US Army National Guard Cultural Resources Planning Level Survey - Guam

Summary

In November 1997, St. Louis District personnel contacted the Guam Army National Guard (GUARNG) Headquarters to research archaeological and historic buildings survey work conducted on National Guard facilities in the territory. This document reports the history of cultural investigations on federally owned or federally supported GUARNG facilities, lists archaeological sites and historic buildings recorded within facility boundaries, and discusses historic contexts and predictive models.

To date, no GUARNG sponsored cultural resources projects have been conducted on the five facilities included in this project: Fort Juan Muna, Barrigada Field Training Office (FTO), The Adjutant General’s Office, Multi-Purpose Range, and Naval Radio Transmitting Facility (NRTF) Barrigada. Of these facilities, two, Barrigada FTO and the Multi-Purpose Range, are tenants on U.S. Navy installations, indicating that cultural resources responsibilities lie with the U.S. Navy. Additionally, NRTF Barrigada is a U.S. Navy installation, a portion of which is potentially to be transferred to GUARNG.

One cultural resources survey has been conducted by the Navy on NRTF Barrigada and three historic sites were recorded. However, it is unclear if these sites are located on the portion to be transferred to GUARNG. Because of this uncertainty, this Navy project was included in this document. Two of the sites were determined to be potentially eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). No properties located on the aforementioned five facilities are listed on the NRHP. The extent, nature, and location of archaeological collections recovered from work conducted on GUARNG facilities will be determined in the second phase of this project, to be completed during Fiscal Year 1999.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• USACE (MCX-CMAC) - US Army National Guard Cultural Resources Planning Level Surveys

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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): Guam Army National Guard; United States Navy, Guam

Sponsor(s): Departments of the Army and the Air Force National Guard Bureau Environmental Programs Arlington, Virginia

Repository(s): Report is a survey of archaeological and historic buildings. No collections or artifacts have been identified. See Site Information for list of sites evaluated*

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): Departments of the Army and the Air Force National Guard Bureau Environmental Programs Arlington, Virginia

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