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PB98104680

Publication Date	1997
Personal Author	Thiessen, T. D.
Page Count	68
Abstract	In October and November 1996, approximately 850 acres of land owned or leased by Offutt Air Force Base for use as locations for communications equipment were examined for evidence of prehistoric through settlement period (late nineteenth century) archeological remains. The locations examined were Communications Annex Number 1 (near Silver Creek in Nance County), Communications Annex Number 2 (near Elkhorn in Douglas County), and Communications Annex Number 3 (at the former Scribner Air Base in Dodge County). Visual examination was conducted along pedestrian transects spaced at intervals of 10 to 20 meters apart. No archeological sites were recorded, and only two isolated artifacts of probable prehistoric age were found: a piece of chert shatter in the alfalfa field at the Elkhorn communications annex, and a chert flake at the silver Creek annex. No further archeological investigations are recommended, unless certain evidence of subsurface archeological resources is encountered in the future, which is considered unlikely.
Keywords	Archaeology Visual inspection Investigations Cultural reosurces History Surveys Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base
Source Agency	National Park Service Rocky Mountain Regional Office
Corporate Authors	National Park Service, Lincoln, NE. Midwest Archeological Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199801

Archeological Assessment of Three Communications Annexes of Offutt Air Force Base in Douglas, Dodge, and Nance Counties, Nebraska.

Archeological Assessment of Three Communications Annexes of Offutt Air Force Base in Douglas, Dodge, and Nance Counties, Nebraska.
PB98104680

Publication Date	1997
Personal Author	Thiessen, T. D.
Page Count	68
Abstract	In October and November 1996, approximately 850 acres of land owned or leased by Offutt Air Force Base for use as locations for communications equipment were examined for evidence of prehistoric through settlement period (late nineteenth century) archeological remains. The locations examined were Communications Annex Number 1 (near Silver Creek in Nance County), Communications Annex Number 2 (near Elkhorn in Douglas County), and Communications Annex Number 3 (at the former Scribner Air Base in Dodge County). Visual examination was conducted along pedestrian transects spaced at intervals of 10 to 20 meters apart. No archeological sites were recorded, and only two isolated artifacts of probable prehistoric age were found: a piece of chert shatter in the alfalfa field at the Elkhorn communications annex, and a chert flake at the silver Creek annex. No further archeological investigations are recommended, unless certain evidence of subsurface archeological resources is encountered in the future, which is considered unlikely.
Keywords	Archaeology Visual inspection Investigations Cultural reosurces History Surveys Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base
Source Agency	National Park Service Rocky Mountain Regional Office
Corporate Authors	National Park Service, Lincoln, NE. Midwest Archeological Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199801