State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025929

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI #

PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial CA-SBR-16400
NRHP Status Code
Other Listings
Review Code Reviewer Date
Page 1 of 7 *Resource Name or #: SRI-8016
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 Location:  Not for Publication  Unrestricted *a. County: San Bernardino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 Mountain Date: 1986 T 15N; R 3E; SW¼ of NW¼ of Sec 36; S.B.B.M.
c. Address: City: located at Ft. Irwin NTC Zip: 92310
d. UTM: Zone: 11 (NAD 1983); 534,295 mE/ 3,912,360 mN (G.P.S.)
e. Other Locational Data: North of Catonment, north on the Barstow Rd. MSR towards Junction City, at Junction City turn left
towardsTraffic Circle, at about 2.34 km, turn north on graded dirt road, go north 807 m to another dirt road and turn left. Drive about
250 m and turn left again and a another dirt road and drive south about 90 m. The site is located adjacent west of the road. Site is
located at elevation 804.77 m / 2640.31 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 of basalt flaking debris and one basalt lithic reduction locus on moderately formed desert pavement. A total of 53 core
reduction flakes and 12 indeterminate flakes were observed. The desert pavement has been affected by vehicle traffic (broken
flakes, wheel ruts, tank tracks) and military activities. No tools, diagnostics or soil depth was observed. Rubifaction analysis was
conducted using samples taken from debitage and natural cobbles from the site.

*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 the site, looking
southwest.

*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: 6/25/2012

*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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 State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025929
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Trinomial CA-SBR-16400
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE RECORD
Page 2 of 7 *Resource Name or #: SRI - 8016

*A1. Dimensions: a. Length: 62 m (N-S) × b. Width: 34 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 along with an artifact concentration. Field crew observed a total of
65 flakes from core reduction and indeterminate reduction, but no cores or tools. SRI examined flaking debitage and natural
cobbles in the field for a rubifaction study.

Artifact Concentration 1 (PD 8017) - a basalt lithic reduction locus consisting of 25 basalt core reduction flakes in a 1.5 x 1 m
area. Personnel from SRI did not record any cores or tools. Rubifaction samples were taken from the area.

*A6. Were Specimens Collected?  No  Yes

*A7. Site Condition:  Good  Fair  Poor : Vehicle traffic (tracks, ruts, crushed artifacts) and military activities throughout
*A8. Nearest Water: Bicycle Wash (intermittent), 728 m southwest
*A9. Elevation: 804.77 m./ 2640.31 ft.
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:

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 is the result of prehistoric desert pavement surface quarrying common in the area and within the Mojave Desert region
at large. Given the presence of lithic core reduction flakes and the absence of biface reduction flakes and groundstone (both of
the latter may indicate intensive occupation of a site). The evidence suggests that this site was intermittently and briefly occupied
for quarrying only. Rubifaction studies may eventually elucidate better relative dates for sites such as these, but currently, 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, of 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):
A16. Photographs: See Photograph Record
Digital photos archived on Microsoft SharePoint, hosted by Ft. Irwin Intranet, and accessible via Directorate of Public Works, Ft.
Irwin, CA

*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-36-025929
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CONTINUATION SHEET Trinomial CA-SBR-16400
Page 3 of 7 *Resource Name or # SRI-8016

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

Field Debitage:

Basalt, Artifact Concentration 1, core reduction

complete cortex (6-11 cm) - 5

partial cortex (4-10 cm) - 4
no cortex (4-8 cm) - 16

Basalt, general site, core reduction

complete cortex (5-7 cm) - 3

partial cortex (4-7 cm) - 12
no cortex (2-6 cm) - 13

Basalt, general site, indeterminate

complete cortex - 0
partial cortex (3-8 cm) - 6
no cortex (2-6 cm) - 6

Rubifaction Samples:

basalt cobble - 5 YR 5/6, control

1 basalt core reduction flake, partial cortex (4-10 cm), Artifact Concentration 1 - 5 YR 5/4
1 basalt core reduction flake, no cortex (4-8 cm), Artifact Concentration 1 - 5 YR 5/4
1 basalt core reduction flake, complete cortex (5-7 cm) - 5 YR 4/3

General Comments/ Notes:

This site consists of a surface scatter of lithic debitage and one reduction locus (Artifact Concentration 1). Due to the paucity of
material remains, lack of diversity in the observed assemblage and features, as well as damage to the surface of the site from
military vehicles and exercises, SRI contends that the data potential of this site is limited. The potential information from this site
was extracted during the present site recordation and in-field analysis. Therefore SRI recommends that this site lacks the potential
for future scientific contributions under criterion D of the NRHP, such that the site is not eligible for listing on the NRHP.

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State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025929
Department of Parks and Recreation Trinomial CA-SBR-16400
ARTIFACT RECORD
Page 4 of 7 Resource Name or #: SRI-8016
Location Where Collected Specimens are Curated: not applicable; nothing collected

Description Dimensions (cm) Locational Data Sketch/

Artifact # Type Condition Collected?
(form, material, etc.) L W TH UTMs, mE, mN Photo
Basalt flakes (28), 2-7 cm, proximal
PD 8060 DEB No No
core reduction to distal
Basalt flakes (12),
2-8 cm, prox. to
PD 8060 DEB indeterminate No No
distal
reduction
Artifact
Basalt flakes (25), 4-11 cm, prox. to
Concentration 1 DEB 534283, 3912371 No No
core reduction distal
(PD 8017)

Type Key: (list abbreviations used) Condition Key:

DEB – Debitage F Fragmentary
PD - “Provenience Designation, a designation system for point provenienced C Complete
artifacts, features, artifact concentrations, site datums, or test units/pits
Other:

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State of California ⎯ The Resources Agency Primary # P-36-025929
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
PHOTOGRAPH RECORD Trinomial CA-SBR-16400
Page 5 of 7 Resource Name or #: SRI-8016 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, Ft. Irwin, CA
Mo. Day Time Exp./Frame Subject/Description View Toward Accession #
June 25 100-624 Overview of site, SRI-8016 SW

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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI#
SKETCH MAP Trinomial CA-SBR-16400
Page 6 of 7 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) SRI-8016
*Drawn By: K. Smyth *Date: 4/15/2013

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LOCATION MAP Trinomial CA-SBR-16400
Page 7 of 7 *Resource Name or #: SRI-8016
*Map Name: Tiefort Mountains *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of Map: 1986

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