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1 <br />17 <br />to be possibly some form of entryway into the feature (Figure 6, Figure 7). The top 20 to 25 cm of <br />sediment in this test pit, including horizons [, [I and III (Figure 4), ovemdes the feature itself, but <br />' still contains an abundance of historic artifacts. It appeass that, given these stratigraphic <br />relationships, the feature in Test Pit 5 is from an earlier occupation of the site, and quite possibly <br />eazlier than the adobe structure, located immediately to the northwest. <br />' Test Pit 6 {214N 173E) <br />' Tes[ Pit 6 was excavated near SP #W3, a probe in which historic artifacts were recovered to <br />a depth of about 50 curbs, considerably greater than nearly every other probed location. Coal was <br />also a common constituent of the sediments Yrom this probe. It was suspected that the probe had <br />' possibly encountered another historic feature, or at least a historic midden of some sort. This test <br />pit was also on the southern edge of the portion of the site ~vltere most of the chipped stone tools and <br />' all of the aboriginal ceramics had been found on the surface. <br />Test Pit 6 was excavated to 80 curbs. Historic component artifacts were found all the way <br />' to the bottom of the test pi[, though two of the last three levels were sterile (Table 6). No lithic <br />component artifacts were found (this test pit, along with Test Pit 4, were the only two test pits that <br />did not contain any lithic component materials). Artifacts were most dense and diverse in the top <br />' ] 0 cm level, diminislting considerably in the ] 0-20 curbs level, and more so below 20 curbs. Thin, <br />continuous and discontinuous lenses of slightly coal- and chazcoal-stained sediments, aze present <br />between about 20 attd 55 curbs. Evidence of a possible historic feature was not found. This test pit <br />appears simply to have truncated over-thickened historic strata, possibly resulting from increased <br />sediment influx due to the test pit's location at the base of steeper slopes to the west. Surface <br />artifacts in a small drainage to the northwest of Test Pit 6 suggest the presence of a small dump area <br />' associated with the earlier historic occupation of the site. This test pit is also probably located witlun <br />Feature 6, an old road at the site (the uncertainty results from the ambiguity of the exact location of <br />' the road grade in this part of the site; the road location is much clearer around the northern edge of <br />the site and along the soutlnvestern edge, and appears to have come through this area. though surface <br />indications are lacking). <br />t Test Pit 7 (222N 216E1 <br />' Test Pit 7 was located in the nortlteastem part of the main site area, a short distance southeast <br />of Test Pit 3. It was placed between SP #s N21 and N22, and near SP #N20, where lithic component <br />artifacts had been found to a depth of as much as 67 curbs. The probing here gave indication of the <br />best potential for intact subsurface aboriginal cultural levels. <br />Test Pit 7 was excavated to 70 cntbs. Artifacts were found in all levels except the lowest two <br />' (Table 7). Historic materials were confined to dte top 20 cm. Lithic component artifacts were found <br />through 50 curbs, and FCR was found in all of these levels, though was most common above 30 <br />' curbs. Sediments appear undisturbed by historic occupation a[ the site, though rodent disturbance <br />was quite common throughout. <br />'• <br />1 <br />