Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of Tactical Training Areas 9C, 9D, 9E, 10A, & 10B, United States Army Training Center at Fort Dix, Ocean County, New Jersey

Author(s): Mark Kruszczynski; Laura Barrett Silsbee

Year: 2003

Summary

The U.S. Army contracted MACTEC/Pacific Environmental Services, Inc. to complete a Phase I cultural resources survey of approximately 1,676 acres in Tactical (TAC) Areas 9A, 9B, 9C, 10A, and 10B at Fort Dix, Plumsted Township, Ocean County. The study stratified the five TAC areas into high and low archaeological site probability based on environmental factors and judgmentally placed 27, 500-foot by 500-foot blocks and 3, 250-foot by 500-foot blocks. In total, the survey sampled 183 acres within the study area. This study was completed in accordance with Section 110 of NHPA and NJHPO guidelines for archaeological survey.

Completed between October 2002 and February 2003, field investigations included pedestrian survey and excavation of 3,595, 12-inch diameter shovel tests arrayed in 50-foot interval grids. No potentially significant cultural resources were identified during this survey. The survey collected 43 historic-era artifacts, which were considered related to single-event, modern-era or military land uses of the property that would not qualify as significant historical activities. The survey did not identify any potentially significant cultural resources.

Cite this Record

Phase I Cultural Resources Survey of Tactical Training Areas 9C, 9D, 9E, 10A, & 10B, United States Army Training Center at Fort Dix, Ocean County, New Jersey. Mark Kruszczynski, Laura Barrett Silsbee. 2003 ( tDAR id: 438624) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8438624

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1880 to 1920 (Date range for brown Albany slip interior fragment)

Calendar Date: 1828 to 1940 (Date range for banded yellow ware fragment)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -74.465; min lat: 39.999 ; max long: -74.422; max lat: 40.049 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base

Contributor(s): Laura B. Silsbee

Field Director(s): Richard L. White

Principal Investigator(s): Mark Kruszczynski

Prepared By(s): Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.

Submitted To(s): U.S. Army Fort Dix, Regional Directorate of Public Works

Record Identifiers

PES Project No.(s): POE503

Delivery Order No.(s): DAKF11-02-F-0257

Contract No.(s): GS-10F-0131K

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