Shooting the Sky: Cold War Archaeology of Air Defense Training on McGregor Range

Author(s): Lori S. Hawthorne-Tagg

Year: 2001

Summary

This report is a follow-up to a survey and evaluation of Cold War military archaeological sites in Maneuver Areas 1 through 8 on Fort Bliss (Hawthorne-Tagg 2001). Whereas the first project focused on Fort Bliss’ maneuver areas, the current report documents the role of McGregor Range within the Army’s Military-Industrial context of the Cold War. The project objectives included (1) preparing a historical context of McGregor Range in the Cold War period and (2) locating and documenting cultural remains representative of that period.

Cite this Record

Shooting the Sky: Cold War Archaeology of Air Defense Training on McGregor Range. Lori S. Hawthorne-Tagg. 2001 ( tDAR id: 428125) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8428125

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Glass • Metal • Wood

Site Name
FBH097 • FBH647 • FBH648 • FBH649 • FBH650 • FBH651 • FBH652 • FBH656 • FBH657 • LA110871 • LA 132323 • LA132324 • LA132325 • LA132326 • LA132327 • LA132328 • LA133113 • LA133114 • LA133115

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Midden • Military Earthwork • Military Structure • Mound / Earthwork • Non-Domestic Structures • Pit • Rock Alignment • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research

General
Artillery Target • Berm • Bunker • Desert AAA Camp • Dugout • Firing Point • Foxhole • Latrine • Patriot Missile • Patriot Training Site • The Desert Range • Trench

Geographic Keywords
Fort Bliss • McGregor Range • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Tularosa Basin

Temporal Keywords
Cold War Era

Spatial Coverage

min long: -106.688; min lat: 32.084 ; max long: -106.007; max lat: 32.49 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Principal Investigator(s): Tim Church

Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston

Prepared By(s): Lone Mountain Archaeological Services, Inc.

Submitted To(s): United States Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, Directorate of Environment

Record Identifiers

Task Order Number(s): DABT51-97-D-0042-0021

Delivery Order Number(s): 21

Lone Mountain Report Number(s): 521

NMCRIS Activity Number(s): 74396

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