Location: Various Locations Nationwide
Client: Air National Guard

TEC cultural resource staff has conducted archaeological and architectural surveys at National Guard Bureau Installations across the United States. Some of our studies have included Terre Haute and Fort Wayne, Indiana; Birmingham, Montgomery, Gadsden, and Dothan, Alabama; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Burlington, Vermont; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At each of these installations, open areas were tested using archaeological techniques in the form of hand excavated Shovel Test Pits. Significant archaeological sites were discovered in Burlington, Vermont and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In Burlington, several projectile points were recovered from a prehistoric Woodland site, dating to 100to 400 years before present. In Sioux Falls, a dog tag and several medical-related items were recovered from a World War II-era hospital dump site. Architectural surveys at these installations inventoried all buildings predating the Cold War era. Historic evaluations were made according to National Register of Historic Places criteria. One significant building, an aircraft hangar, was recorded in Birmingham, Alabama. This building is significant because of its association with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the 1930s. The WPA put thousands of unemployed Americans to work during the Depression. The aircraft hangar in Birmingham is one of the most significant WPA projects in Alabama.