Final - Stage 1 Cultural Resource Investigations at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Towns of Niagara and Wheatfield, Niagara County, New York

A Stage 1 cultural resource investigation was conducted in compliance with a Cultural Resource Management Plan (CMP) for the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station (NFARS) located in the towns of Niagara and Wheatfield, Niagara County, New York. Current Stage 1 investigations included background literature, site file and historic map research and development of a sensitivity assessment. Based on the sensitivity assessment, field methods were employed that included walkover reconnaissance, subsurface (shovel) testing in vegetated areas and photographic documentation of highly disturbed portions of the project area. Several widely-scattered historic (modem) artifacts were identified within the project boundaries. None of these were considered to be culturally important. No further cultural resource investigations are recommended for the proposed NFARS.

本研究针对位于纽约州尼亚加拉县尼亚加拉镇与惠特菲尔德镇的尼亚加拉瀑布空军预备役基地（Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NFARS），按照其文化资源管理计划（Cultural Resource Management Plan, CMP）开展了第一阶段文化资源调查。本次第一阶段调查工作涵盖背景文献调研、遗址档案与历史地图研究，以及敏感性评估报告的编制。基于敏感性评估结果，本次调查采用了如下野外作业手段：徒步踏勘、植被覆盖区域的地下探铲（shovel）测试，以及对项目区内高度扰动区域的摄影记录。在项目边界范围内共发现若干分布较为分散的历史（近代）人工制品，上述制品均不具备文化重要性。因此，针对拟建的尼亚加拉瀑布空军预备役基地，无需开展进一步的文化资源调查。