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consists of a few isolated projectile points including at Cody Complex points at 5RT139. <br />Archaic -age lithic scatters and open camps have been recorded in the area as well as some rock art <br />panels believed to be Archaic in age. Excavations at the Red Army Rockshelter (5RT345) <br />located a couple miles to the east recovered evidence of multiple occupations spanning the Pioneer <br />Archaic through Protohistoric, including two house structures within the shelter (Pool 1997). <br />Numerous Formative Era Aspen Tradition age lithic scatters and open camps have also been <br />recorded in the general area, as have Protohistoric and Historic Ute or Shoshone rock art sites. <br />In the Northern Colorado River Basin, the prehistoric sequence has been divided into four <br />broad eras, each of which is further divided into time periods, traditions, or phases (Reed and <br />Metcalf 1999). The eras are Paleoindian, Archaic, Formative, and Protchistoric (Table 1). <br />Table 1 Temporal Sequences for the <br />Northern Colorado River Basins <br />Northern Colorado River Basin Sequence <br />Paleoindian Era <br />Pre - 8350 BP <br />Archaic Era <br />Pioneer Period <br />8350 - 6450 BP <br />Settled Period <br />6450 - 4450 BP <br />Transitional Period <br />4450 - 2950 BP <br />Terminal Period <br />2950 - 1950 BP <br />Formative Era <br />Aspen Tradition <br />1950 - 650 BP <br />Protohistoric Era <br />Antero Phase <br />650 - 300 BP <br />Canalla Phase <br />300 - 130 BP <br />Historic Overview <br />Comprehensive historic contexts have been written for the general area of the project. The <br />most recent can be found in Colorado Mountains Historic Context (Mehls 1984) and Colorado <br />History: A Context for Historical Archaeology (Church et al. 2007). The following information is <br />a synthesis of these resources. For detailed information concerning these contexts the reader is <br />referred to these documents. <br />Within the project area ranching, limited farming, and coal mining are the dominant <br />historic themes. Sites related to these activities show up in the files search and were expected <br />during inventory. <br />For Official Use Only: Disclosure of Site Locations Prohibited (43 CFR §7.18) <br />