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Cultural Resource HPTP for MK- 1-082317 and MK -2-082317 Colowyo Coal Company <br />debitage is significantly numerous to render such analysis impractical, mass aggregate analysis <br />methods will be applied. Reference guides, regional research, and other informational sources <br />will be used to assist in the analysis. Analysis related to other artifacts classes (ex. stone tools, <br />groundstone, and/or ceramics) will be stand observation/description analysis specific to the <br />class. All artifact analysis will be tracked electronically in our artifact catalog database(s) and <br />paper backup. The database will catalog all data recovered from the artifacts both in field and in <br />the laboratory. <br />Faunal bone will be analyzed per standard zooarchaeological analysis practice (Reitz and Wing <br />1999). Recovered specimens will be categorized from general to specific as completeness <br />allows. Each fragment will be categorized, as possible, by species, age, side, and element. <br />Bones will be dry washed for examination of potential evidence of processing including cut/saw <br />marks and any other cultural modifications. Depending on the size and nature of the bone <br />assemblage, further analysis, like Minimum Number of Identified specimens, will be employed to <br />determine consumption patterns. <br />3.4.2 Feature Fill Flotation <br />Tetra Tech will subject recovered feature fill to flotation analysis to identify, collect, and analyze <br />any organic (ex. seeds or inorganic (micro-debitage) artifacts potentially present in the fill, but <br />typically unrecoverable in a field setting. The recovered material will be cataloged and analyzed <br />as any recovered artifact. The data can contribute to questions of subsistence practice and <br />intrasite and regional resource utilization. <br />3.4.3 Radiometric Sample Processing <br />All collected radiometric dating samples will be submitted to Beta Analytic for processing and <br />reporting. The samples will be collected and submitted per their guidelines. Tetra Tech will work <br />closely with the Beta Analytic to ensure timely processing and quality results. The dates will <br />assist placing the site into the regional cultural chronology and inform on specific subsistence <br />practices and landscape utilization patterns. <br />3.4.4 Protein Residue Analysis <br />If lithic tools and/or groundstone is recovered during testing or data recovery efforts, artifacts (or <br />a sample if assemblage is large) will be submitted to PaleoResearch Institute for protein residue <br />analysis. PaleoResearch Institute will handle the processing and reporting on the submitted <br />samples. Tetra Tech will work closely with the PaleoResearch Institute to ensure timely <br />processing and quality results. The data can contribute to questions of subsistence practice and <br />regional resource utilization. <br />3.4.5 Intrasite Spatial Analysis <br />Once all artifact analysis and sample processing has been completed and the results tabulated, <br />it will be compared to the spatial location and distribution of the collected material. Both the <br />horizontal and vertical aspects of the assemblage will be examined. The collected <br />geoarchaeological analysis and component(s) integrity assessment will also be incorporated <br />into the overall analysis. The analysis will help address the research question of intrasite spatial <br />patterning, site function, and organization as well as assisting in assessing cultural component <br />integrity. <br />3.4.6 Post -Analysis Artifact Handling <br />Tetra Tech August 31, 2017 15 <br />