State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025928

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #

PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial CA-SBR-16399
NRHP Status Code
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Review Code Reviewer Date
Page 1 of 7 *Resource Name or #: SRI-6030
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 Location:  Not for Publication  Unrestricted *a. County: San Bernardino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: Fort Irwin Date: 1986 T 15N; R 3E; SW¼ of NE¼ of Sec 35; S.B.B.M.
c. Address: City: Ft. Irwin Zip: 92310
d. UTM: Zone: 11 (NAD 1983); 533,818 mE/ 3,912,375 mN (G.P.S.)
e. Other Locational Data: North of Catonment: Head north on the Barstow Rd. MSR towards Junction City. At Junction City
turn left towardsTraffic Circle, and at about 2.34 km turn north on graded dirt road. Go north 807 m, turn left, (going west) onto
another dirt road. Drive about 700 m until another dirt road is reached. Turn left and drive about 130 m. Site is located to the west
about 2o meters. Site is located at elevation 813.919434 m / 2670.33935 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, light density lithic
scatter on poorly formed desert pavement. The site has two major components; a small scatter of basalt flaking debitage from core
reduction, biface reduction, and indeterminate reduction, and 25 m east, a small lithic reduction locus of chert core reduction flakes
and a chert core. The desert pavement has been impacted by vehicle traffic (broken flakes, ruts, and tracks) and military activities.
The site is within 10-20 m of a rill to the southwest, oriented northwest-southeast. Rubifaction analysis was conducted at this site
with samples taken from debitage. None of the surrounding natural cobbles had adequate rubifaction development for analysis, so
no control samples were taken.

*P3b. Resource Attributes: AP2 - Lithic scatter, AP 12 - Quarry

*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.)
P5b. Description of Photo:
Overview of site, looking east.
*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: 7/15/2012

*P10. Survey Type: 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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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE RECORD
Page 2 of 7 *Resource Name or #: SRI - 6030
*A1. Dimensions: a. Length: 13 m ( N-S ) × b. Width: 47 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 artifacts, and desert
pavement land formation to find site boundaries
Limitations:  Restricted access  Paved/built over  Site limits incompletely defined  Disturbances  Vegetation
 Other (Explain):

A2. Depth:  None  Unknown Method of Determination: no cultural subsurface, all surface artifacts
*A3. Human Remains:  Present  Absent  Possible  Unknown (Explain): No cultural subsurface observed
*A4. Features: none
*A5. Cultural Constituents:
The site consists of a small, light density lithic scatter of basalt and chert flaking debitage in a 10 x 5 m area. A total of 53 pieces
of flaking debitage was observed from core reduction and indeterminate reduction. There are few artifacts between this scatter
and the feature to the east. No cores or tools were recorded. One rubifaction sample was taken from a flake.

Artifact Concentration 1 (PD 9031) - chert lithic reduction locus consisting of 20 chert core reduction and indeterminate flakes
and one multi-directional core in a 1 x 0.5 m area, 25 m east of the main lithic scatter. (Note that Statistical Research, Inc. [SRI]
uses the abbreviation “PD” as an abbreviation for “Provenience Designation,” in other words a designation system for point
provenienced artifacts, features, artifact concentrations, site datums, or test units/pits)

*A6. Were Specimens Collected?  No  Yes

*A7. Site Condition:  Good  Fair  Poor (Describe disturbances.): Vehicle traffic (tracks, ruts, crushed artifacts) and
military activities throughout the site

*A8. Nearest Water (Type, distance, and direction.): Bicycle Wash (intermittent), 341 meters southwest
*A9. Elevation:
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 poorly formed with poor 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:

This site is located in a drawn boundary for CA-SBR-4969 from the 1982 survey for the Gallant Eagle Exercise (Robarchek et al.
1984) although this actual site boundary for that site was never fully delineated.

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

 Post 1945  Undetermined
A13. Interpretations:
This site relates to prehistoric desert pavement surface quarrying indicative to the area and to the greater region. The presence
of lithic core reduction flakes, along with the absence of biface reduction flakes or groundstone (which may indicate intensive
occupation of the site), suggests that this site was an intermittently and briefly occupied for quarrying only. Rubifaction studies
may eventually elucidate better relative dates for sites such as these, but at the present time, given the lack of subsurface
cultural deposits and diagnostics, as well as a brief and sporadic site occupation,SRI argues that this site does meet any of the
criteria of the NRHP, specifically criterion D. Most, if not all the data potential for this site was exploited during its initial recording.
SRI recommends that this site is not eligible for listing on the NRHP.

A14. Remarks:
A15. References (Documents, informants, maps, and other references):
Robarchek, Clay, William H. Breece, Kathleen Ann Bergin, and Claude N. Warren
1984 An Archaeological Survey of the 1982 Gallant Eagle Exercise Area, Fort Irwin, San Bernardino County, California. Fort
Irwin Archaeological Project Research Report Number 7. On file, Environmental Division, Directorate of Public Works, Fort Irwin,
California.
A16. Photographs: See Photograph Record
Digital photos archived at: Directorate of Public Works, Ft. Irwin, California
*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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CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial CA-SBR-16399
Page 3 of 7 *Resource Name or # SRI-6030

*Recorded by: D. Duryea *Date: 8/2/2012  Continuation  Update

Field Debitage:

Basalt, general site, core reduction

complete cortex (4-6 cm) - 9

partial cortex (2-6 cm) - 14
no cortex (3 cm) - 3

Basalt, general site, biface reduction

complete cortex - 0
partial cortex - 0
no cortex (2-5 cm) - 3

Basalt, general site, indeterminate

complete cortex (3-5 cm) - 3

partial cortex (3-6 cm) - 11
no cortex (2-5 cm) - 10

Chert, Artifact Concentration 1, core reduction

complete cortex (1-4 cm) - 2

partial cortex (3-5 cm) - 8
no cortex (3-4 cm) - 7

Chert, Artifact Concentration 1, biface reduction

complete cortex - 0
partial cortex - 0
no cortex (1 cm) - 2

Chert, Artifact Concentration 1, core reduction

complete cortex - 0
partial cortex - 0
no cortex (2 cm) - 1

Rubifaction Samples:

no control sample analyzed or taken

1 basalt core reduction flake, partial cortex (2-6 cm) - 2.5 YR 4/2

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ARTIFACT RECORD
Page 4 of 7 Resource Name or #: SRI-6030
Location Where Collected Specimens are Curated: no artifacts collected
Description Dimensions (cm) Locational Data Sketch/
Artifact # Type Condition Collected?
(form, material, etc.) L W TH UTMs: mE, mN Photo
Basalt flakes (26), 2-6 cm, proximal to
PD 6030 DEB No No
core reduction distal
Basalt flakes (3), 2-5cm, prox. to
PD 6030 DEB No No
biface reduction distal
Basalt flakes (24),
2-6 cm, prox. to
PD 6030 DEB indeterminate No No
distal
reduction
Chert flakes (17), 1-5 cm, prox. to Artifact Concentration 1,
PD 9031 DEB No No
core reduction distal 533844, 3912364
Chert flakes (2), Artifact Concentration 1,
PD 9031 DEB 1 cm, prox. to distal No No
biface reduction 533844, 3912364
Chert flakes (1),
Artifact Concentration 1,
PD 9031 DEB indeterminate 2 cm, prox. to distal No No
533844, 3912364
reduction
Chert core, Artifact Concentration 1,
PD 9034 COR F 6.3 x 5.8 x 3.1 Yes No
multidirectional 533844, 3912364

Type Key: (list abbreviations used) Condition Key:

DEB – Debitage F Fragmentary
COR – Core 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.

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PHOTOGRAPH RECORD Trinomial CA-SBR-16399
Page 5 of 7 Resource Name or #: SRI-6030 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:
http://irwig3c2itamweb/units/DPW-CULT/default.aspx

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

July 16 100-716 Overview of site, SRI-6030 E
July 16 100-717 Overview of Artifact Concentration 1 (PD 9031) Down

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SKETCH MAP Trinomial CA-SBR-16399
Page 6 of 7 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder)
*Drawn By: K. Smyth *Date: 4/15/2013

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LOCATION MAP Trinomial CA-SBR-16399
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*Map Name: Fort irwin *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 1986

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