Management Summary Phase I and II Archeological Investigations on the Avon Park Air Force Range

Author(s): Michael Wilder

Year: 2004

Summary

Geo Marine, Inc. conducted Phase I and II archaeological investigations on the Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) from February 2 through June 24, 2004. These investigations were conducted under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District and the U.S. Air Force. The purpose of these investigations is to assist the Air Force with the management of cultural resources as delineated under the National Historic Preservation Act, including Sections 106 and 110, and Air Force Regulations regarding prehistoric or historic sites of cultural significance.

The Phase II portions of the investigation involved National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) determination for 18 different prehistoric and historic properties located within the APAFR. These sites had been identified through previous archaeological investigations and were considered potentially eligible for the NRHP. The Phase II testing provides an opportunity to address the sites within the regional cultural framework as to their potential to contribute information pertinent to reconstructing the prehistory and the history of the area.

Phase I investigations consisted of intensive pedestrian survey of selected tracts within the APAFR. These tracts were selected by the Technical Program Manager in order to provide an inventory of archaeological properties that would be potentially impacted by proposed use of the area for Naval target and live-bombing exercises. Survey areas consisted of six different tracts within the proposed Naval footprint and were designed to test a variety of areas previously designed as high, medium, or low probability in regard to potential for the occurrence of cultural resources.

Cite this Record

Management Summary Phase I and II Archeological Investigations on the Avon Park Air Force Range. Michael Wilder. Plano, Texas: Geo-Marine, Inc. 2004 ( tDAR id: 391261) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8VT1T09

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Belle Glade Period • Historic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Macrobotanical • Shell

Site Name
08HG1054 • 08HG1062 • 08HG1063 • 08HG1097 • 08HG1098 • 08HG887 • 08HG889 • 08HG937 • 08HG938 • 08HG941 • 08PO5306 • 08PO5307 • 08PO5310 • 08PO5311 • 08PO6037 • 08PO6085 • 08PO6091 • 08PO6093 • 08PO6094 • 08PO6098 • 08PO6783 • 08PO6787 • 08PO6788 • 08PO6789 • 08PO6790 • Arbuckle Terrace • Bill's Bay West • Blue Jordan Bombing Target • Burnt Hammock • East Lavender • Ebersbach Midden North • Eight-Mile Hammock #1 • HG1054 • HG1062 • HG1063 • HG1097 • HG1098 • HG887 • HG889 • HG937 • HG938 • HG941 • Kissimmee Bombing Target • PO5306 • PO5310 • PO5311 • PO6085 • PO6091 • PO6093 • PO6094 • PO6098 • PO6783 • PO6790 • Psychotria Nervosa • Sandy Point Hammock • Simulated City • Sloughstead Homestead • Small Nervosa • West Lavender • Willingham Branch • Zeichel-Bell Site Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • House • House Mound • Midden • Military Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Post Hole / Post Mold • Shell Midden • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Belle Glade Ceramics • Brick • Citrus Knife • Citrus Projectile Point • Geomorphic Coring • Glass Bottle • Lime-Kiln • National Register of Historic Places • Newnan Point • NRHP • Oak Hammock • Psychotria Nervosa • Snail Shell • Snail Shell Middens • Tramline • Turpentine Camp • Unexploded US Ordnances • Wild Coffee • WWII Bombing Target • WWII Observation Towers

Geographic Keywords
Arbuckle Marsh • Avon Park, Florida • Avon Park Air Force Range • Bombing Range Ridge • Morgan Hole Creek • Tomlin Gully

Spatial Coverage

min long: -81.561; min lat: 27.547 ; max long: -81.261; max lat: 27.726 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Avon Park Air Force Range

Field Director(s): Michael C. Wilder

Principal Investigator(s): Duane E. Peter

Permitting Agency(s): U.S. Air Force

Prepared By(s): Geo-Marine, Inc., Plano, Texas

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District

Record Identifiers

Avon Park Air Force Range Report No.(s): AP0015

Notes

Redaction Note: If you would like access to the full document, you may request it from Avon Park CRM: Kathy Courturier; email: kathy.couturier.ctr@us.af.mil; phone: (863) 452-4288

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