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Cultural Resource Site Assessments for Collom Expansion Project Colowyo <br />Figure 5. Site 5MF.1652 Overview. Facing East. Taken by J. Dugmore, 9/9/2015 <br />5MF.3996 — Prehistoric Camp Site, Needs Data <br />Site 5MF.3996 was originally recorded in 1995 by Metcalf Archaeological Consultants for the <br />Colowyo Coal Company Lease and Exploration Areas: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory <br />project. The recorders reported the site as containing three areas of burned bone and charcoal <br />which were eroding out of the eastern and western cutbanks of the West Fork of Jubb Creek. The <br />site was revisited in 2005 by TRC as part of the Collom Mine Expansion project. They did not <br />relocate the datum; however eight large mammal bones were discovered in addition to light <br />staining and a single piece of charcoal. <br />In 2015, Tetra Tech revisited the site as part of the current undertaking (Figure 6). During the <br />revisit, none of the previously reported charcoal, stained sediments, or charred or uncharred bone <br />was observed. The site has been overgrown and the road has been unused in recent years with <br />significant vegetation growth within its grade. One vertebrate and one ilium of a medium sized <br />ungulate, likely a deer, were found in the southern end of the site. The bones are unmodified and <br />are likely due to a recent natural death and not associated with any potential cultural <br />manifestation. No staining was identified and it is still undetermined whether the site is cultural or <br />natural in origin. The eastern cutbank appears to have been heavily impacted by cattle grazing <br />activities including hoof prints, trampled vegetation, and manure piles. No evidence was observed <br />that the cattle grazing impacts have adversely affected any of the originally reported potential <br />cultural manifestations. Overall, site integrity remains fair. <br />NRHP Status and Condition Assessment <br />In 1995 site 5MF.3996 was recommended as needing more data to determine its potential for <br />inclusion on the NRHP. TRC Mariah Associates concurred in 2005. Both recordation <br />Tetra Tech July 25. 2016 <br />For Official Use Only: Disclosure of Site Locations Prohibited ("43 CFR T 18) <br />