VAFB-2010-02: Collection and Management of Radiocarbon Data: Fiscal Years 2003-2009, Including Excavations at CA-SBA-612, -760/761/1748, -2322, -2919, -3328, and -3949

Summary

This document is an Archaeolgical Evaluation Report on the results of analyses on the samples taken from six different sites within Vandenberg Air Force Base boundaries. In Fiscal Year 2000 Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) began a program to periodically collect and manage radiocarbon data. In 2003, as part of that program the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Cultural Resources Section (30 CES/CEVPC; now 30 CES/CEANC) requested collection of radiocarbon data by excavating a small number of test units and column samples at six sites: CA-SBA-612, -760/761/1748, -2322, -2919, -3328, and -3949. In addition, analysis of radiocarbon samples from the existing CA-SBA-931 collection was requested. However, while work was underway, funding was suddenly and unexpectedly lost. Although fieldwork, laboratory sorting, and radiocarbon analyses had been completed, other technical analyses had not been started and no report had been prepared. In 2009, the 30 CES/CEVNC obtained funds to complete the remaining technical analyses and to prepare this report documenting the radiocarbon collection effort. In the following summary, the sites are ordered from north to south.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) - Cultural Resource Report

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Corinne Holloway

Record Identifiers

VAFB Document Number(s): VAFB-2010-02

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