Cultural Resources Survey for the Relocation of Growdon Gate at Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas

Summary

An intensive archaeological survey was conducted on three alternative routes for the proposed relocation of Growdon Gate at Lackland Air Force Base (LAFB) in Bexar County, Texas. The Proposed Action would consist of a new 2.05 mi-long roadway relocating the Growdon Gate, the Commercial Vehicle Inspection Area, and Growdon Road east of Leon Creek Flood Zone Property, and Alternatives 1 and 2 would consist of a new 1.34 mi-long access road built across the Leon Creek Flood Zone Property from U.S. Highway 90 to Billy Mitchell Road. The archaeological field investigation involved an intensive archaeological survey with pedestrian walkover and shovel testing. Trenching was not conducted due to extensive subsurface quarrying disturbances within areas of mapped Holocene alluvium. The survey resulted in the excavation of 39 shovel tests and the documentation of 41BX1886, a mid-twentieth-century homestead site, within and adjacent to the right-of-way (ROW) of the Proposed Action. Given the minimal information potential associated with this site and lack of integrity due to extensive razing of the historic structures, site 41BX1886 is recommended as not eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places or for designation as a State Archaeological Landmark. Aside from 41BX1886, no other cultural materials were recovered. As a result, no further investigations are recommended for the presently defined project area. All materials generated by this project will be permanently curated at the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio

Principal Investigator(s): Duane Peter

Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston

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

Submitted To(s): Weston Solutions, Inc.

Record Identifiers

Texas Antiquities Permit Number(s): 5941

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