An archaeological collections summary for Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii

Author:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Title:

An archaeological collections summary for Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii

Year:

1996

Subject:

Archaeological surveying Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA)

Summary:

The U.S. Army Environmental Center (AEC) tasked the Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Duration and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) with the job of assisting Army installation personnel in complying with the requirements of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (P.L. 101-601, NAGPRA). The MCX was asked to locate and assess archaeological collections derived from Army-owned lands, to identify the Native Hawaiian organizations most likely culturally affiliated with the collections, to draft Section 6 Summary letters for each installation, and to conduct physical inventories of any collections that contain human skeletal remains. This report conveys the results of the collections research completed to assist Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) in complying with the Section 6 Summary requirements of NAGPRA. The MCX used a two-stage process to identify, locate, and assess the contents of archaeological collections from the installation. First, archival research was performed to review all archaeological site records and reports for the installation. Second, telephone interviews were conducted with personnel at installations, universities, museums, and archaeological contractors that were identified during the archival research as possible repositories of Army collections. The MCX did not physically verify the existence of collections and, as such, the information contained in this report is based on background record reviews and information obtained via telephone interviews with the aforementioned installation personnel and institution professionals. Archival research for PTA began with a search of the National Archaeological Data Base (NADB) for references pertaining to the installation. This was followed by a thorough examination of all archaeological site forms and a literature review of all pertinent archaeological reports and manuscripts on file at the Department of Land and Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Division, Honolulu; the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. The records search was performed at the above repositories in September of 1995 and sought to identify any work on the installation that may have produced archaeological collections. Subsequent telephone interviews to potential collections repositories ascertained whether the materials were present and the range of objects in each collection. Draft Section 6 Summary letters are in Appendix I, as well as a listing of the Native Hawaiian organizations that should be contacted and their points of contact are in Appendix II).

URL:

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA363562

Date:

March 1996

Collection:

Monographs