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SCOPE OF WORK FOR

ARCHEOLOGICAL MONITORING AT BUNKER HILL IN SUPPORT OF NEW

IRRIGATION AND LIGHTING ISTALLATION

SCOPE: The service provider shall perform the work of this contract for the National Park Service (NPS) as described below.

CONFIDENTIALITY: The information developed under this contract is the property of the U.S. government and shall be kept in strict confidence.

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: The work shall begin and progress according to the irrigation and lighting contractor’s schedule. All work on this monitoring contract is expected to be complete by September 30, 2024.

PROJECT IDENTIFICATION: The work of this contract shall consist of the services described below for the referenced project. In all related documents, the project shall be referred to as, Archaeological Monitoring at Bunker Hill in support of planned irrigation and lighting installation.

Reference numbers to be used on all documents:

NARP Project Number: BOST 2022 A Bunker Hill Irrigation

PEPC 101424

I. INTRODUCTION

Work is being planned to install a new irrigation system on Bunker Hill. This proposed work will also install new lighting to areas of Bunker Hill. Installation of the irrigation lines and heads will be no deeper than 12” in the top four quadrants and are not expected to be deeper than 18” on the slopes. Archeological monitoring services are needed for the installation on both the top four quadrants and the slopes of the site. This work follows the recommendations made in the Archeological Overview and Assessment for Bunker Hill

(PAL 2009: 84)

Bunker Hill

Several previous archeological investigations and planning documents have been done for the archeological resources on Bunker Hill. The latest and the most summarizing document is PAL’s 2009 Archeological Overview and Assessment document. This document summarizes the earlier excavations on the site and provides a good overall characterization of the archeological deposits at the top and on the slopes of the site (PAL 2009)

Significant archeological resources have been discovered at Bunker Hill, within the four top quadrants of the site. Pendery and Griswold’s excavations found elements of the fortifications buried within the two western quadrants. Finds included musket balls and a partial gravestone. The excavators were unable to tell, however, whether these fortification trenches were from the American redoubts or the slightly later British trenching after the British overran the American troops (Figure 1). While a fragment of a grave stone was found within the trench, no human remains were identified.

Figure 1. Map from Pendery and Griswold’s 1996 work on the site. Notice the black area of the trenches which indicate the location of elements of the earlier fortification trenches.

The two GPR projects at the site Kvamme 2003 and Hager-Richter 2001 have provided conflicting results about the locations of other potential fortification trenches. However, both of these projects were completed more than 20 years ago and there have been vast technological developments in geophysics within the last 20 years.

PAL’s overall recommendations for additional work at the site were as follows:

A review of all the archeological work conducted at the site to date provides information with which to develop an archeological sensitivity map for both the Battle of Bunker Hill and Commemorative periods of significance (Figure 5-1).

Given the inferred and observed landscape history of the site and following from the 1996 Pendery and Griswold recommendations, subsurface impacts to the site measuring less than 20 centimeters below ground surface (cbgs) will not impact any potentially significant archeological deposits and, as such, do not require any advance archeological investigations. In the event that ground disturbance is proposed from 20–30 cbgs, that work should be archeologically monitored especially for evidence of the surface of the redoubt trench feature. Ground disturbance in excess of 30 cbgs is discouraged but, in the event that such disturbance cannot be avoided, archeological testing should be conducted in the higher sensitivity portions of the park including the four quad- rants at the top of the hill, and archeological monitoring should be conducted in less sensitive areas of the park extending down the hillsides. (PAL 2009: 84).

Figure 2. Map from PAL’2 2009 AOA illustrating the sensitivity area of the site (PAL 2009: 85).

The irrigation project has been designed so that all primary piping for the irrigation system will be no deeper than 1 foot (30 cms) in the top four quadrants. Irrigation work on the side slopes of the site will be no more than 18” in depth. Lighting work on the side slopes of the monument will be no deeper than 18” but will also need to be monitored during excavation.

Monitoring will consist of having a SOI-qualified archeologist observing the excavation and recording the results (see Appendix 1 for Field Procedures during monitoring). For bidding purposes, 30 days of monitoring services will be required.

NPS will provide electronic copies of the AOA and a GIS database of compiled layers to the successful bidder. NPS will provide copies of the AOA to bidders upon request during the bidding process. These documents are protected under ARPA and a non-disclosure agreement will be required for contractors that want to view the AOA during the bidding process.

Acronyms

AOA Archeological Overview and Assessment AoE Assessment of Effect ARPA Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (as amended) BOST Boston National Historical Park CNY Charlestown Navy Yard CO Contracting Officer COR Contracting Officer’s Representative GIS Geographic Information System MHC Massachusetts Historical Commission/State Historic Preservation Office NARP Northeast Archeological Resources Program NHPA National Historical Preservation Act of 1966 NTP Notice to Proceed POC Point of Contact STP Shovel Test Pit

II REQUIRED WORK PRE-FIELDWORK

• The Contractor shall participate in a start-up meeting to discuss project logistics, site safety, schedule, and any other issues relevant to the successful execution of this scope of work.

• The safety of all persons on the site is a paramount consideration in project planning and execution. A safety plan shall be prepared prior to the archeological investigations. This plan shall include but is not limited to location and phone numbers of emergency services, information about whom to contact if certain services are required, and measures that will be taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. The plan shall consider the likelihood that hazards such as poison ivy and biting insects are present in the study area. Appropriate clothing and footwear must be worn.

III REQUIRED WORK

The following work is required work under this contract:

Fieldwork

• Read and understand the previous archeological work on Bunker Hill that will be distributed upon award.

• View and understand the GIS package that has been created for the project and that will be distributed upon award.

• Provide 30 days of monitoring services for the installation of the irrigation and lighting system. Monitoring will include complete documentation of the project and a summary report at the conclusion of the construction. (Provide a daily rate in proposal in case additional days of monitoring are required)

Reporting

Draft Report

• A draft report of the monitoring consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s

Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (Appendix C, DO-28, 1997) and relevant sections of the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC/SHPO) Guidelines for the conduct of such investigations shall be prepared following completion of all fieldwork and adequate laboratory work to support reported results. This draft shall be submitted to the NPS within thirty (30) calendar days following completion of fieldwork.

The report shall contain at a minimum:

a) Summary

b) Introduction

c) Historical and Research Background

d) Research Design and Field Methods

e) Results

f) Artifact Analysis

g) Recommendations

h) Other sections. The report shall also include a bibliography or sources cited, a table of contents, and lists of figures, catalog of artifacts, tables, as appropriate.

i) Appendices.

• All digital data shall be a deliverable on an external drive. All digital data must be submitted with associated metadata.

• The citation style for bibliographic references and footnotes shall follow those established by the Society for American Archaeology and the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Contractor must obtain permission from copyright owners for all copyrighted material reproduced in the report.

• The following statement must be included in the report and any other publications developed as a result of this contractual agreement:

“This report was accomplished with assistance from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The statement, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and other data in this report are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.”

• This draft shall carry pagination and shall be complete in every respect and shall meet all content requirements stated in this scope of work. No more than 25 typos observed in any draft upon review shall be accepted. Drafts containing greater than 25 typos shall be returned to the Contractor without further review and shall be categorized as unaccepted.

• Draft report drawings shall include English and metric scales. All drawings shall be rendered at a scale adequate to fully document the site and work accomplished.

• All drawings shall be prepared to accommodate reduced size reproductions. The se-lection of shadings, cross-hatching and other drawing conventions shall be such that reduced-size reproductions are legible.

• The draft report must be provided to the NPS within thirty (30) calendar days of completion of fieldwork. The Contractor shall transmit the report via email in Word and PDF formats to the COR and park POC.

• An inventory of artifacts will be submitted with the draft report before cataloging.

NARP collections staff in conjunction with David Vecchioli (BOST Museum Curator) will evaluate the inventory to determine artifacts that will be accessioned into the collection. Some artifacts may be culled following the submission of the inventory.

Final Report

The Contractor shall prepare a final technical report which shall include all components required to be included in the draft report deliverable, but also reflect edits, changes, or additions in response to NPS’ and SHPO/THPO review of the draft technical report. The Contractor shall deliver a final report to NPS for inspection via email no later than 90 days following the conclusion of the fieldwork. NPS will thus have 60 days after delivery of the draft report to get concurrence from cooperating agencies and THPOs.

• The final report is expected to be of publishable quality and must be composed of original research. Plagiarism or material cited improperly shall not be accepted. This draft shall carry pagination and shall be complete in every respect and shall meet all content requirements stated in this scope of work. This document shall fully illustrate the work, methods, and conclusions in maps, figures, and photographs.

• Upon receiving the electronic version of the final technical report, NPS shall inspect the document to ensure the Contractor has adequately responded to and incorporated NPS’ comments and monitoring results. If evaluated as acceptable, NPS shall notify the Contractor to categorize the technical report as final and deliver all final deliverables identified within this scope of services. The final report shall contain a table with artifacts found using selected artifact categories drawn from ICMS as an appendix. This will be drawn from the inventory completed with the draft report but will contain entries for only artifacts that are being accessioned with the collection using ICMS nomenclature.

• The Contractor shall deliver electronic copies of the final technical report to NARP and BOST via email. Electronic copies shall be mailed by the Contractor to BOST and NARP on external hard drives. The Contractor shall also mail two (2) printed and bound copies of the final technical report to NARP and two (2) printed and bound copies of the final technical report to BOST. A third printed but unbound copy of the report must be included along with all original associated documentation and delivered to BOST no later than the final date of the period of performance.

• The Contractor shall submit to NARP and BOST all digital photographs in lossless compression format (e.g. TIFF or PNG – JPEG is NOT acceptable). Included with the submission of all photographs in digital format shall be a pdf document with written identifying descriptions of all digital photographs included in the collection. All digi-tal photographs generated during the performance of the tasks outlined in this scope of services shall be submitted to BOST and NARP no later than the Contractor’s sub-mission of the final report.

• All original associated documentation shall be marked in pencil with the assigned project accession number and delivered housed to agency standards (NPS Museum Handbook) to BOST no later than the end of the contract period of performance. No later than the date of submission of the final report, the Contractor shall coordinate with the COR and BOST POC to deliver all associated documentation to the park.

Additional information regarding approved packaging materials shall be made available upon the request of the Contractor via email to the COR and park POC.

Cataloging and Curation of Artifacts and Archival Documents

• Artifacts found are to be washed and cleaned, as appropriate to the material, except for ballistics. Ballistics should not be washed, should only be handled with gloves, and will be bagged separately. An inventory of collected artifacts will be made at the same time the draft report is due. BOST Curator and NARP staff may cull items at this time and request that they not be entered into ICMS. The remaining artifacts shall be cataloged using ICMS and all data entered should conform to the standards and terminology used by the Northeast Region Archeology Program (NRAP). A flow chart and specific instructions for cataloging and storage of the artifacts will be provided. All material must be stored according to NARP guidelines with archival quality tags.

• Artifacts will be directly labeled. All stable artifacts greater than 1/2 inch, and all di-agnostic artifacts, that can be directly labeled without harming the artifact should be directly labeled, except for ballistics. However, if large quantities (e.g., more than 250 items) of fire cracked rock, architectural materials (e.g., windowpane fragments, mor-tar, brick, nails), or shell comprise a lot, then at least 20% of the items in the lot (both large and small) must be directly labeled. Original field notes and photographs and other project documentation will also be cataloged and directly labeled.

• At the completion of the project, all artifacts, photographic records, drawings, field notes, samples, and all other materials associated with project documentation must be transferred to the Curator, or their designee. All archival material will also be cataloged in ICMS.

• All documentation returned to the Park upon completion of the project will be supplied in a form acceptable for long-term archival storage. Paper records will be supplied on archival paper stock. If materials are reproduced, the original documentation will be submitted with the hard copy.

• All recovered artifacts will be delivered to the Park in corrugated, vented boxes. The boxes will be of an archival composition, such as Hollinger Record Storage Boxes or an equivalent. Artifacts within the boxes will be packaged in labeled, vented zipper-sealed plastic bags. Artifacts are to be packaged separately by ICMS catalog number, with an archival label in each bag carrying the appropriate catalog number or individually marked, when physically possible and when the item count is small.

Ballistics will be physically separated from the archival label by a polyethylene bag.

Additional in- formation regarding approved packaging materials will be made available upon re- quest.

IV GENERAL STIPULATIONS

• The service provider shall provide all personnel, equipment, insurance, and services to perform all tasks necessary to perform the fieldwork, curation and cataloging, and reporting/documentation tasks described in this scope of work.

• The investigation schedule needs to be coordinated with the park to ensure safe visitor access. Any excavations left open for any reason must be properly secured to protect visitor safety.

• The Contractor’s Principal Investigator and Field Supervisor, if different, must meet professional qualifications standards outlined in the Secretary of the Interior’s

Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (Appendix C, DO-28, 1997).

• The person identified as the Field Director must be present at all times during the field investigation phase of the project. If this person is absent at any time during the field excavation phase, NPS will require that operations be terminated until that person, or an agreed-upon replacement, is on site. The National Park Service shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by the Contractor as the result of suspension of work from the absence of this designated individual.

• All work shall be technically accurate, performed according to accepted professional guidelines, and in compliance with all appropriate federal legislation (including Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and implementing regulations); state standards/guidelines, and internal NPS policies including DO-28, Cultural Resource Management Guidelines, especially chapters 2 and 6 and Guideline appendices.

• All THPO and SHPO consultation and/or coordination will be the responsibility of the

NPS and is not required by the Contractor under this task order. Information for such consultations, however, may be requested from the Contractor as necessary, and professional technical support needed for meetings or presentations may be required.

• The Contractor shall provide maximum protection, take every reasonable measure and exercise care to prevent damage to existing historic structures, contemporary structures, landscapes, subsurface archeological features, roads, walkways, utilities, and other parks facilities. All unauthorized damage to site features by the Contractor shall be repaired by the Contractor under the direction of the Contracting Officer at no additional expense to the Government.

• All applicable OSHA safety standards shall be followed. A safety plan shall be prepared prior to the archeological investigations by the Contractor. This plan shall include but is not necessarily limited to location and phone numbers of emergency services, information about whom to contact if certain services are required. Field hazards such as poison ivy and biting insects may be present. Appropriate clothing and footwear must be worn.

• The National Park Service has royalty-free, irrevocable, and non-exclusive license to field notes, raw data, images, manuscripts, and reports for non-profit NPS uses, including educational, archival, and research uses. These materials may be used, reproduced and displayed for these purposes in any and all medium including, but not limited to, the World Wide Web.

V PROJECT ORIENTATION

The NPS will designate a Contracting Officer for this project. Approval of changes in the work that might result in adjustments in cost to Government and/or Contract time, and the approval of payment requests are reserved for the Contracting Officer. The acceptance of any change affecting price, terms, or delivery by the Contractor without the specific approval of payment requests, is reserved for the Contracting Officer.

William Griswold, Northeast Region Archeology Program Archeologist, is designated as the Contracting Officer’s Representatives for this project. Dr. Griswold shall serve as the primary point of contact regarding this scope and shall serve as primary reviewer for project submittals.

Dr. Griswold must be included (or copied) on all conversations or emails exchanged subject to this contract. The contract must be conducted according to the terms and conditions of this scope unless prior written arrangements are made with the COR.

Steve Carlson is designated the Point of Contact (POC) for the overall park interactions.

Carlson shall provide general coordination and oversight. All fieldwork scheduling and project logistics shall be coordinated with Carlson, or other park personnel as designated by the Superintendent.

VI. SCHEDULE

The project will be completed over approximately a year-long period. However, we would like to have fieldwork prioritized to be done as soon as possible.

Product Schedule Payment/Delivery

Milestone Project Start Notification TBD (prior to construction start date)

Completion of Archeological monitoring

TBD 25% payment

Draft Report; preliminary inventory of artifacts

30 Days after completion of monitoring

50% payment

Final Draft Report; artifacts, archival materials delivered and properly curated; ICMS catalog due

90 Days after completion of monitoring

25% payment

VII. FEE and PAYMENT

Payments to the service provider shall be made on the basis of proper and acceptable invoices submitted for services completed by the service provider at milestones.

• 25% upon completion of the monitoring

• 50% upon completion of the draft report

• 25% upon acceptance of the final report and all data collected for the project including archival data.

Travel costs and all other direct costs shall be included in the firm fixed price for the work.

IX BIDDING INFORMATION

Contractor will submit a firm fixed cost proposal for the project described in this scope of work. This bid will include all costs for conducting the work described herein.

X CONTACTS

BOST

Michael Creasey Superintendent National Parks of Boston Michael_creasey@nps.gov 617 242-5645

Steve Carlson POC Program Director, Preservation and Compliance National Parks of Boston steve_carlson@nps.gov 617 242-5680

NARP

William Griswold (COR) Archeologist, NARP William_griswold@nps.gov 267 463-3148 mailto:Michael_creasey@nps.gov mailto:steve_carlson@nps.gov mailto:William_griswold@nps.gov

References Cited

Hager-Ritcher Geoscience, Inc. (Hager-Richter)

2001 Geophysical Survey, Bunker Hill Monument, Boston National Historic Park, Boston, Massachusetts. On file, Northeast Cultural Resources Center, Lowell, MA.

Heitert, Kristen (PAL)

2009 Archeological Overview and Assessment Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, Massachusetts. PAL Report No. 2141. On file at the Northeast Archeological Resources Program office in Lowell, MA.

Kvamme, Ken L.

2003 Geophysical Surveys as Landscape Archaeology. American Antiquity, 88 (3):

435-457.

Pendery, Steven R., and William A. Griswold

1996 Interim Report and Management Summary, Archeological Testing at Bunker Hill Monument, Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, Massachu-setts. Archeology Branch, NCRC, NPS, Lowell, MA.

Appendix 1

Archeological Monitoring Plan (Field Procedures)

• The Contractor shall provide archeological construction monitoring services to observe all ground-disturbing activities during the execution of the irrigation and wiring projects on Bunker Hill. Ground disturbing activities to be monitored include the excavation of soils for the installation of irrigation heads, the excavation of soils for the installation of irrigation piping, excavation of soils for the installation of wiring for the new lighting, and any other excavation that takes place on Bunker Hill associated with the irrigation and wiring installation project where ground disturbance can be readily observed. Because the utility connections require ground disturbing activities within and adjacent to areas known to be sensitive for subsurface archeological deposits and features, especially in the area in the top four quadrants of site, the archeological construction monitors shall be responsible for identifying, recording, protecting, and collecting archeological data, features, and artifacts exposed during construction activities.

• Prior to the archeological monitor arriving on site, a pre-site meeting is required and shall include the COR, Park POC, and NARP Archeologist. This meeting will cover all safety issues, background information regarding the soils and previous archeological work, communication procedures, and any other outstanding issues.

• The selected archeological Contractor shall ensure that the archeological monitors meet the minimum requirements set forth in the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Archeology (36 CFR 61 and 950 CMR 70.10). The archeological construction monitors shall use hand tools to clean exposed soils to identify archeological resources, and then record details about the nature and location of any such resources that they identify. The archeological monitors are empowered to pause work in the event that archeological resources are exposed.

• Most of the recordation required by the archeological monitor will not lead to work stoppages or relocation of work. Most recordation will take place within 10-15 minutes following the excavations. The archeological monitors should work out a workflow with the construction contractor to cause minimal if any disruption to the construction contractor’s schedule.

• If the archeological monitor identifies archeological resources including artifact deposits or features which require extensive documentation, they shall immediately notify the COR and park POC. All ground disturbing activities in the locations of these discoveries shall be temporarily paused while the archeological monitor coordinates with the COR and park POC. The COR and POC shall coordinate with the archeological monitors and the Contracting Officer (CO) via phone or video conference call and make a determination as to how long ground disturbing activities shall be paused, or where work can be redirected to allow adequate time for the archeological monitors to record the discoveries. Immediately following the conclusion of these coordination meetings, the CO shall coordinate with the Irrigation Project Manager to pause or redirect work.

• The excavations for the irrigation and wiring installation are limited to 12” (30 cmbs) in depth for the four quadrants on top of Bunker Hill. Excavations on the slopes of the site will be deeper at 18” (45 cmbs). Any change in construction plans will need to be evaluated using these parameters. Excavations deeper than these are not authorized and should be reported to the COR if they are encountered.

• During documentation of identified archeological deposits or features the Contractor shall coordinate with the COR and park POC with their recommendations via phone or video conference call if ground disturbing activities can resume without causing an impact to sensitive archeological resources or provide recommendations for avoidance or potential mitigation.

• When significant archeological deposits or features are identified which require documentation the archeological monitors shall fully photo-document the discoveries, record measurements including dimensions of discoveries and depth at which they were identified, record geospatial locations of discoveries using a Global Positioning System (GPS) with sub-meter accuracy, record sediment types and Munsell colors observed for all identified strata, record excavation profiles through digital photography as well as drawing, and as directed by the COR to recover artifact samples.

• When the archeological monitors identify archeological artifacts during monitoring of the ground disturbing activities and the artifacts are found within disturbed or redeposited contexts, and are confirmed by the archeological monitors to not be associated with an intact archeological deposit or feature, the archeological monitors shall record these discoveries using a GPS, photograph the finds and record general observations and attribute data, and only collect a representative sample of unique or otherwise significant artifacts dating to fifty

(50) years or older. All other artifacts shall be left on site and shall not be collected.

• Additionally, bulk materials, defined in this scope of services to include brick fragments, coal, slag, iron or tin can fragments, large quantities of shell, roofing slate, nails, mortar, and other architectural debris, shall be quantified, weighed, noted on field forms, and discarded in the field unless representative examples are identified that are unique or otherwise scientifically of interest. The archeological Contractor must describe the results of the implementation of the sampling strategy within the final report. The archeological Contractor must demonstrably show in the draft and final reports that the execution of this selective sampling strategy was able to accurately capture the most representative sample of artifacts encountered.

• When artifact deposits and features are identified during archeological construction monitoring the Contractor shall record excavation profiles using both sketch drawings and photography. All measurements present in photographs and drawings of profiles must be metric. Profile drawings shall be prepared by the Contractor in anticipation of these drawings being included in the final report. Soil types and Munsell color codes shall be referenced in soil and strata descriptions. Additionally, clear language shall be used to identify the different soils encountered, with particular attention to the depths/elevations at which fill layers, potential in-situ artifact deposits or features, and naturally deposited strata begin and end.

• A sample of soil will be screened through ¼ inch wire mesh. Approximately 25% of excavated soils should be screened to identify artifact profiles associated with the various strata encountered. Artifacts will be documented with provenience that includes soil stratigraphy.

• The archeological monitor is authorized to use a metal detector for the spoil pile created by the excavation. Should musket balls be identified, they should be carefully handled (ideally with gloves) and not washed. They shall be bagged by provenience and should be identified as per caliber. If smashed, they should be identified by caliber using the Sivilich formula.

• Field photography shall be taken during the investigation to thoroughly document field conditions, significant areas of interest, crew activities, and artifacts identified within redeposited contexts. At the conclusion of the project, all photographs must be returned to the park for permanent curation.

• The following field records shall be maintained: a catalog of field specimens; a photographic log; a list of features; and a daily record of the observations and procedures conducted by the on-site field supervisor.

• Any modification of the methods outlined within this scope of services, especially, but not limited to any modification which may result in a reduction in the quantity of services provided under contract, must be made in consultation with the CO, COR, and NARP. The Contractor must receive written permission to proceed from the CO before any modification to project methods are implemented.