An Archaeological-Needs Assessment for the US Air Force, Air Mobility Command

During the fall of 1993, the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX) conducted a survey of archaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted on 13 U.S. Air Force, Air Mobility Command (AMC) installations. Only four-Charleston Air Force Base (and its sub-installation, North Auxiliary Field), South Carolina; Dover Air Force Base, Delaware; Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; and Travis Air Force Base, California - of the 13 installations researched by the MCX had generated archaeological collections, which includes the artifacts and the associated documentation. In sum, approximately 19 cubic feet of artifacts and approximately 10 linear feet of records from AMC installations are being curated by nine repositories in four different states. All collections require at least partial rehabilitation to comply with Federal regulations, and 44% of the collections require complete rehabilitation.1993年秋季，美国陆军工程兵团圣路易斯分区（US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District）下辖的考古藏品整理与管理强制专家中心（Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, MCX），针对13座美国空军机动司令部（Air Mobility Command, AMC）设施的考古调查所产生的考古藏品及相关文档，开展了一次普查工作。在MCX调研的13座设施中，仅4座产生了包含文物及相关文档的考古藏品，分别为南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿空军基地（Charleston Air Force Base）及其附属设施北辅助机场（North Auxiliary Field）、特拉华州多佛空军基地（Dover Air Force Base）、伊利诺伊州斯科特空军基地（Scott Air Force Base）以及加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地（Travis Air Force Base）。综上，来自空军机动司令部设施的约19立方英尺（cubic feet）文物与约10线性英尺（linear feet）档案，目前由分布于4个州的9家馆藏机构负责保管。所有藏品均需进行至少部分修复以符合联邦法规要求，其中44%的藏品需开展全面修复。