Annual Report on the Archeological Programs of the Western Region, Calendar Year 1978

NPS Western Archeological Center

This is the 1978 Annual Report for the Western Archeological Center, Western Region, National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service directives require that each area annually report, through their respective regional offices, the accomplishments, completion of goals, projects, and other data relative to the areas' respective missions. The report documents expenditures to assure allocated monies have been spent for previously authorized projects, and were used wisely and productively. In addition to satisfying legal requirements, this document is an historical chronicle of the year's events. The report outlines knowledge gained in the field of cultural resource management and conservation through surveys, excavations, professional research, and stabilization and preservation of both historic and prehistoric structures and objects. The report also informs park management of the archeological and materials preservation assistance available to support work of individual parks, the regional offices, and the Denver Service Center. Contained herein is the documentation of managing and administering a cultural resources conservation center, including dollar costs and personnel requirements for contracting and procurement of supplies, equipment, and professional services, summaries of projects involving excavation and stabilization of prehistoric structures, and the organizational breakdown needed to accomplish the Center's mission. Data for this Report were acquired through trip reports, calendar documentation, staff-meeting agendas, conference notes and other memoranda of record, and through requested input from each Division or Office.

Annual Report on the Archeological Programs of the Western Region, Calendar Year 1978

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