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Historic Properties Treatment Plan, Collom Mine, Colorado 7 <br />as a result of specialized source studies (Black 2000; McNees et al. 1992; Sharrock 1966; <br />Walker- Buchanan 1993). <br />The analysis of the types and relative frequencies of the lithic materials represented in the <br />assemblage from each component should provide data concerning range and direction of <br />movement, procurement strategies, and technological organization during each of the <br />represented culture historic periods. Prior investigations suggest that the occupants of the area <br />utilized a casual direct procurement strategy characteristic of a high degree of residential <br />mobility and a low degree of logistical organization or specialized resource procurement <br />(Binford 1980; Francis 1980). Moreover, some specialized procurement of specific raw <br />materials such as high - quality chert or obsidian is also indicated (Kelly and Todd 1988; Pitblado <br />1993:54). <br />Data Requirements: The analysis of flaked stone artifacts using an efficient and effective set <br />of standardized material type categories; the determination of source areas of primary and exotic <br />material types. <br />Research Topic 2: How do the different components and /or activity areas vary in terms of <br />relative frequencies and types of artifacts? How are these changes relational to more <br />diversified patterns of variation in apparent site function? Are they related to differences in <br />cultural historic periods? Can any distinct tool kits /subassemblages be differentiated? Are they <br />related to specific activities? Are differences in technological organization responsible for <br />rudimentary differences in tool assemblages among components? <br />Assemblages of artifacts differ in composition in a variety of ways that include the overall <br />number and density of tools present, the diversity of functional types and the functional tool <br />types present, and the relative degree of formal to expedient tool types. Variations in <br />assemblage composition are generally considered to represent site function, variant organization <br />strategies, and dissimilar functional types of sites (e.g., residential base camps vs. logistical field <br />47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc. <br />