VAFB-2018-16: Extended Phase I Testing Results for the ATV/Obstacle Course Improvements Project at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Creators: name: Nicchitta, Sarah
Publisher: name: Albion Environmental, Inc.
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/77005/vandenberg-air-force-base-california
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Chumash
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/2001/chumash
subject: CA-SBA-2888
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/117746/ca-sba-2888
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: light density lithic scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3898/light-density-lithic-scatter
subject: Monterey Chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/334/monterey-chert
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Shovel Probes (SPs)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165007/shovel-probes-sps
subject: Monterey chert cores
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165795/monterey-chert-cores
subject: Monterey chert bifacial core tool
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165796/monterey-chert-bifacial-core-tool
subject: Monterey chert projectile point
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165794/monterey-chert-projectile-point
subject: Cobble Fragments
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/981/cobble-fragments
subject: mechanically broken chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/165797/mechanically-broken-chert
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: This contractor generated letter report is a historic property inventory and an assessment of adverse effects associated with the All Terrain Vehicles (ATV)/Obstacle Course Improvements Project. The purpose of the letter is to compile any prior or current studies performed in support of the ATV/Obstacle Course Improvements project as a single Section 106 report. To support Section 106 compliance requirements, CAPE Environmental Management, Inc. (CAPE) contracted with Albion to complete this archaeological study under Contract no. GS-10F-0059N and Task order no. FA8903-15-F 0023 on behalf of the 30th Space Wing of the United States Air Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). This letter report describes the results from a Phase I pedestrian survey and Extended Phase I subsurface testing effort conducted by Albion Environmental Inc. (Albion) on June 4-8, 2018 for the ATV/Obstacle Course Improvement Project and contains a brief background, methodology, results, and management recommendations, as well as an attachment with Project maps and photographs for the project. The report specifically examines project impacts and/or avoidance strategies for one archaeological site; CA-SBA-2888.