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<br />. <br /> <br />'l, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'.' <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />r)"'!'C:-, -, <br />~" ",....1 <br /> <br />staying in one place, and that they .,ere preoccllpied \.ith hunting. <br /> <br />In prehistoric times this area along the eastern slope of <br /> <br />the ,"ocky :.[ountains and extending out to the High Hains held a rela- <br /> <br />tively large Indian population, although nDt so large probably as in <br /> <br />the areas further east, closer to the _ississippi drainage. There are <br /> <br />village sites in and areund the reservoir areas which contain pottery, <br /> <br />principally of the t lains ..oodland variety. This "ould indicate that <br /> <br />their occupation goes back to perhaps 1000 A.U. ~ottery on these sites <br /> <br />is rarely abundant but should. be a.nple to date these sites in a general <br /> <br />way and to indicate the cultural affiliatiDns of the peotple. In the <br /> <br />sl"uthern part of the state around the areas of the I'ueble and ben Lutler <br /> <br /> <br />reservoirs (Gunnison-Arkansas .roject) are sites which contain lecal <br /> <br />Plains pottery and intrusive seuthwestern pottery, probably from New <br /> <br />:'iex1co. This latter material has been dated accurately in its native <br /> <br />area by the tree ring method and should i'rovide an invaluable clue to <br /> <br />the dating of the local material in the "estern ilains region for this <br /> <br />period. In the survey particular attention will be given to these sites. <br /> <br />What seems to be an eve]; earlier occupatiDn in this area is <br /> <br />represented by sitee near the Graneros and .'ueblo .1eservoirs on the <br /> <br />Arkansas drainage. 'i'hese occur chiefly in caves or small rock shelters <br /> <br />along the small streams ',Ihich break out of the mountains and have cut <br /> <br />deep canyons through the extreme western limit of the jJlains. 'l'hese <br />sites are difficult to survey because of the great amount of scaling <br /> <br />whiCh has taken place Dn the cave roofs, resulting in a considerable <br /> <br />deposit Df jwnbled sandstone on the cave flDors. Some organic material <br /> <br />has been recovered from these sites. This includes fra~ents of <br /> <br />sandals, twined rope, yucca "cuds" and charred corn. Small hands tones <br /> <br />44 <br />