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MuseumsSite Name: Archaeology and Paleontology Curation CenterCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 14.978 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Palm Springs, CA Nearest Village: Twentynine Palms, CA
Latitude: 34.187300N Longitude: 116.054W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, San Bernardino County, California, USA.
The climate of the Mojave Desert has preserved many prehistoric sites and artifacts. Within the boundaries of the Marine Corps Air and Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California, there are over 1600 archaeological sites. Taking into consideration the cost of moving finds outside of the area, and the interest in having a base for study and curation when new sites are discovered, the Natural Resource and Environmental Affairs Division of the Marine Corp funded this curation center and small museum.
Service personnel and their families, as well as students and other visitors to the base are welcome to visit the center Tuesday through Thursday afternoons and the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. Visitors will wish to call ahead of any visit for details at telephone 760-830-7641. The location given is the main gate, where visitors to the base are required to register.
Note: Note: See for attached article on the opening of this center, Jan 2007.
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