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IOcm level (FS200), 22 from 10-20cm (FS202), 34 from 20-30cm (FS204), 31 from 30-40cm <br />(FS211), and 16 from 40-50cm (FSs 217 and 226). Additionally, a chert biface fragment <br />(FS208) was found in the 30-40cm level, a netherstone fragment from 30-40cm (FS212), a <br />quartzite chopper from 40-50cm (FS228), a quartz hammerstone in situ at 51cm (FS218), and <br />another pecked netherstone at the contact with bedrock at 61 cm (FS231). A charcoal sample <br />was collected at 20-30cm for potential radiocarbon analysis, and a sample of the oxidized <br />sandstone that was prevalent throughout the site was collected at 20-30cm. <br />Rock Depression Test (1N6W). A 2. Lm east -west by 1.Om north -south by 40cm deep <br />depression or slump was visible on the surface among the sandstone rubble that litters the south <br />end of the site near the bedrock outcrop at the end of the prominence. A one -meter square grid <br />unit, 1N6W (identified by the southwest corner of the grid) was opened in order to investigate <br />the depression as a possible cultural feature. Upon removal of the vegetative cover within the <br />grid square, what initially appeared to be coursed, dry -laid masonry was exposed that formed <br />the south "wall" of the depression. <br />The entire unit was cleared of fill to an arbitrary depth of 40cm below the present <br />ground surface of the interior of the pit. Numerous pebble- to cobble -sized rocks were <br />removed with the fill; notably few of which were oxidized. Six cultural flakes (FS201) were <br />recovered from within the feature interior — not unexpected based on the amount of debitage in <br />the surrounding subsurface fill, however none were found as a result of clearing the soil from <br />among the rocks of the south "wall." No ash, charcoal, or other cultural evidence was noted <br />other than the debitage. <br />It was determined that the four to five "courses" of rock in the south "wall" were <br />naturally stacked, and that the depression itself was also non -cultural. Several other <br />depressions and small crevices were noted elsewhere among the rock rubble at the south end of <br />the site, including on the steep talus slopes to the west and south of the bedrock outcrop where <br />soil deposits have not filled in among the rocks, or has since eroded out. All of these <br />depressions or slumps appear to be natural unconformities in the rock deposits, and <br />investigations were terminated in grid 1N6W. <br />10.0 Lithic Analyses <br />Scant but definitively cultural lithic artifacts were recovered from all levels. The <br />following sections on diagnostic artifacts, and chipped and ground stone describe these finds. <br />26 <br />