Archaeological Analysis of a Legacy Collection from CA-SOL-313
Creators: name: Scher, Naomi
Publisher: name: Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc.
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Solano County (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/856/solano-county-county
subject: Travis Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/47593/travis-air-force-base
subject: Fairfield
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/7754/fairfield
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Homestead Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/4942/homestead-period
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Euroamerican
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/28/euroamerican
subject: CA-SOL-313
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18813/ca-sol-313
subject: CA-SOL-314
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18814/ca-sol-314
subject: Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/256/domestic-structures
subject: House
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/259/house
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Wood
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/15/wood
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Collections Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/3/collections-research
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Site CA-SOL-313 was located at the far western end of Travis Air Force Base, on the eastern side of the David Grant Medical Center grounds. The location was originally recorded and evaluated as a prehistoric archaeological site associated with a vernal pool and was recommended as eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 (Roop et al. 1989). Data recovery was conducted at the site, as impacts from construction of the medical center could not be avoided (Roop et al. 1989). A total of 136 items were surfacecollected from the site; no subsurface deposit or features were found. As part of the Travis AFB Fence-to-Fence Contract Option Year 2 tasks (Contract No. FA8903-14- R-0027), Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc., (Far Western) re-analyzed the SOL-313 collection. This included a review of the available information on the site’s setting and inspection of the collection for intentional modification and/or use, as well as an exploration of the possible origins of the site assemblage. The results of this analysis indicate that the items recovered from SOL-313 are most likely historic-era and/or modern quarry material, rather than prehistoric artifacts. Whether or not a prehistoric site exists – or ever existed – at the location of SOL-313 cannot be determined with the data at hand. If the items recovered from SOL-313 do represent a prehistoric (or historic-era) site, there does not appear to be any additional data potential in the collection. Therefore, Far Western does not recommend permanent curation of the assemblage.