An Archeological Curation-Needs Assessment for the US Navy, Engineering Field Activities, West and Northwest, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

At the request of Engineering Field Activity (EFA), West, the US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC), located at the St. Louis District, conducted a survey of archeological collections and associated documentation generated from archeological investigations conducted on Navy facilities within the jurisdiction of EFA West and EFA Northwest. Site visits were conducted during the period November 1993-August 1994 to assess the archeological collections. EFA West and EFA Northwest are responsible for the collections located at 31 facilities in California, Nevada, and Washington. In sum, approximately 1,009 cubic feet of artifacts from 36 collections and 354 reports were located. All collections require at least partial rehabilitation to comply with federal regulation 36 CFR Part 79, Curation of Federally Owned and Administered Archeological Collections.