VAFB-2008-11: Report of Pre-Repatriation Inventory of Human Remains and Associated Materials from VAFB Sites Curated at the UC Santa Barbara Repository Ossuary
Creators: name: Munns, Ann M.
Publisher: name: Department of Anthropology UCSB
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base
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subject: Santa Barbara County
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subject: California
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/71/california
subject: Indigenous
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/8280/indigenous
subject: Southern California Native Americans
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9371/southern-california-native-americans
subject: CA-SBA-552
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/92909/ca-sba-552
subject: CA-SBA-209
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93012/ca-sba-209
subject: CA-SBA-214
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93015/ca-sba-214
subject: CA-SBA-224
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93018/ca-sba-224
subject: CA-SBA-734
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93146/ca-sba-734
subject: CA-SBA-931
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/92924/ca-sba-931
subject: CA-SBA-225
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/93019/ca-sba-225
subject: CA-SBA-210
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/92904/ca-sba-210
subject: CA-SBA-2456
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118568/ca-sba-2456
subject: CA-SBA-530
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/92905/ca-sba-530
subject: CA-SBA-551
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/92908/ca-sba-551
subject: CA-SBA-212/H
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117740/ca-sba-212h
subject: CA-SBA-539
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/92907/ca-sba-539
subject: Funerary and Burial Structures or Features
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/301/funerary-and-burial-structures-or-features
subject: Human Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/9/human-remains
subject: Skeletal Remains
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/7550/skeletal-remains
subject: Bioarchaeological Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/15/bioarchaeological-research
subject: Historic Background Research
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subject: Consultation
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subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
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subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing

description: This document is a report on the Pre-Repatriation Inventory of Human Remains and Associated Materials from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) Sites, currently curated at the UC Santa Barbara Ossuary. The purpose of this project is to document the collections from VAFB archaeological sites that include human remains, and repatriate them to Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (SYBCI). As part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, in 1995, the Repository completed an inventory of human skeletal remains and associated burial objects house at the facility, including those curated on behalf of VAFB. The efforts of this project included: 1) osteological inventory and forensic analysis, 2) scanning and three-dimensional modeling of selected skeletal elements from VAFB collections, 3) inventory of archaeological materials stored with or in association with ossuary collection from VAFB, and 4) preparation for repatriation of these collections for the SYBCI. The Repository submitted the required Notice of Completion of Inventory in November 2007.