Cultural Resources Survey for Two Proposed Demolition Ranges at Richardson Training Area, JBER, Alaska

• Main Author: Gaines, Edmund P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: AECOM 2012
• Subjects: Anchorage, AK; Alaska State / Territory; Cold War Era; Historic; Prehistoric; Homestead Era; World War II; Cold War; World War II era; Dena'ina; Pacific Eskimo; ANC-02599; Beluga Point Site; ANC-02590; ANC-02598; ANC-00270; ANC-00264; ANC-00265; ANC-00822; ANC-02606; ANC-B-8; Richardson Training Area; ANC-02604; ANC-00280; ANC-02605; Athabaskan Sites; Knik Arm Sites; ANC-02603; ANC-01299; ANC-01175; ANC-03334; ANC-00268; ANC-00263; ANC-02602; ANC-02601; ANC-02600; Log Cabin; Stone House Pit; Burials; Domestic Structures; House Pits; Cache Pits; Stovepipe; Trail; Log Cabin Remains; Human Remains; Macrobotanical; Area of Potential Effect; National Register; Village Sites; Archaeological Remains; Final Report; Phase I Identification-level Survey; Intact Shelter; Cultural Resources Survey; Culturally Modified Trees; Ranges; Cache; Proposed Demolition Ranges; Field Methods; United States Air Force; NRHP; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; Background Research; Cultural Resources; National Historic Preservation Act; Environmental Conservation Program; Historic Background Research; Research Design / Data Recovery Plan; Site Evaluation / Testing; Systematic Survey; Anchorage; Pacific; Homestead; Beluga; Beluga*; eskimo*; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6067/xcv8457880; https://core.tdar.org/document/457880/cultural-resources-survey-for-two-proposed-demolition-ranges-at-richardson-training-area-jber-alaska

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) has proposed to construct two new demolition ranges—Demolition Range “A” and Demolition Range “B”—at the Richardson Training Area (RTA), with new access roads proposed at each range. During the period of September 18-22, AECOM archaeologists, under the direct supervision of Principal Investigator Edmund Gaines, M.A., R.PA., performed a cultural resources survey of the project’s APEs. This work was conducted for the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, Environmental Conservation Section, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under HTRW Contract No. W911KB-11-D-0001, Task Order 0008. The following report details project goals, site and setting, methodology, findings and management recommendations for the proposed RTA demolition ranges.