State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025915

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #

PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial CA-SBR-16386 H
NRHP Status Code
Other Listings
Review Code Reviewer Date
Page 1 of 6 *Resource Name or #: SRI-3010
P1. Other Identifier:
*P2. Location:  Not for Publication  Unrestricted *a. County: San Bernardino
and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.)
*b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Tiefort Mountains Date: 1986 T 15N; R 3E; SE¼ of SE¼ of Sec 36; S.B.B.M.
c. Address: City: Ft. Irwin Zip: 92310
d. UTM: Zone: 11 (NAD 1983); 535,471 mE/ 3,911,343 mN (G.P.S.)
e. Other Locational Data: North of Catonment, N on Barstow Rd. MSR towards Junction City, about 9.5 km. Veer left, N by NW onto
a dirt road and travel about 1.4 km. Site is on the north side of the road after about 65 m. Elevation is 780.63 m / 2561.13 ft.

*P3a. Description:

Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI) discovered this site during the course of an intensive pedestrian survey whose goal was to
conclusively define the current boundaries of site CA-SBR-4969 (cf. Becker et al. n.d.). This site is a small singular historic
refuse dump. The main midden measures 1.2 x 0.75 m and contains historic metal, glass, wire-cut nails, and cans scattered in a 5
x 7 m area. The midden is adjacent to a small drainage eroding into a small cut bank. Many fragments of aqua blue, colorless,
brown, and cobalt blue glass are present, from bottle bodies, finishes, and bases. Bottles are soda and liquor / beer, but only the
bases and finishes are preserved well enough to identify. Of note are two brown glass beer bottles, one of which has the Anchor
Hocking manufacturing maker’s mark and was bottled in 1942; the second bottle base bears the Owens-Illinois manufacturer’s
mark. The number of glass sherds numbers into the hundreds, while nails and metal fragments number in the dozens. The dump
appears to date to the WWII / Korean War period.

*P3b. Resource Attributes: AH4 - Privy pits/ trash scatters/ dumps

*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.)
P5b. Description of Photo:
Overview of site, looking southeast.
*P6. Date Constructed/Age and
Sources: Historic
Prehistoric Both

*P7. Owner and Address:

Ft. Irwin NTC, U.S. Army,
Department of Defense
*P8. Recorded by:

Dean Duryea, Jr.

Matthew Hyland
Statistical Research, Inc.
21 W. Stuart Ave. Redlands, CA
92374

*P9. Date Recorded: 7/10/2012

*P10. Survey Type: Intensive

pedestrian, 15 m transects, site
recording and evaluation
*P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.")

Becker, Ken, Scott Kremkau, Patrick Stanton, Steven D. Shelley, Dean Duryea, Matthew Hyland, Jeff Homburg, and Mark Q. Sutton
n.d. Preliminary Report on a NHPA Section 110 Survey in the L1, M1, M2, K2, LF7, LF8, and LF9 Training Areas on Fort Irwin, San
Bernardino County, California. Report in preparation. Statistical Research, Inc., Redlands, California.

*Attachments: NONE Location Map Sketch Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record
Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record
Artifact Record Photograph Record  Other (List):

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 State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025915
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Trinomial CA-SBR-16386 H
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE RECORD *Resource Name or #: SRI - 3010
Page 2 of 6
*A1. Dimensions: a. Length: 9 m (N-S) × b. Width: 9 m (E-W)
Method of Measurement:  Paced  Taped  Visual estimate  Other: Trimble GPS
Method of Determination:  Artifacts  Features  Soil  Vegetation  Topography  Cut bank  Animal
burrow  Excavation  Property boundary  Other (Explain):

Reliability of Determination:  High  Medium  Low

Explain: Use of presence/ absence of historic artifacts

Limitations:  Restricted access  Paved/built over  Site limits incompletely defined  Disturbances  Vegetation
 Other (Explain):

A2. Depth:  None  Unknown

Method of Determination: There is some cultural depth observed in small cut
bank
*A3. Human Remains:  Present  Absent  Possible  Unknown (Explain):

*A4. Features:
Feature 1 - historic trash midden/ pit consisting of bone, glass, wire, metal, nails, and other amorphous historic trash/ objects.
the feature measures 1.2 x 0.5 m with an unknown depth below the surface. Adjacent to the feature is a dry wash that is actively
cutting into the north side of the feature. This feature is the major cultural constituent of this site. SRI collected two brown bottle
bases from this feature in order to date it.

*A5. Cultural Constituents:

The site consists of a small, moderately dense scatter of historic debris, probably from the mid-20th century. The scatter
surrounds the trash feature on three sides, south, west and east. It is composed of bottle glass, wire-cut nails (12d and 16d
pennyweight), wire (narrow gauge), amorphous metal, and sanitary cans.

*A6. Were Specimens Collected?  No  Yes

*A7. Site Condition:  Good  Fair  Poor : Vehicle traffic (tracks, ruts, crushed artifacts), military activities, active wash
*A8. Nearest Water:
*A9. Elevation: 780.63 m./ 2561.13ft.
A10. Environmental Setting:
Mojave Desert, high desert biome, creosote and rabbit brush predominate, small fauna predominate, desert pavement on alluvial
fan with many small washes and rills intersecting the desert pavement. The desert pavement is moderately well-formed with
some varnish on surface cobbles and gravel, all rocks are igneous - basalts, rhyolites, and granites. The site is located on a
nearly flat surface, less than 1° slope and a southern to southeastern aspect.

A11. Historical Information:

*A12. Age:  Prehistoric  Protohistoric  1542-1769  1769-1848  1848-1880  1880-1914  1914-1945

 Post 1945  Undetermined brown glass bottle base with a poss. bottle make date of 1941

A13. Interpretations:
This site is a small isolated trash midden of limited use, possibly only once. The site represents the early military period at Ft.
Irwin, possibly ranging from the early 1940's to the 1960's. The site likely represents detritus left from the encampments related
to routine exercises conducted by the U.S. military for World War II or the Korean War training. Since the site comes from a
relatively well-known period of history, and represents a common, yet brief cultural phenomenon of the period, SRI believes that
this site has limited data potential. Therefore, SRI suggests that this site does not meet any of the criteria of the NRHP,
specifically criterion D. Most, if not all the data potential for this site was exploited during the initial recording of this site. SRI
recommends that this site is not eligible for includion on the NRHP.

A14. Remarks:

A15. References (Documents, informants, maps, and other references):

A16. Photographs: See Photograph Record.

Digital files Kept on: Fort Irwin Intranet, Microsoft SharePoint, accessible via Directorate of Public Works, Ft. Irwin, CA 92310

*A17. Form Prepared by: D. Duryea, Jr. Date: 7/31/2012

Affiliation and Address: Statistical Research, Inc. 21 W. Stuart Ave. Redlands, CA 92373

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State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025915
Department of Parks and Recreation Trinomial CA-SBR-16386 H
ARTIFACT RECORD
Page 3 of 6 Resource Name or #: SRI-3010
Location Where Collected Specimens are Curated: Ft. Irwin Archaeological Curation Facility, Building #4999, Ft. Irwin, CA
92310
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Artifact # Type Condition Description Dimensions (cm) Locational Data Sketch/ Collected?
(form, material, etc.) L W TH (distance/bearing to datum) Photo
PD 8062 HIS F Brown glass bottle 2.5” x 2.5” x 0.72” Feature 1, 535468, 3911349 Yes Yes
base, 8552/ 5./
Anchor H/ 42/ 20
PD 8062 HIS F Brown glass bottle 2.5 “ x _ x 1” Feature 1, 535468, 3911349 Yes Yes
base, Duraglas/
Owens-Illinois/ 3.

Type Key: (list abbreviations used) Condition Key:

F Fragmentary
HIS - historic C Complete
PD – “Provenience Designation”, a term used by SRI to indicate a discrete Other:
archaeological unit, including a site, site datum, formal tool, artifact concentration,
feature, site datum, concentration, or excavation unit/shovel test pit.
DPR 523H (1/95)
State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025915
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
PHOTOGRAPH RECORD Trinomial CA-SBR-16386 H
Page 4 of 6 Resource Name or #: SRI-3010 Year 2012
Camera Format: Kodak Easyshare M522 Lens Size: AF 4X Optical Aspheric Lens 27 mm -108 mm
Film Type and Speed: Digital, 14 Mp Digital Photos Archived on: Fort Irwin Intranet, Microsoft SharePoint:
Accessible via Directorate of Public Works, Fort Irwin, CA

Mo. Day Time Exp./Frame Subject/Description View Toward Accession #

July 10 100_0681 Overview of bottle refuse at site SRI-3010 Down
July 10 100_0682 Overview of site SRI- 3010 Southeast
July 10 100_0683 From Feature 8062 detail photo of bottle base Down
from 1942
July 10 100_0684 Detail photo of a bottle base found at Feature Down
8062

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State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025915
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
SKETCH MAP Trinomial CA-SBR-16386 H
Page 5 of 6 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) SRI-3010

*Drawn By: K. Smyth *Date: 4/17/2013

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State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025915
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
LOCATION MAP Trinomial CA-SBR-16386 H
Page 6 of 6 *Resource Name or #: SRI-3010

*Map Name: Tiefort Mountains *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 1986

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