2013-12-12_REVISION - C1982056 (12)

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Table 4 List of previously recorded sites within one mile of the project area Site No. ISite Type NRHP Eligibility Year Recorded Recorder 5RT.185 Prehistoric sheltered camp Eligible—official 1979 Powers 5RT.686 Prehistoric open lithic, historic habitation NE— official 1990 BLM -LSFO 5RT.921 Historic water control NE— official 1993 MAC 5RT.992 Prehistoric open lithic NE —official 1994 Foothill 5RT.995 Prehistoric open camp, historic trash dump Needs data — official 1994 Foothill 5 RT. 1164 Historic burial Boettler Grave Site Needs data —field 1995 NACP 5 RT. 1184 Prehistoric rock art NE —official 1995 MAC 5RT.1398 Historic fanning/ranching NE— official 2000 MAC 5 RT. 1645 Prehistoric open cam NE— official 2002 MAC 5 RT. 1646 Historic structure/ foundation/alignment NE— official 2002 MAC 5RT.2299 Historic trash dump NE —official 2006 MAC 5RT.2441 Prehistoric open camp, historic isolated find NE— official 2007 MAC BLM -CDO= Bureau of Land Management, Craig District Office, BLM -LSFO= Bureau of Land Management, Little Snake Field Office, Foothill= Foothill Engineering Consultants, Inc., GRI =Grand River Institute, LOPA —Colorado State University's Laboratory of Public Archaeology, MAC = Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc., NACP = National Association for Cemetery Preservation, Inc., Powers = Powers Elevation The General Land Office (GLO) plats for T5N, 86W were examined for historic structures and features within the current project area. These original GLO survey plats are dated 1882 and 1915 and revealed no historic structures or features within or near the current project area. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES/RESEARCH DESIGN Following state and federal policies and regulations implementing the National Historic Preservation Act (Public Law 89 -665) as amended, the project area was inventoried to identify any cultural resources within the project area. Any discovered cultural resources were to be evaluated for eligibility to the NRHP under the Criteria for Eligibility (36 CFR §60.4). Register eligibility is evaluated in terms of the integrity of the resource defined by four specific criteria: (A) are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; (B) are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; (C) embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or (D) have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Prehistoric resources are most often evaluated under Criterion D, for their potential to yield information important to studies of prehistory. Information from a potentially significant prehistoric site often stems from data recovered from intact surface components and subsurface cultural deposits or discrete activity areas that can be securely associated with a temporal period or named cultural group. The potential for intact deposits or cultural /temporal associations may be inferred from surface evidence of cultural features or undisturbed deposits and the presence of temporally or culturally diagnostic artifacts. Prehistoric structural features such as wickiups, tree platforms, or eagle traps can also be evaluated under Criterion A, for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history; and/or under Criterion C, if the structure embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represents the work of a master, or that possesses high artistic values, or that E