VAFB-1982-08: Notes on a Surface Collection at Archaeological Site SBA-209: Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, California

This document is a brief report describes the events leading up to a 1974 controlled archaeological surface collection of a portion of site SBa-209 within the Southern Pacific Railroad Right-of-Way on Vandenberg Air Force Base. Also included is a discussion of the methodology employed and some preliminary findings. The officers of the Lompoc Chapter of the Santa Barbara County Archaeological Society, the organization responsible for much of the collection, cataloging and interim curation of the artifacts, recently voted to release the entire collection on a permanent loan basis to the UCSB Museum of Anthropology.