Archaeological Monitoring and Data Recovery, Underground Storage Tanks Removal, Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, O'ahu, Hawai'i

Summary

This archaeological monitoring and data recovery investigation was completed by International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc. (IARII) at buildings #P701 and #P703 on Bellows Air Force Station (BAFS). Five underground storage tanks (UST), which had contained diesel generator fuel, were removed from those locations. The project area is within the boundary of Site no. 50-80-15-4851. Archaeological monitoring and data recovery associated with the removal operation were undertaken as part of hits work. Monitoring revealed a charcoal stained layer in the south wall of Trench 2. Data recovery sampling of this deposit was undertaken on June 27 and 28. Findings indicate that this layer includes a portion of an intact pre-contact Hawaiian habitation deposit. There is a high probability for the presence of additional significant archaeological deposits in the general area, all part of the extensive Hawaiian occupation of Site 4851.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Department of the Air Force Cultural Resources Archive

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Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Bellows Air Force Station

Contributor(s): Gail M. Murakami

Field Director(s): Conrad Erkelens

Principal Investigator(s): J. Stephen Athens

Repository(s): International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc.

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

Submitted To(s): U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu

Record Identifiers

Delivery Order(s): 0001

Contract No.(s): DACA83-95-D-0007

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