VAFB-2019-09: Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Archaeological Sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2018, Contract No. GS10F0059N, XUMUOS9115

Author(s): Timothy J. Murphy IV

Year: 2019

Summary

This report documents the condition assessment of sensitive and threatened sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base. The sensitive and threatened sites are cultural resources with high informational value and are important to Native American groups, such as the Chumash, and have active impact agents and/or the potential to be severely impacted. This report documents the condition of these sites using the new approach developed by Applied EarthWorks and Cultural Resources Section (30 CES/CEIEA) in 2009 to assess site conditions using a database and data dictionary compatible with geographic information systems (GIS) and a global positioning system (GPS) (Lebow and Mirro 2009). For fiscal year 2018 (FY18), the 30th Civil Engineer Installation Management Flight (30 CES/CEIEA) on Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) contracted a continued effort for assessing the condition of sensitive and threatened sites as outlined in Lebow (2010, 2012). The objective is to investigate ongoing natural and human impacts to sensitive and threatened sites. This report lists information about each sensitive and threatened site assessed during Fiscal Year 2018 and briefly describes the ongoing impacts, impact scores, specific observations, and recommendations for each site. This report also includes the condition score and corresponding classification for each sensitive and threatened site that was assessed for FY18. The effort for assessing conditions of sensitive and threatened sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) assists with the requirement for the United States Air Force (USAF), 30th Space Wing for Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. This report specifically examines impacts and recommendations for thirty-four sensitive and threatened archaeological sites for Fiscal Year 2018; CA-SBA-207, -208, -209, -210, -212, -215, -223/H, -224, -225, -228/H, -512, -513, -530, -539, -552, -553, -609, -610/H, -612, -617, -639, -649, -668, -670, -734, -739, -782, -783, -931, -941, -953/H, -972, -1010, -1547/H.

Cite this Record

VAFB-2019-09: Condition Assessment of Sensitive and Threatened Archaeological Sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Fiscal Year 2018, Contract No. GS10F0059N, XUMUOS9115. Timothy J. Murphy IV. 2019 ( tDAR id: 466003) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8466003

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Keywords

Culture
Chumash

Material
Building Materials • cement slab • Chipped Stone • concrete features • local Monterey chert • Mineral • Pigment • Red Pigment

Site Name
Barka Slough • Brown's Beach • CA-SBA-1010 • CA-SBA-1547H • CA-SBA-207 • CA-SBA-208 • CA-SBA-209 • CA-SBA-210/552 • CA-SBA-212 • CA-SBA-215 • CA-SBA-223/224 • CA-SBA-225 • CA-SBA-228 • CA-SBA-503 • CA-SBA-512/513/941 • CA-SBA-530 • CA-SBA-539 • CA-SBA-550 • CA-SBA-553 • CA-SBA-609 • CA-SBA-610H • CA-SBA-612 • CA-SBA-617 • CA-SBA-639 • CA-SBA-649 • CA-SBA-655 • CA-SBA-668 • CA-SBA-670 • CA-SBA-734 • CA-SBA-739 • CA-SBA-782 • CA-SBA-783 • CA-SBA-931 • CA-SBA-953 • CA-SBA-972 • Coast Road • Destroyer Rock/Point Pedernales • Fossil Shelter • Hartman • Honda Beach • Jalama • Least Turn habitat • Lions Head South • Lompoc Landing • Nocto • Pt. Pedernales • Rattlesnake Shelter • San Antonio Creek • Sudden Ranch • Sudden Site No. 2 • Swordfish Cave Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Bedrock Grinding Feature • bedrock with several cupules • Cemetery • concrete features • deep midden deposits • deflated cultural deposits • dense midden • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • historic components • historic period quarry • Isolated Artifact • Isolated Feature • Midden • midden deposits • Milling Feature • prehistoric components • prehistoric village • Quarry • quarry pit area • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Art • rock art component • surface midden deposits

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing • Site Stewardship Monitoring • Systematic Survey

General
animal burrowing • ArcGIS • Blades • Borrow Pit • C1 • C2 • C2/Mitigated-C3 • C2-C3 • C3 • Canyon Fire • cattle activity • cattle impacts • Collector123 • condition classification • Crescents • Debitage • dune erosion • Erosion • fiscal year 2018 (FY18) • fluvial activity • fluvial erosion • fluvial retreat • FY17 • geographic information systems (GIS) • global positioning system (GPS) • granular disintegration • Ice Plant • impact agents • Lithic Tools • Mano Fragment • Points • Preform • rodent burrowing • Ruth, 1936 • sand displacement • sea cliff erosion • sea cliff retreat • Sensitive and Threatened Sites • sloughing • Sudden Fire • Surface Collections • Trimble R1 • units Show More

Geographic Keywords
California (State / Territory) • Santa Barbara (County) • Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Historic Period • Prehistoric

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1899 to 1970

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Vandenberg Air Force Base; Roscoe Loetzerich

Landowner(s): Vandenberg Air Force Base

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

Record Identifiers

VAFB Number (s): VAFB-2019-09

Contract No.(s): GS10F0059N, XUMUOS9115

File Information

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Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich