Geophysical Survey of the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC), Norman, Oklahoma

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Today, South Campus at the University of Oklahoma hosts research facilities and other administrative buildings. However, this area was once a Navy base, the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC)-Norman. The NATTC was used to train enlisted naval personnel in aircraft maintenance during WWII and the Korean War. In the 1950s, the land and buildings were transferred to the University of Oklahoma. Over time, the buildings were razed and other facilities were constructed. Although the above ground architecture is gone, aerial imagery attests to the presence of subsurface features associated with training buildings, a medical dispensary, hangers, and the CPO galley. In this presentation, we report on the results of a multi-method geophysical survey of a portion of the NATTC. We have employed a gradiometer, ground penetrating radar, LiDAR, and precision mapping to locate features associated with these buildings to better document Norman’s Naval history.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 51440