VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report

Author(s): Laurence W. Spanne; Michael A. Glassow

Year: 1974

Summary

This document is a preliminary report that presents the details of mapping 80 sites (maps not included) known in the project area, brief descriptions, and an initial evaluation of the significance of each site tested in the project area. Only 32 of the 80 sites were tested. As such this report was not considered adequate to provide supporting data for a draft EIS for the proposed Space Transportation Systems (STS) facilities at VAFB. A comprehensive final report on all aspects of field and lab work are expected Dec. 31, 1974.

Cite this Record

VAFB-1974-01: Air Force Space Transportation System, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California, Testing and Evaluation of Archaeological Sites: A Preliminary Report. Laurence W. Spanne, Michael A. Glassow. 1974 ( tDAR id: 438908) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8438908

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Chumash • Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Middle Horizon

Material
Charcoal • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Ground Stone • Human Remains • Shell • Wood

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Cemetery • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Fishing Camp • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Living Surface • Midden • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Agua Vina Creek • California (State / Territory) • Honda Canyon • Honda Creek, California • Oil Well Canyon • Santa Barbara (County) • Santa Ynez River • Tranquillon Range • Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period • Middle Horizon • Proto-Historic

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -1500 to 500 (Estimated occupation of CA-SBA-210)

Calendar Date: 800 to 1400 (Estimated occupation of CA-SBA-551)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -120.661; min lat: 34.562 ; max long: -120.515; max lat: 34.779 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB); Roscoe Loetzerich

Landowner(s): Vandenberg Air Force Base

Repository(s): 30 CES/CEVPC Vandenberg Air Force Base

Record Identifiers

Vandenberg AFB Report No.(s): VAFB-1974-01

Notes

Administration Note: Maps are not included in this digital copy of the report.

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Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich