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located 460 meters to the northwest of the site. <br />Feature 1 is an apparent leaner -style wickiup consisting of two standing aspen poles and <br />two fallen aspen trees leaning against the south sides of two live, standing aspen support trees <br />(Plate 2). The base of the standing poles and the two leaning collapsed tree trunks form a semi- <br />circular arrangement around the support trees. It is possible that one or both of the dead -fall <br />trees were incorporated into the construction of the shelter. A third apparent feature pole rests <br />on the ground surface near the standing poles where it collapsed at some time in the past. The <br />leaning elements create a conical arrangement, contacting the support trees at heights of <br />approximately 2.3 to 4.6m above the ground surface—a notable headroom for a wickiup in <br />comparison to those found at lower elevations in the pinyon/juniper habitat, however, not so in <br />comparison to other aspen -pole wickiups in the Rocky Mountains. The semi -circular floor of <br />the shelter measures 2.3m by 3.1m in diameter, with a resultant floor area of approximately <br />3.8m2. <br />Interestingly, the upper tip of one of <br />the poles — Pole #2 — has been completely <br />encased by new growth of the aspen support <br />tree where the pole rests in a fork of the <br />tree. The base of the pole has deteriorated <br />and broken away, leaving the pole base <br />suspended in the air approximately 50cm <br />above the present ground surface. <br />Feature 2, located 20m southwest of <br />Feature 1, consists of what appears to be a <br />cache of three serviceberry poles leaned <br />into the west-southwest side of a live <br />serviceberry bush (Plate 3). The poles rest <br />side-by-side where they lean against the <br />support bush, and do not appear to have <br />come to rest there without a human agent. <br />They range in length from 2.6 to 4.6m, with <br />mid-pole diameters of 5 to 8cm. Individual <br />serviceberry trunks or limbs have been <br />known to live for over 50 years, and clumps <br />of such presumably can survive longer. <br />The wood is one of the few hardwoods <br />Plate 2. Site 5MF7691, view of Feature 1. <br />found in the area, and the branches are <br />known to have been utilized for making tools by Native Americans including digging sticks <br />and arrow shafts. This is the first wooden feature known to the Colorado Wickiup Project <br />(2003-2013) made of serviceberry. <br />The site was originally field evaluated as "need data." Testing was recommended to <br />16 <br />