Cultural Resource Survey of a 3.4 Acre Site Currently Under Construction as a Radioactive Mixed Waste Facility at Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

Author(s): Steven R. Hoagland

Year: 1989

Summary

An archaeological survey of approximately 3.4 acres of property situated on Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, yielded no cultural resources. The project area is being utilized for construction of a Radioactive Mixed Waste Facility (Building 6920). The entire construction site has been severely disturbed by blading and leveling, and as of the survey date the building was approximately 95% completed. No artifacts or cultural features were observed within the 3.4 acre facility site.

Two previous intensive cultural resource surveys which came as close as 46 m (150 ft) to the south and 305 m (1,000 ft) to the east of this construction site, tend to support this observation. Neither survey located any historic or prehistoric sites within the vicinity. Due to the project location and previous disturbance, cultural resource clearance is recommended for completion of the Radioactive Mixed Waste Facility and associated infrastructures.

Cite this Record

Cultural Resource Survey of a 3.4 Acre Site Currently Under Construction as a Radioactive Mixed Waste Facility at Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Steven R. Hoagland. 1989 ( tDAR id: 469070) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8469070

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Chipped Stone • Mineral • Obsidian

Site Name
Building 6920 • KAFB Area I (West) • LA 47906 • LA 48096 • McCormick Ranch • NM 0:2:2:3 • NM 0:2:2:5 • Radioactive Waste Facility • SNL Area III

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Artifact Scatter • Corral • Historic Governmental Structure • Isolated Artifact • Military Structure • Sheepherding Complex

Investigation Types
Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Construction • Cultural Resources Clearance • Negative Result

Geographic Keywords
Albuquerque, New Mexico • Bernalillo (County) • Kirtland Air Force Base

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -107.15; min lat: 34.211 ; max long: -105.26; max lat: 35.15 ;

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Contact(s): Kirtland Air Force Base CRM Manager

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