Archaeological Data Recovery at CA-SOL-313 Within the Proposed Travis Air Force Base Medical Facility, Fairfield, Solano County, California
Creators: name: Roop, William
name: Flynn, Katherine
Publisher: name: Archaeological Resource Service
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: 06095 (Fips Code)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3463/06095-fips-code
subject: Solano (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3464/solano-county
subject: Travis Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/47593/travis-air-force-base
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
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: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: CA-SOL-313
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/18813/ca-sol-313
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: Data Recovery
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/787/data-recovery
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: During an intensive survey of a 100 acre parcel of land on the western perimeter of Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, Solano County, Archaeological Resource Service identified two areas containing prehistoric lithic artifacts. Both of these resources consist of non-local rocks whose distribution is non-random and patterned, lying in direct association with vernal wetlands developed as a result of the shallow alluvial soils within the general project region. These sites have been issued the official designations Ca-Sol-313 {ARS-84-28-2) and Ca-Sol-314 (ARS-84-28-1). Sol-313 was found to be eligible to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion "D", for its ability to yield answers to important research questions on regional prehistoric subsistence patterns and cultural geography of a poorly known tribal area. Sol-314 was determined to be ineligible to the National Register because of its poor state of preservation. Since the proposed construction of the new Travis Air Force Base Medical Facility would adversely impact Sol-313, and avoidance during construction was not possible or practical, a research design was prepared, and a full scale data recovery program was implemented. The procedures carried out have demonstrated that the lithic component of Sol-313 could not have occurred as a result of natural causes. The sources of important lithics have been determined, and the information interpreted in light of ecological data. It has been clearly demonstrated that Sol-313 has resulted from the seasonal exploitation of vernal wetlands.