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The western portion of the proposed powerline corridor had not been <br />staked at the time of the cultural resources inventory. The 500 m (1640 <br />ft) long corridor marked as the right-of-way on the map provided by CWI <br />was surveyed. Later that day, the land surveyor notified the archaeo- <br />logist that the powerline centerline had been moved to the east side of <br />Stevens Gulch, and now consisted of a 600 m (2000 ft) long by 30 m (100 <br />ft) wide corridor. <br />Because of the dense oakbrush along both sides of Steven's Gulch it <br />was impossible to pedestrian inventory the western portion of the <br />right-of-way by means of a straight-line traverse. As a result, only <br />accessible areas where the ground could be seen were inspected for <br />cultural resources. <br />RESULTS <br />One site was encountered and recorded as 5DT778. It consists of an <br />historic trash scatter and prehistoric lithic scatter located on the <br />west side of Steven's Gulch (Appendix B). The site extends west of the <br />Steven's Gulch road for approximately 100 m and is 20 m to 30 m wide. A <br />concentration of charcoal pieces is present in a 10 m diameter area 20 m <br />west of the road. An extensive scatter of bottle glass, hole-in-cap <br />cans, crockery, and purple pressed glass sherds is present. No struc- <br />tures were noted. The absence of trees in an approximately 5 m wide <br />linear corridor running east-west through the site suggests that an <br />historic road may have traversed this slope. The prehistoric component <br />consists of a very sparse scatter of chipped stone artifacts, including <br />a biface fragment, a projectile point fragment, and four interior <br />flakes. The presence of purple glass indicates that the historic <br />component dates between 1890 and 1917. The prehistoric component can <br />probably be attributed to the Late Prehistoric (A.D. 500-1880), based on <br />the smal] size of the projectile point. There is no indication of <br />buried cultural materials, although soils are deep, and the research <br />potential of the site is correspondingly low. 5DT778 is not considered <br />to be eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic <br />Places. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Because the powerline corridor has evidently been moved to the east <br />side of Steven's Gulch, site 5DT778 is not in the right-of-way. No <br />other cultural resources were found, and no further archaeological <br />research should be necessary. <br />4 <br />