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Plate 17. Site 5MF948, Panel 8, detail view showing two faint abraded <br />lines. <br />distinct purpose in the creation of the rock art. The site has a Feeling and Setting which is <br />evocative of a prehistoric/protohistoric period due to its location in an occupied overhang <br />shelter, and as the environment and natural geologic features are representative of the setting <br />during prehistoric times. The shelter is of natural Design and was inhabited by people who <br />recognized its value and utility. The site demonstrates Association as the features on the site <br />demonstrate an association with prehistoric and native lifeways. <br />The site does not demonstrably meet (NRNP) Criterion A (associated with events that <br />have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history), or Criterion B <br />(associated with the lives of persons significant in our past). The site does, however, meet <br />Criterion C (represents the work of a master, or possessing high artistic value and <br />representing a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual <br />distinction) and Criterion D (likely to yield information important in prehistory), based both <br />on the rock art, and the subsurface findings in the form a stone tool, burnt bone, and charcoal <br />fragments. The potential for additional buried cultural deposits at site 5MF948 is significant. <br />Excavation of the deposits within the shelter is recommended in order to further <br />determine their vertical and horizontal nature and extent, to search for additional <br />environmental and economic indicators, as well as to secure potentially datable organic <br />materials. Additional high-resolution digital photography of each rock art element is <br />recommended. Images recorded in RAW format and digitally processed using colorspace <br />31 <br />