Projects and Products

Installation CRMs are responsible for the protection of thousands of historic archeological sites that are “potentially eligible” to the NRHP. Decisions on eligibility would lead to more cost-effective management and increased troop readiness through wider access to training lands, but individual site evaluations are expensive and time-consuming. The most common type of these sites is late 19th-early 20th century farmsteads, found nation-wide. These sites share many similarities in terms of types of artifacts, layout, historic use, and relationship to the topography. By analyzing regional associations and farmstead patterns, the applicability of programmatic tools for assisting in the management of these resources can be determined. Four regions in the U.S. were examined to determine if there is enough cohesiveness of farmstead attribute characteristics to warrant the later creation of historic contexts and programmatic predictive models for NRHP eligibility. Project was DoD and nation-wide.

This document is the designed result of a study intended to produce a historic context for the naval stores industry on the Coastal Plains of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. More specifically, it provides the federal cultural resource manager with a guideline for identifying the archaeological signatures of naval stores sites and providing a means of assessment that can be used in making recommendations under Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 (as amended) for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It also suggests program alternatives or standard treatments for these resources in order to streamline compliance with the NHPA.

This project reviews procedural documents from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force that provide guidance for each service to implement the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

The CRM Guide to the Engineer’s Energy Toolkit has been prepared to provide CRMs with the tools to answer preservation challenges he/she may encounter in meeting preservation needs and installation goals when dealing with upgrading a building’s energy efficiency.

An Experimental Test of the Accuracy and Adequacy of In-Field Artifact Analysis - Report, March 2013 (Legacy 11-157). This report explores the accuracy and adequacy of in-field artifact analysis.

The Accuracy and Adequacy of In-Field Artifact Analyis: An Experimental Test - White Paper (Legacy 11-157).

The purpose of the study was to identify factors useful for assessing potential damage to archaeological sites resulting from military vehicle training activities and determining acceptable thresholds for these activities. The report addresses whether a model of such a threshold can be developed with existing data or whether new data must be collected.

Individualized self-taught cultural property protection instruction: a double-sided four- by six-inch card printed Soldier Pocket Guide that contains basic top-of-mind information and guidance on cultural heritage issues and cultural property protection.

Individualized self-taught cultural property protection instruction: a double-sided four- by six-inch card printed Soldier Pocket Guide that contains basic top-of-mind information and guidance on cultural heritage issues and cultural property protection.

Individualized self-taught cultural property protection instruction: a double-sided four- by six-inch card printed Soldier Pocket Guide that contains basic top-of-mind information and guidance on cultural heritage issues and cultural property protection.

Individualized self-taught cultural property protection instruction: a double-sided four- by six-inch card printed Soldier Pocket Guide that contains basic top-of-mind information and guidance on cultural heritage issues and cultural property protection.

The goals of this study were threefold: to identify DoD Cold War facilities and associated documentation at a select number of installations; to create a systematic approach for identifying, compiling, and analyzing available data; and to prepare time and cost metrics on the process.

Published in May 2011, this study takes a regional, multi-agency approach to build a strong and comprehensive context by partnering NAWS China Lake with contiguous and nearby federal land-managing agencies in the Mojave Desert, including the Fort Irwin National Training Center (NTC), the National Park Service (Death Valley National Park and Mojave National Preserve), and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The results are designed to substantially aid National Register determinations of eligibility by identifying current data gaps and systemizing data collection.

This report discusses the survey operations conducted over the area using nondestructive remote sensing instrumentation, excavation procedures, analyses of cultural materials recovered or observed in situ and the associated contextual environment. It also presents the rationale for recommended site-treatment options.

The project provided an inventory of rock art sites (pictographs, petroglyphs and geoglyphs) on DoD facilities within the 50 States, assessed current management practices and issues, and made recommendations and provided guidelines for the management and treatment of these types of sites, for use in facility ICRMPs.

Archeological sites are, in almost all cases, places where human activity has pr