VAFB-2000-02: National Register of Historic Places Eligibility and Effects Determination for CA-SBA-740, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Creators: name: Lebow, Clayton G.
name: Onken, Jill A.
name: Denardo, Carole A.
name: Harro, Douglas R.
name: McKim, Rebecca L.
name: Gerber, Joyce L.
Publisher: name: Applied Earthworks, Inc.
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Late Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5341/late-period
subject: Holocene
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/30/holocene
subject: Middle–Late Transitional Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/6017/middlelate-transitional-period
subject: Middle Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5466/middle-period
subject: Paleocoastal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/8412/paleocoastal
subject: Purisimeno Chumash
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9341/purisimeno-chumash
subject: Chumash
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/2001/chumash
subject: CA-SBA-740
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/119036/ca-sba-740
subject: Midden
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/347/midden
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Monterey Chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/334/monterey-chert
subject: Historic aluminum cans
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3667/historic-aluminum-cans
subject: Modern shotgun shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3668/modern-shotgun-shell
subject: Red Ochre
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/629/red-ochre
subject: Modern glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3669/modern-glass
subject: Basalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/214/basalt
subject: Modern ceramic fragment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3670/modern-ceramic-fragment
subject: Tegula sp.
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3672/tegula-sp
subject: Shale
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/569/shale
subject: Serpentine
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/633/serpentine
subject: Biface
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/699/biface
subject: Franciscan chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2750/franciscan-chert
subject: Unpatterned flake tool
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3679/unpatterned-flake-tool
subject: Mytilus californianus
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3457/mytilus-californianus
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Tuff
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1251/tuff
subject: Fauna
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/4/fauna
subject: cobble tool
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3620/cobble-tool
subject: Fire Cracked Rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/5/fire-cracked-rock
subject: Core
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2121/core
subject: Macrobotanical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/10/macrobotanical
subject: Asphalt
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1260/asphalt
subject: Consultation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/4/consultation
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan
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 document is a report that presents the National Register of Historic Places evaluation and effects determination for a project involving archaeological site CA-SBA-740 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. This study was performed in support of the installation of a retaining wall along Point Sal Road. Altogether, 15 shovel test pits, 1 column sample, and 4 test excavations units were used to gather data for site evaluation, resulting in a total excavated volume of 7.26 cubic meters. Marine shell (mostly small or immature Mytilus californianus with a higher proportion of Tegula sp. than is typical for the area, indicating subsistence stress at the time of occupation), vertebrate faunal remains (predominantly fish but also bird, rabbit, and medium/large mammal), lithic tools and debitage (representative of expedient tool production), a bone awl, and fire-altered rock were recovered and represent the refuse typical of a residential site. 

Radiocarbon analysis indicates the site was occupied twice. The initial occupation at the end of the Middle Period and beginning of the Late Period (A.D. 865-1240) corresponds to a time of extended drought. The second occupation at the end of the Late Period (A.D. 1440-1660) may also contain evidence of subsistence stress related to the introduction of epidemic diseases associated with the arrival of Spanish explorers. 

Applied EarthWorks, Inc. found that the project would not cause an adverse effect to the site and recommended the site eligible for the NRHP under 36 CFR 60.4(d) despite impairment of site integrity from the development of Point Sal Road. The report does not present SHPO concurrence with this recommendation.