2018-01-03_PERMIT FILE - C1981010 (5)

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Approximately 2M2 in the form of test trenches, auger tests, and shovel tests, was excavated, leading to the recovery of domestic and agricultural items such as: wire nails, miscellaneous iron fragments, clear and pale green window glass, .22 bullet lead and casings, clear, amethyst and amber bottle glass, medicine bottle fragments, a ceramic shard, barb wire, and coal clinkers. The majority of these were recorded from shallow subsurface contexts (0- 20cm bpgs) and within or near Feature 1. Auger tests near Feature 2 (ATR 1-8) produced predominantly bottle and window glass. Additionally, the remains of a possible living surface represented by compact, charcoal flecked soil, were encountered directly in front of Feature 2 (ATR4), at a depth between 35 and 42 centimeters below present ground surface. Soil on the site is light brown, clay loam with a depth of up to 60 inches. The soil, Hesperus loam, is found on plateaus and mountainsides and is well drained and formed from colluvium and residuum derived from sandstone mantled by basalt rock fragments (USDA NRCS 2004). Recovered artifacts from the site are predominantly associated with agricultural activities. Domestic items are limited to medicine and other amethyst, amber and clear bottle glass, food cans, and a single, undecorated ceramic fragment. The presence of amethyst glass assigns a date of post -1885 and possibly pre -1920 (Horn 2005) for occupation of the structure. Subsurface testing revealed that the structure was likely utilized for seasonal habitation during agricultural activities, and may not have been occupied for extensive periods of time. All information pertaining to the structure has been gleaned and the site's potential to yield any additional information important to the prehistory of the region has been exhausted. Evaluation and Management Recommendation The site was previously field evaluated as "need data" (2014). Subsequent testing of the site failed to reveal any significant prehistoric or historic subsurface cultural material. Additionally, no direct association could be made from historic documentation to provide exact purpose, culture, or time period of the features' construction. The site is field reevaluated as not eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. No further work is recommended. Site 5MF7691, Open Architectural Site 5MF7691 is an open architectural site consisting of a pair of apparent aboriginal wooden features in an area measuring 45 by 15 meters. It is located at the base of a north - facing talus slope that forms the southern wall of a small, unnamed intermittent drainage. The surrounding hills and ridges are vegetated with dense serviceberry and Gambel oak, with an understory of grasses, sagebrush, yarrow, snakeweed, lupine, mint, and wild rose. The site itself is situated at the lowest extent of an aspen grove, north of which — on the valley floor — are riparian shrubs and grasses. The nearest source of permanent water, Jeffway Gulch, is 15