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43cm) is dark grayish -brown, clayey loam with occasional pebble -sized sandstone fragments in <br />the upper half and no rocks below 25-30cm in depth. There was no evidence of ash, charcoal, <br />oxidation, floor treatment, or other cultural activity. Shovel Test 1 measured 30x30cm and was <br />45cm deep, where excavation was halted due to a large tree root. <br />Shovel Test 2 was located directly beneath Feature 2, the serviceberry poles, on a steep <br />hillside. Soils were similar to Shovel Test 1, with the exception of a much denser mat of grass <br />roots in the upper 8-10cm of soil and far fewer sandstone pebbles and fragments. As with <br />Shovel Test 1, there was no evidence of cultural materials. Shovel Test 2 measured 3000cm <br />and was 50cm deep. <br />Sixteen auger tests were dug with hand tools and an area 500m2 was metal detected, all <br />with negative results. Eleven of the auger tests (AT 1-10, 16) were placed in five meter <br />increments in relation to the datum, while Auger Tests 11 through 14 were placed in intuitive <br />locations near Feature 1 (Figure 7). Dendrochronological samples were not taken due to a lack <br />of ax -cut wooden elements. <br />The site is underlain by Cretaceous age sandstone, shale, and major coal beds of the <br />Williams Fork formation. Soil on the site is brown, clay loam with a depth of up to 20 inches. <br />The soil, Foidel loam, is cool, is found on mountainsides and is well drained and formed from <br />loess and colluvium derived from fine grained sandstone and shale (USDA NRCS 2004). <br />Testing has determined that cultural manifestations are limited to surficial exposure of <br />the two features and no further information can be gleaned from the site or its features. <br />Evaluation and Management Recommendation <br />The site was originally field evaluated as "need data" (2014). Subsequent testing of the <br />site did not reveal any subsurface deposits within the site boundary. No indication of depth of <br />cultural fill was observed and cultural manifestations appear to be contained on the present <br />ground surface. Accordingly, the site is field reevaluated as not eligible for listing on the <br />National Register of Historic Places. No further work is recommended. <br />Site 5MF7692, Open Architectural <br />Site 5MF7692 an open architectural site is located at the head of a broad, grassy <br />drainage that drains to the north. The site measures 65 by 40 meters and is situated within a <br />mostly dead or dying aspen grove. The surrounding hills and ridges are vegetated with dense <br />serviceberry and Gambel oak, with an understory of buckbrush, some sagebrush, mules ears, <br />yarrow, lupine, mint, wild rose, and grasses. The nearest source of permanent water is an <br />unnamed blueline drainage located 900 meters to the northwest of the site. <br />Three apparent aboriginal wooden features are present. All three of the wooden <br />features consist of aspen trunks that have been leaned onto the trunks and branches of still <br />19 <br />