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<br />i <br /> Fieldwork was performed by Carol A. Rolen and Cori Snobble. Dr. Paul <br />~ Nickens, Principal Investigator at Nickens and Associates, directed the <br /> project. Prior to the field survey, Dr. Nickens telephoned Mr. Paul <br /> Williams at the BLM Glenwood Springs Resource Area office to conduct a <br /> site file search and to give prefield work notification. According to <br /> site forms, seven isolated finds (5GF1192-5GF1198) consisting of <br /> non-diagnostic lithics had been recorded in the proposed lease area. <br /> Two Native American sites, termed limited activity areas, were also <br /> identified. One (5GF1201) consisted of undiagnostic flakes; the other <br />(5GF1202) was composed of possibly Archaic Tradition handstones. Two <br /> historic sites, an undated log cabin (5GF1199) and a.nearby recent (post <br />i 1940?) storage structure (5GF1200) completed the list of identified <br /> cultural resources from the July, 1983, inventory. None of these sites <br /> had been recommended as needing further work because they reportedly <br />i will not be impacted by projected activities (2 sites) or their <br /> integrity has already. been destroyed by natural and human factors (2 <br /> sites). <br />~ For the present survey, an intensive surface inspection was <br />~ll~ performed on approximately 245 acres of previously uninventoried <br />t~titi~~JJ proposed lease area. An additional 90 acres consisted of extremely <br /> steep, inaccessible shale side slopes (Section 35 and the NE corner of <br /> Section 5). In other extremely steep terrain, e.g., deep drainage <br /> slopes, it was also impossible to employ standard transects but their <br /> rims were carefully inspected. Parallel and zig-zag transects spaced <br /> 15-20 m apart were utilized with their orientations suggested by the <br />topography. The survey area had not been flagged; a pre-inventory <br /> orientation was given by Mr. Jeff Pecka. His identification information <br /> and obvious natural. topographic features, existing roads, water pipes, <br /> and previously recorded sites aided field personnel in delineating the <br /> boundaries. Some overlap was unavoidable between the former and present <br /> survey areas. Dense vegetation, e.g.,.scrub oak and various grasses, <br /> precluded 100% visual inspection in some portions. Special attention <br /> was given to ground surface devoid of vegetation or less densely covered <br /> falling within transect lines. <br />" <br />y' SURVEY RESULTS <br />g~!~ The cultural resource inventory of the proposed Storm King hlines <br />{;u~ lease area on BLM land resulted in the location of one prehistoric site <br />' (see Appendix A for Cultural Resources Inventory Record Form). Site <br /> 5GF12U5 consists of a diffuse lithic scatter over 15 ni by 21 m. The <br /> site is located in Section 4, Township 6 South, Range 90 West on a <br /> north-south trending and relatively steep shale slope. The site is <br /> bordered on the west and east by shallow unnamed drainages with an <br /> extant spring in the west drainage. It is bisected by erosion channels. <br /> Although artifacts were noted in the erosion channels and in the east <br />1 drainage, as well as in the intervening areas, water action appears to <br /> have moved them to their present locations and, given the shale nature <br /> of the slope, it is not believed the site has undisturbed subsurface <br /> artifacts. No artifacts were observed in the west drainage containing <br /> the spring or in the somewhat flatter, vegetated areas west, south, and <br /> <br />