VAFB-1985-15: Results of Archaeological Monitoring and Limited Subsurface Testing for the V-23 Space Shuttle Launch Site Patrol Roads C and D VAFB, CA

Author(s): Harmsworth Associates

Year: 1985

Summary

This document is a Section 106 inventory report discusses the results of monitoring and testing for construction activities associated with the V-23 Patrol Roads C and D. A total of 39 stone artifacts were recovered from Road C and 1 stone artifact was recovered from Road D during construction monitoring. A total of 10 shovel test units were excavated in the vicinity of where archaeological materials were unearthed and two new archaeological sites were identified. The two sites probably represent Early Period (3000 to 70000 BP) camp sites and probably still contain important information about land use settlement patterns during the Early Period in the Chumash cultural sequence.

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VAFB-1985-15: Results of Archaeological Monitoring and Limited Subsurface Testing for the V-23 Space Shuttle Launch Site Patrol Roads C and D VAFB, CA. Harmsworth Associates. 1985 ( tDAR id: 490523) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8490523

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Contact(s): Roscoe Loetzerich

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VAFB Document Number(s): VAFB-1985-15

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