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8.0 FIELD AND LABORATORY METHODS <br />As no artifactual materials or features were found during the testing activities that were <br />outside of the site boundary as established in 2013, the resource boundary was not altered by <br />the current project. Activities at the site were initiated by a systematic surface survey of the <br />entire site area for the purpose of evaluating any changes to the site's integrity since the initial <br />documentation in 2013. No effort was made to reestablish the location of each of the <br />specimens of lithic debitage noted on the original site map; however, it was evident that the <br />flake scatter noted by the current project was nearly identical to that presented on the map. As <br />noted, the only difference was the absence of both the corner -notched projectile point and <br />mano. Although it is possible that the projectile point is still present on the site but was not <br />found due to its being masked by vegetation or recent soil deposition, it is unlikely that the <br />same is true for the mano. This latter specimen was left in situ just inside the fence line on the <br />north edge of the site and it is assumed that the artifact was removed from the site by <br />unauthorized persons since the 2013 season. <br />The 2013 site plan map showing the location of surface artifacts was utilized as a <br />template for the establishment of an excavation grid. A series of hand -drawn topographic lines <br />with an estimated contour interval of two feet was added to the map to provide a more detailed <br />representation of the prominence on which the site is located (Figure 2). A Datum point was <br />established just to the north of the sandstone outcrop that defines the south end of the site and a <br />grid system was constructed on True north -south and east -west lines. Based on this system a <br />series of 33 systematic, non-random, hand auger tests were established encompassing the entire <br />site area as defined by the visible surface artifacts and the limits of the prominence on which <br />the resource is situated, as well as to the north and south of the site boundary. <br />The auger used produced a round hole approximately l Ocm in diameter. <br />Approximately 15 to 25 vertical centimeters of fill was drawn with each auger sample until <br />impenetrable sandstone was contacted; in the form of either bedrock or isolated clasts. Each <br />removed sample was spread out in the shaker screen for analysis. With the aid of a metric tape <br />measure inserted into the auger hole, the depths for changes in soil color or texture and <br />inclusions such as charcoal, ash, or artifacts could be ascertained within a few centimeters. <br />Table A-1 presents a list of the Auger Tests (ATI through AT83) providing the grid location of <br />each, the maximum depth below the present ground surface (pgs) that was reached, and a <br />description of the deposits and artifactual materials recovered. Each test was subsequently <br />placed on the site plan map (Figure 2). <br />10 <br />