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• METHODS Given the nature of the study area (north-facing, steep slopes) and the low expectation for encountering culn:ral resources, it was mutually decided that intensive cultural resource inventory be limited to areas which: 1) will be impacted by the project, and. or, 2) are letown to contain cultural resources (i.e., known structures), and/or, 3) are likely to contain cultural resources (springs, water courses, meadows, saddles, etc.). A file search was conducted at the Office of Archaeoloev and Historic Preservation of the Colorado Historic Sociery• on April 19, !994. Ground visibility was poor throughout the study area given the dense grasses, oak and shrubs that dominate the surface. Survey azeas were walked using 1~ m transects. Site and feature . measurements were taken using pace and compass method. For purposes of resource documentation a prehistoric site was defined as any locality exhibiting structures or features (e.g., stone circle or heanh) or having four or more arsfacts in appazent association with one another and occurring within a restricted azea. Prehistoric isolated finds aze non-structural remains and consist of three or fewer artifacts with no associated features. A historic si[e is defined minimally as any structure or structural remnants or azchaeological • features (e.g., house, outbuilding, root cellar, building depression, etc.), trash concentration or scatter suggesting residential or industrial use of the azea, or any refuse dump. Historic isolated finds are individual historic artifacts or small clusters of artifacts that do not represent established refuse dumps. The minimum age criterion for historic sites and isolates is 50 years. RESULTS One historic site and one isolated find were recorded during this study (Figure 5). A brief summary of this resource follows (Figure 3). Site documentation forms may be found in Appendix A. SGN2461 Site SDL2461 is a homestead associated with with Joel L. Hunt (U.S. General Land Office Certificate No. 1258, BK101, p.26), dated October 7, 1902). The site contains six features: house depression (F1), depression (F2), outbuilding (F3), dugout (F4), lumber and wood concentration (FS), and tin can concentration (F6). 15 ;: ~:.