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beneath the poles of Feature 2, 40cm west of the support tree. Soils are dark brown sandy <br />loam, loosely compacted with very few small pebbles. There was no evidence of cultural <br />remains. Shovel Test 2 measured 25x25cm and was 36cm deep. Shovel Test 3 was placed <br />beneath the pole at feature 3, 40cm northeast of the western most support tree. No evidence of <br />cultural features or artifacts were found. Shovel Test 3 measured 25x35cm and was 20cm <br />deep. Excavation at this test location was stopped due to dense aspen roots. <br />Twenty-eight auger tests were dug with hand tools in and around the site boundary. An <br />area measuring 2000m2 was metal detected. Both had negative results. Dedrochronological <br />samples were not taken due to a lack 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 medium to dark brown clay loam with a depth of <br />up to 40 inches. The soil, Winevada-Spiltro complex, is found on plateaus and mountainsides, <br />is well drained, and formed from residuum derived from sandstone (USDA NRCS 2004). <br />Testing has determined that cultural manifestations appear to be limited to surface <br />exposures and has exhausted the site's potential to yield any additional information important <br />to the prehistory of the region. <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. No indication of depth of cultural fill was observed <br />and cultural manifestations appear to be contained on the present ground surface. Accordingly, <br />the site is field reevaluated as not eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic <br />Places. No further work is recommended. <br />Site 5MF7727, Rock and Cobble Features <br />Site 5MF7727, a pair of suspected prehistoric isolated features, is located on a <br />southwest -facing ridge. The ridge top is vegetated with dense serviceberry and Gamble oak, <br />with an understory of grasses, sagebrush, yarrow, snakeweed, lupine, mint, and wild rose. The <br />nearest source of permanent water, Jeffway Gulch, is located 935 meters to the west of the site. <br />The area is presently in use as grazing for cattle. <br />A boundary measuring 150 by 50 meters has been established around the observed <br />cultural materials. The site is characterized by two unmodified cobble features and a linear <br />brush clearing. <br />Feature 1 is a roughly circular, or U-shaped, arrangement of 26 sandstone cobbles that <br />range in diameter from 9 to 37cm in diameter. The overall extent of the stone concentration <br />ranges in measurements from 2.7 to 3.7m in diameter. The individual stones are partially <br />24 <br />