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<br />A unknown portion of the Pueblo Reservoir study area has been subjected to a cultural resource <br />inventory. Unfortunately, the specific location of inventory is known only for 190 acres. It is <br />unlikely the 1964 and 1965 University of Denver inventories covered the entire 12,740 acres <br />included in the area by the Bureau of Reclamation. Some of the survey area could be <br />reconstructed by noting the locations of the sites recorded during those inventories. <br /> <br />A total of eighty-nine sites have been recorded within the Pueblo Reservoir study area. All but <br />14''i"f1one were recorded during the initial survey of the reservoir are during the 1960s. All are <br />prehistoric sites, reflecting a bias of archaeologists at the time toward recording only Native <br />American remains. The University of Denver reports do note the presence of historic sites, such <br />as the Swallows townsite, but these are not recorded. All sites within the Pueblo Reservoir study <br />area are minimally recorded, some with no information but location available. None of the sites <br />in the Pueblo Reservoir study area have been evaluated according to the National Register <br />criteria. In fact, so little data are available, it would be impossible to do so. Two unrecorded <br />ditches also exist in areas affected by the Pueblo Reservoir Enlargement. One of these ditches, <br />the Arkansas Valley Conduit, is undoubtedly eligible to the NRHP, if it has physical integrity. <br /> <br />If this alternative is selected, the enlargement of Pueblo Reservoir will both raise and lengthen <br />the Pueblo Reservoir Dam and it will greatly increase the size of the pool associated with the <br />reservoir. Considerable cultural resources work will be required to comply with applicable <br />cultural resource law. All areas not known to have been inventoried between the present water <br />level and the new water level will require survey. All 89 sites will require a revisit and, since all <br />are very minimally recorded, all will require recording. Some of these sites will likely require <br />testing to determine whether they contain deposits which will yield information important in <br />prehistory . <br /> <br />No historic sites have been recorded in the entire Pueblo Reservoir study area. Unfortunately, <br />many historic sites at Pueblo Reservoir were likely located in the Arkansas River valley and are <br />now flooded. It is likely most of these submerged sites have lack architectural integrity, though <br />some may have archaeological integrity. Several methods could be used to determine the <br />locations of historic sites. Intensive inventory of the entire project area would provide a record <br />of historic occupation of areas presently above water. Records searches including patent records, <br />General Land Office records and maps, other old maps, newspapers, asseSSOT=S records, <br />museums and libraries, district water offices as well as other sources and locations could provide <br />information on the larger, more permanent historic locales. Once these locations had been <br />determined, each would require field checking to determine whether physical remains existed, <br />which, if found, would require recording and possibly evaluative testing. <br /> <br />All sites found will require evaluation according to National Register criteria. If impacted, <br />significant sites in the impact area will require mitigation. <br /> <br />The Pueblo Reservoir Enlargement is given the rank of I because of the size of the area, the <br />uncertainty of the areas subjected to previous survey, the large number of minimally recorded <br />prehistoric sites and the likelihood there is a large number of presently unrecorded prehistoric <br />and historic sites in the area, and the likelihood there are a number of significant historic or <br />prehistoric sites in the area. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />Cultural Issues <br />