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Fall 2000 Blasting rock to clear the site. Photo by George Golden, Smithsonian Office of Physical Plant | March 2002 | April 2002
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Table 4-1 | Historic and Prehistoric Archeological Resources in the Vicinity of the Proposed NASM Project Area |
Table 7-1 | Summary of Artifact Recovered from Phase I Survey |
Table 8-1 | Summary of Artifacts Recovered from Eight Phase II Units, Pump Site |
Table 9-1 | Summary and Recommendations for Sites Investigated by Phase I and Phase II Fieldwork for NASM Dulles Center |
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Site Name | Site Number | Parcel and Location | Site Date and Type | Representative Artifacts | Recommendation |
Prehistoric Site 691 | 44FX691 | SE Central Parcel, along Cain Branch | Prehistoric lithic scatter | 1 Quartz flake | Not significant, disturbed, limited resources |
Prehistoric Site 692 | 44FX692 | S Central Parcel, along Cain Branch | Prehistoric lithic scatter | 1 Quartz flake 1 Chert flake 1 Quartz scraper | Not significant, disturbed, limited resources |
Prehistoric Site 693 | 44FX693 | SW Central Parcel, along Cain Branch | Prehistoric lithic scatter | 2 Quartz flakes 1 Chalcedony flake 1 Quartzite scraper shell | Not significant, limited resources |
Prehistoric Site 694 | 44FX694 | S Central Parcel, along Cain Branch | Prehistoric lithic scatter | 2 Quartz flakes | Not significant, disturbed, limited resources |
Leeton | 44FX2256 | Center of the eastern boundary of the Central Parcel | Early 19th century through 1960, domestic and farm complex, remains of 11 structures | Brick, cut and wire nails, whiteware, redware, pearlware, glass, plastic | Not significant, recorded in written doc. and lacks integrity |
Historic Site A | 44FX2258 | NE corner of the Central Parcel | Early to mid-20th century, domestic, field-stone well, surface artifacts, garden | Brick, porcelain, bottle and window glass, wire and cut nails, hard white earthenware | Not significant, recent date |
Pump Site | 44FX2257 | SW corner of the West Cloverleaf in the East Parcel | Late 18th to mid-19th century, with early 20th century and prehistoric components, domestic, possible tenant farm, Late 19th century pump | Whiteware, pearlware, creamware, stoneware, kaolin pipe fragment, bottle and window glass, iron fragments, wrought, cut and wire nails, quartz flakes | Phase II investigations indicate site has been heavily disturbed by plowing and associated erosion. Not significant |
Historic Site B | 44FX2259 | Southern terminus of the North Taxiway, Alternative A in the North Parcel | Primarily late 19th to mid- 20th century, possible 18th or early 19th century, domestic, field-stone well, square depression | Blown, molded and machine-made bottles, whiteware, glasses, mason jars, metal tub, bed spring | Potentially significant, Avoided as a result of project design changes |
APPENDIX D ARTIFACT CATALOG
Summary of Artifacts Recovered From Phase I Survey
Summary of Artifacts Recovered From Eight Phase Ii Units, Pump Site
Dulles Artifact Catalog
Lttton Plantation, 44FX2256
Historic Site A, 44FX2258
Access Roads and Corridors
Historic Site B, 44FX2259
Cloverleaves Artifact Catalog
Pump Site, 44FX2257
Pump Site, 44FX2257, Phase II Artifact Catalog
The Smithsonian Institution (the Smithsonian) proposes to construct the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Dulles Center at Washington Dulles International Airport, in the extreme western portion of Fairfax County, Virginia (Figure 1-1). The NASM facility will house, restore and exhibit artifacts representing air and space travel. NASM Dulles Center (the Center) will include an aircraft storage and exhibit building, a spacecraft storage and exhibit building, a collection storage and archival storage building, a restoration facility, educational facilities, a large-format theater, food service, and gift shops. The Center will serve an estimated 3.2 million visitors each year, many of them from the Washington-Baltimore region. The main features of the proposed facility are shown in Figure 1-2.
The Smithsonian has retained the services of Helmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum (HOK) to design the proposed facility; HOK had previously designed the NASM main facility in Washington, D.C. Dames & Moore (D&M) is sub-contractor to HOK in the areas of natural and cultural resources, supporting the Smithsonian's studies and documentation consistent with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Cultural resources documentation for the project, or undertaking, includes this report of Phase I archeological identification and Phase II archeological evaluation in the area of the proposed site of the Center, which addresses the requirements of NHPA Section 106.
Figure 1-1. Location of NASM Dulles Center in Virginia | Figure 1-2. Proposed Construction Map
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The project is located on an approximately 200-acre tract of land lying within and adjacent to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Fairfax County, Virginia. Figure 1-3 shows the location of the project area on the Herndon, Virginia, USGS Quadrangle map. It is south of the airport's main terminal building and adjacent facilities. The area is mainly wooded with a less than 30-year-old growth of deciduous and coniferous trees. Parts of the project adjacent to Runway 36 Right include grassy fields. The project area is traversed by gravel access roads and an asphalt and concrete curbed roadway.
This report of Phase I and Phase II archeological investigations conforms to the Commonwealth of Virginia's guidelines for archeological reporting (1987, 1991).
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