates from several of the island pits indicate deposition of cultural material during the past 400 years. Pit features associated with a truncated cultural stratum near Site Ol8 dated to ca- 550-700 BP. Below this, an unstained cultural deposit may be evidence of prior use of the area. Few artifacts and very little faunal material were recovered in the project area.

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Contact(s): Bellows Air Force Station

Repository(s): Hawaii State Historic Preservation Division

Prepared By(s): International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc.

Submitted To(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division

Record Identifiers

Contract Number(s): DACA83-95-D-0007

NADB document id number(s): 7704308

NADB citation id number(s): 000000377809

Notes

General Note: The initial citation information for this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and has since then been updated.

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