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Site 5MF7795, a prehistoric open camp, is located in the drainage bottom of an <br />unnamed tributary of Jeffway Gulch at an elevation of 7360 feet. Surrounding vegetation <br />consists of sagebrush, grasses, serviceberry, Gambel oak, and aspen. The site is underlain by <br />Cretaceous age sandstone, shale, and major coal beds of the Williams Fork formation. Soil <br />on the site is light brown clay loam with a depth of up to 60 inches. The soil, Hesperus loam, <br />is found on plateaus and mountainsides and is well drained and formed from colluvium and <br />residuum derived from sandstone mantled by basalt rock fragments (USDA NRCS 2004). <br />The nearest source of permanent water, the Velanzas Livestock Pond 1, is located <br />approximately 430 meters to the west. <br />Grand River Institute newly recorded the site during the present project. A boundary <br />measuring 80 by 43meters was established around the observed cultural materials. The <br />resource is characterized by one piece of fire -cracked rock (FCR), one comal fragment, and <br />three groundstone artifacts. An unnamed road is located 32 meters to the south of the site. <br />One piece of FCR, located in the northern corner of the site, was observed in the <br />backfill pile of a rodent hole. No indications of thermal features were visible on the surface <br />of the site, however an additional heat-treated artifact, a comal fragment, was observed seven <br />meters to the south of the FCR. The comal fragment is a smooth, sandstone slab with bifacial <br />grinding and well shaped edges. It is fire -reddened. <br />The groundstone artifact assemblage consists of one metate fragment, one mano, and <br />one cobble. The metate fragment is located 4 meters to the south of the comal fragment. It is <br />a sandstone slab with bifacial grinding and well shaped edges. The mano, located in the <br />southern corner of the site, is a sandstone cobble with bifacial pecking. The cobble, located <br />along the eastern edge of the site, is coarse -grain quartzite with multi -facial testing. <br />Evaluation and Management Recommendation <br />Subsurface deposits are considered likely, as indicated by the surface exposed piece of <br />FCR. Accordingly, the site is field evaluated as need data, and testing is recommended to <br />make a final determination of eligibility. The site may be affected by any surface disturbing <br />activities <br />DISCUSSION <br />Despite the limitations of heavy vegetation cover, the survey produced cultural <br />resources. Four are prehistoric and historic aboriginal sites that were newly recorded. Two of <br />them are suspected prehistoric sites that have artifacts apparently exposed through site <br />formation processes — indicating potential subsurface cultural deposits. In addition, two of <br />the sites have wooden architectural features that indicate camping by Historic Tribe(s). <br />These sites and their density are consistent with previous finds in the area. Previous studies <br />in the surrounding region have suggested occupation for as long as 11,000 years. Although <br />