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Scott NC, the site was found during the course of a contracted archaeological survey aboard NAWS CL. Under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, government agencies, like military bases, must manage and maintain historic properties (i.e., cultural resources eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places) in their jurisdiction. Ground surveys to find potential historic properties are an integral first step in management and maintenance. Essentially, they are required to know what and how many historical properties they have to protect them or otherwise mitigate data loss. This work is often farmed out to independent contractors, like the company I work for.

Frosty, thanks much for the info. regarding Fisher! I wish I could just look at, let alone share, the pictures. They are on Navy cameras and need to be approved by Navy reviewers before being passed on to us, the process for which is...lengthy. It's highly unlikely that I'll see them before the report goes out.

Hi all! I'm a contract archaeologist mostly working aboard NAWS China Lake, in Inyo County, CA. I have a probable branding site that I'm pretty sure I can tie to a local Panamint speaker (Timbisha Shoshone) of local note whose family grazed horses in the area between roughly 1850 and 1960. The site's archaeology broadly points to a late 19th-early 20th century timeframe, but its assemblage incorporates an "Indian Chief" anvil that I'd like to pinpoint a manufacturing date on, but I can't well match its serial numbers to those listed in AIA. According to my recording crew, it's stamped "T4 9A5S1331". I'm guessing the 1331 indicates a manufacture date of 1898, but I'm clueless as to the other numbers and letters. Any thoughts? Unfortunately, I don't have the pictures they took, as the Navy hasn't yet approved them.