An Archaeological Curation-Needs Assessment for the U.S. Navy, Engineering Field Activity, Chesapeake Division

Summary

At the direction of Headquarters, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District conducted a survey, during the period February 1995 to September 1996, of archaeological collections recovered from eight U.S. Navy Engineering Field Activity, Chesapeake Division, facilities. Specifically, the research focused on properties In Maryland (U.S. Naval Academy; Naval Training Facility, Bainbridge; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; Naval Communications Detachment, Cheltenham; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division; and Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent Division) and Virginia (Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, and Marine Corps Base, Quantico). In sum, 281 ft3 of archaeological materials and 17 linear feet of associated records from these facilities are curated in 13 repositories. All collections require at least partial rehabilitation to comply with 36 CFR Part 79.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• USACE (MCX-CMAC) - Archaeological Curation-Needs Assessments

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Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Landowner(s): NTF Bainbridge, MD; NCD Cheltenham, MD; NSWC Carderock, MD; NSWC Dahlgren, VA; NSWC Indian Head, MD; US Naval Academy, PA; MCB Quantico, VA; NAWC Patuxent, MD

Sponsor(s): US Navy, engineering Field Activity, Chesapeake Division, Washington DC

Repository(s): Building N, Maryland Historical Trust, Crownsville, MD; Facility Environmental Office, NSWC Carderock, Bethesda, MD; Building 337, NSWC Dahlgren, Dahlgren, VA; Building D-327, NSWC Indian Head, Indian Head, MD; Building 2081, NSWC Indian Head, Indian Head, MD; Fourth Floor, Hallifax Office Building, Alexandria, VA; Dormitory Basement, College of William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research, Williamsburg, VA; Extra Attic, Tobacco Row, Virginia Department of Historic Resources; Morrison Row Offices, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA; The Frederick Maryland Office, Goodwin and Associates, Frederick, MD; Geenhorne and O'Mara Building, Greenbelt, MD; Maritime Museum, Historic Annapolis Foundation, Annapolis, MD; Breckenridge Center, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard, MD; Storage Building 10075, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard, MD; Ground level office space, KCI Technologies, Mechanicsburg, PA; Garrett Building, Maryland Historical Trust, Crownsville, MD; People's Resource Center, Maryland Historical Trust, Crownsville, MD; Fourth Floor, Hallifax Office Building, John Milner Associates, Alexandria, VA; Ground level, Parson Engineering Science, Fairfax, VA

Prepared By(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Submitted To(s): US Navy, engineering Field Activity, Chesapeake Division, Washington DC

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