Phase I Archaeological Survey Management Units 1,2,7,8,11,11A,12, and 13, Avon Park Air Force Range, Avon Park, Florida
Creators: name: Couturier, Kathy
Publisher: name: Avon Park Air Force Range
Year: 1999
Subjects: Kissimmee River
Arbuckle Creek
Lake Arbuckle
Okechobee Basin
Belle Glade Period
20th Century Military
Belle Glade Culture
Historic
Euroamerican
Marine-Harmon
8PO6083
Bradford
8PO6084
Willingham Branch Site
Medina
8PO6086
Blevins
8PO6076
JEB
8PO6077
Nature Trail Road
8PO6079
Arbuckle Thicket
8PO6081
Arbuckle Flatwoods
8PO6087
Blondin
8PO6088
Beavan
8PO6089
Jones
8PO6090
Armadillo
8PO6092
Arbuckle Terrace North
8PO6096
Frostproof Flats
8PO6097
Sullivan
8PO6078
Rimbey
8PO6080
Duval
8PO6082
Stevens
8PO6095
Andrea Lea
8PO6099
Tomlin Gully North
8HG927
Tomlin Gully South
8HG928
Littler Lake
8HG931
Sandy Hook Hammock
Medina-Hernando
8HG926
8HG937
Hathaway
Small Nervosa
8HG929
8HG938
Vaughn
Psychotria Nervosa
8HG930
8HG941
Echo Ridge
8HG932
Echo Scrub
8HG933
Sharp
8HG934
Smith Island
8HG935
Patton
8HG936
8PO1001
Three Jasper
8HG939
Fitch
8HG940
Jaycat
8HG942
Morgan Hole Creek #2
Arnold Homestead
8PO6085
8PO6091
Arbuckle Terrace
8PO6093
Simulated City
8PO6094
Ebersbach Midden North
8PO6098
Blue Jordan Bombing Target
8HG688
Military observation tower
Trash Midden
Bombing targets
Archaeological Feature
Artifact Scatter
Fence
Isolated Artifact
Multi-component historic and prehistoric
Gunnery Range debris
Midden
Homestead
Shell
Wood
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Fauna
Building Materials
Metal
Archaeological Overview
Site Evaluation / Testing
Systematic Survey

description: In a continuing effort to comply with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, conducted two Phase I archaeological surveys, in the Fall of 1998 and in the Spring of 1999. The surveys were contracted through Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia, and Moody AFB, Georgia. One survey, conducted in November and December of 1998, investigated a 5,700 acre (2,307 hectare) portion of Management Units 1 and 2. The second survey was conducted in April and May of 1999, and investigated a 1,925 acre (779 hectare) portion of Management Units 7, 8, 11, 11A, 12, and 13. The Phase I surveys of management Units 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 11A, 12, and 13 resulted in the identification of 41 new archaeological sites, including 38 prehistoric sites, 2 historical sites, and 1 multi-component prehistoric and historical site. In addition, work was conducted at two previously identified sites: additional survey was carried out at the Morgan Hole Creek #2 site (8HG688), and artifacts were collected from the surface at the Arnold Homestead site (8PO1001). Based on the results of the Phase I surveys, eight sites are recommended potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. These sites include Willingham Branch (8PO6085), Arbuckle Terrace (8PO6091), Simulated City (8PO6093), Ebersbach Midden North (8PO6094), Blue Jordan Bombing Target (8PO6098), Small Nervosa (8HG937), Psychotria Nervosa (8HG938), and Sandy Point Hammock (8HG941). The  cultural resources contained in these sites include six prehistoric sites/components (8PO6085, 8PO6091, 8PO6094, 8HG937, 8HG938, and 8HG941) and two historic sites/components (8PO6093 and 8PO6098).