Management Summary Phase I and II Archeological Investigations on the Avon Park Air Force Range
Creators: name: Wilder, Michael
Publisher: name: Geo Marine, Inc.
Year: 2004
Subjects: Avon Park Air Force Range
Avon Park, Florida
Bombing Range Ridge
Tomlin Gully
Morgan Hole Creek
Arbuckle Marsh
Belle Glade Period
Archaic
Historic
Middle Archaic
Late Archaic
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08HG1098
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HG1098
08PO6037
Burnt Hammock
08PO6787
08PO6788
Kissimmee Bombing Target
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08PO6790
Small Nervosa
PO6790
08HG937
Psychotria Nervosa
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08HG938
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08HG941
Bill's Bay West
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08HG1054
HG1054
08HG1062
HG1062
08PO5306
PO5306
08PO5307
Eight-Mile Hammock #1
08PO5310
PO5310
08PO6085
PO6085
East Lavender
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PO6091
West Lavender
08PO6094
PO6094
08PO6783
PO6783
Arbuckle Terrace
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HG889
Simulated City
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Ebersbach Midden North
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PO6098
Blue Jordan Bombing Target
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08HG887
HG887
08PO5311
PO5311
Sandy Point Hammock
Sloughstead Homestead
Willingham Branch
Zeichel-Bell Site
Trash Midden
Domestic Structures
Military Structure
House
Archaeological Feature
House Mound
Artifact Scatter
Non-Domestic Structures
Post Hole / Post Mold
Shell Midden
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Midden
Shell
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Dating Sample
Fauna
Fire Cracked Rock
Glass
Ground Stone
Building Materials
Macrobotanical
Snail Shell Middens
Turpentine Camp
Glass Bottle
Brick
NRHP
Belle Glade Ceramics
Wild Coffee
Oak Hammock
National Register of Historic Places
Unexploded US Ordnances
WWII Observation Towers
Citrus Knife
Geomorphic Coring
Tramline
Newnan Point
Snail Shell
Lime-Kiln
WWII Bombing Target
Citrus Projectile Point
Data Recovery / Excavation
Reconnaissance / Survey
Site Evaluation / Testing

description: Geo Marine, Inc. conducted Phase I and II archaeological investigations on the Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) from February 2 through June 24, 2004. These investigations were conducted under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District and the U.S. Air Force. The purpose of these investigations is to assist the Air Force with the management of cultural resources as delineated under the National Historic Preservation Act, including Sections 106 and 110, and Air Force Regulations regarding prehistoric or historic sites of cultural significance.
The Phase II portions of the investigation involved National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) determination for 18 different prehistoric and historic properties located within the APAFR. These sites had been identified through previous archaeological investigations and were considered potentially eligible for the NRHP. The Phase II testing provides an opportunity to address the sites within the regional cultural framework as to their potential to contribute information pertinent to reconstructing the prehistory and the history of the area. 
Phase I investigations consisted of intensive pedestrian survey of selected tracts within the APAFR. These tracts were selected by the Technical Program Manager in order to provide an inventory of archaeological properties that would be potentially impacted by proposed use of the area for Naval target and live-bombing exercises. Survey areas consisted of six different tracts within the proposed Naval footprint and were designed to test a variety of areas previously designed as high, medium, or low probability in regard to potential for the occurrence of cultural resources.