US Army National Guard Cultural Resources Planning Level Survey - Summary Report

In 1997, the National Guard Bureau (NGB) tasked the U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Louis, with assisting the Army National Guard (ARNG) in complying with the cultural resource requirements outlined in Army Regulation 200-4 and Department of Defense Instruction 4715.3.
The St. Louis District was asked to develop a national project minimally to address three objectives of the NGB cultural resources program: (1) national Planning Level Surveys (PLS) for all ARNG federally owned or supported facilities, (2) identification and assessment of archaeological collections and associated documentation (curation assessments) derived from these properties, and (3) compliance with Sections 5 and 6 of P.L. 101-601, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
In order to accomplish these objectives, the project has been divided into two phases. Phase I addresses cultural resource investigations that have been conducted for each federally owned or supported ARNG facility in the aforementioned states and territories. Phase I results in the synthesis of state-level PLS documents summarizing the history of investigations and the extent, description, and evaluative status of cultural resources for ARNG facilities. Phase II requires on-site assessments of all archaeological collections, including artifacts and associated documentation, whose care is the responsibility of ARNG. Collections will be assessed for proper curation under the guidelines of 36 CFR Part 79, Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archeological Collections.
In addition, the St. Louis District will physically inspect, and inventory when pertinent, collections documented as containing, or potentially containing, NAGPRA-related items. The project area for Phase II is expected to be much broader than that of Phase I, consisting of all states and territories.
Beginning in October 1997 and continuing through June 1998, personnel from the St. Louis District traveled to locations in each state or territory to perform research necessary for this project. Although the types of facilities visited in each state varied, in general, research was conducted at each state ARNG headquarters and each SHPO.
For details on the research conducted and locations visited for each state, please refer to that state’s planning level survey report. In the facility visits, cultural resources reports and archaeological site files information were gathered and brought back to the St. Louis District, where the information was synthesized and compiled into the previously described state planning level survey reports. Report production was conducted concurrently with research in the field, and continued through September 1998.
Draft reports were edited in a three-part process, including (1) multiple in-house reviews, (2) reviews by NGB, and (3) reviews by personnel at each state ARNG headquarters. Comments from NGB were received for each state planning level survey. Comments for individual state planning level surveys were received from 21 of 44 state ARNG headquarters. All comments were addressed, and they were incorporated into the reports if possible, in congruence with the mission and scope of the project.

1997年，美国国民警卫局（National Guard Bureau, NGB）委托美国陆军工程兵团圣路易斯分局，协助陆军国民警卫队（Army National Guard, ARNG）落实《陆军条例200-4》及美国国防部指令4715.3中规定的文化资源相关要求。
圣路易斯分局受命开展一项国家级项目，至少需达成国民警卫局文化资源项目的三项核心目标：其一，为所有陆军国民警卫队联邦所有或受其资助的设施编制国家级规划层级调研（Planning Level Surveys, PLS）；其二，识别并评估源自这些设施的考古藏品及相关文档（即藏品管理评估）；其三，遵守《公共法101-601》第5、6节——《美洲原住民墓葬保护与归还法案》（Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, NAGPRA）的相关规定。
为完成上述目标，本项目分为两个阶段。第一阶段针对前述各州及领地内所有联邦所有或受资助的陆军国民警卫队设施，开展已完成的文化资源调研工作，并最终汇编形成州级规划层级调研文档，汇总调研历史、陆军国民警卫队设施文化资源的范围、描述及评估状态。第二阶段则需对所有由陆军国民警卫队负责管护的考古藏品（含文物及相关文档）开展现场评估。藏品将依据《美国联邦法规汇编》第36卷第79部分（36 CFR Part 79）《联邦所有及管理的考古藏品管护规范》开展合规性管护评估。
此外，圣路易斯分局将对被记录为包含或潜在包含与NAGPRA相关物品的藏品进行实地核查，并在必要时开展盘查。第二阶段的项目范围预计将远广于第一阶段，覆盖全美所有州及领地。
1997年10月至1998年6月期间，圣路易斯分局的工作人员前往各州及领地开展本项目所需的调研工作。尽管各州到访的设施类型存在差异，但调研工作普遍覆盖各州陆军国民警卫队总部及各州历史保护办公室（State Historic Preservation Office, SHPO）。
如需了解各州开展的调研工作及到访地点详情，请参阅对应州的规划层级调研报告。在设施走访过程中，工作人员收集了文化资源报告及考古遗址档案信息，并带回圣路易斯分局，在此对信息进行整合汇编，形成前文所述的州级规划层级调研报告。报告编制与实地调研同步开展，持续至1998年9月。
报告初稿采用三轮审核流程进行编辑：其一，多次内部评审；其二，国民警卫局评审；其三，各州陆军国民警卫队总部人员评审。国民警卫局已为所有州级规划层级调研报告提供了修改意见，44个州陆军国民警卫队总部中有21个提交了对应州规划层级调研报告的修改意见。所有意见均已得到处理，且只要符合项目任务与范围要求，均已纳入最终报告中。