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<br />• Prior to the commencement of the testing procedures, <br />the surface area was entirely resurveyed, with all artifact <br />and feature locations flagged. This practice assists in the <br />determination of site boundary as well as the positioning <br />of the test units and backhoe trenches. <br />The four stratigraphic columns were placed primarily <br />in areas of well developed and easily obtained soil exposures, <br />primarily drainages and deep road cuts. -The columns aided <br />in determining intrasite soils deposition variation. The <br />four test units were utilized to discern cultural occupation/ <br />utilization through controlled excavation. Test unit location <br />within the site area was determined by <br />• material density. <br />Once subsurface material had been <br />trolled methods, a backhoe was used to <br />of deposition and aid in establishing <br />Originally, four backhoe trenches were <br />observed surface <br />located through con- <br />determine the extent <br />Feature locations. <br />planned; however, an <br />additional five trenches were placed in order to determine the <br />extent of cultural deposition. <br />Test Excavations <br />5RT139 exhibits a wide diversity of soil deposition both <br />in quantity and texture. The predominant soil within the area <br />is based on a silt derivation altered with variation in content <br />of both sand and clay loam variants. As expected, the highest <br />• <br />9 <br />