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<br />-~- <br />C <br />• affiliation or temporal span, therefore the site will nct yield Lnformatior. <br />important to the understanding of prehistory of this area. The Office of <br />Surface Mining has reviewed the site and believes the site ineligible for <br />inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. <br />S1^_e-5RT]2 <br />toC3 [io n: SW 1/4 Nfd 1/4, Section 31, TSN, R86W <br />Descrip[iori' SRT32 consists of a aide scatter of flakes and tools distributed <br />north-south on an interfluvial ridge and east-west on the terrace above the <br />confluence of Foidel Creek and an unnamed drainage. The site Ss exposed to <br />the south and southeast. Elevation ac the site is 530 ft (2,097 a). The <br />vegetation includes rabbitbrush, sagebrush, and native grasses. The nearest <br />water source 1s Foidel Creek, 60 m to the south. Cultural materials <br />consisting of many flakes, a large me [ate, aano fragments, and chipped stone <br />tools, were spread in an area 90 by 100 m. No visible features were present, <br />but the tool inventory indicates that this is an open camp site. The site has <br />been disturbed by a powerline chat crosses the western end. <br />Evaluation: Site SRT32 has the potential to yield significant information <br />concerning the chronology of prehistoric occupation thcough its potential Eor <br />contributing to an understanding of prehistoric subsistence adaptations in the <br />area during the Late Prehistoric Period. The variety of artifacts found on <br />the surface reflect the kinds of activities one would expect at a base cam?. <br />These activities include food preparation and food processing activities <br />• relating to exploitation of available resources. Recovery of floral and <br />faunal remains from buried deposits, particularly hearth deposits, would aid <br />in the identiflcatlon of the kinds of resources exploited. Artifact recovery <br />from undisturbed context would provide important information concerning <br />possible local variations in artifact assemblages in comparison to campsite <br />assemblages elsewhere. Investigations at SRT32 are likely to reveal <br />information about the settlement patterns of the Late 2rehistoric Period of <br />the area. Since at least one component of site 5RT32 is Late Prehistoric, it <br />has potential for adding to our knowledge of the predecessors of the lire. <br />Only 35 sites were recorded on all the lease tracts surveyed by LO PA, in the <br />same region -- approximately 1b,000 acres. Due to steep topography and dense <br />vegetation the survey of Lease tract 1, 3842 acres, only 1004 acres were <br />intensively inventoried. The survey located only four prehistoric sites. Of <br />the four sites located only SRT32 has the potential of ;~ieldin,G infor-:atior. <br />iaportant to prehistory. 3ased on the site's potential and the general <br />paucity of sites in the general area the site appears eligible for inclusion <br />in the National Register of Historic Places according to Criterion 9, 36 C°R <br />00.6. <br />Probable "Impdctr It appears that the site could apt Se directly impacted by <br />mine activities. This site Lies along an existing county roads. However, <br />this road has been in use since '962 when the nine was originally perm![ted. <br />There will be no increase in mine related use of the road, and thus the site <br />will apt receive any further impact. <br />• <br /> <br />