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24 <br />.The historic sites, 5RT15, 5RT21, 5R726, and 5RT28, all structural <br />remains in various states of repair, are abandoned homestead sites dating <br />from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century with abandonment prob- <br />ably occurring in the latter part of the 1920's to 1930's. <br />Tracts 1 and 4, located roughly two miles to the west of Tracts 3 <br />and 6, are generally similar in vegetation and topography. The major <br />exceptions are that Foidel Creek runs through the central portion of the <br />tract area, Eckman Park, and that the northern part of Tract 4 lies on <br />the top of a second uplifted sandstone block.. Otherwise there is no dif- <br />ference between the two areas. <br />Archaeologically, the western area presents a little more variety <br />in site types. The survey data for Tracts 1 and 4 are summarized in <br />• Tables 3 and 4, respectively. Whereas all prehistoric sites in Tracts 3 <br />and 6 are open camps, three of the four prehistoric sites in Tracts 1 and <br />4 are open lithic sites and the fourth is an open camp. Sites 5RT32, 5RT33, <br />and 5RT34 make up a tight cluster of sites located at a break in the sand- <br />stone cliff and on the confluence of Foidel Creek and an unnamed drainage. <br />Two of these, 5RT33 and 5RT34, are lithic sites, and the third is an open <br />camp. Tl~e fourth site, 5RT24, is an open lithic site located approximately <br />three miles southwest of the other three. It, too, is adjacent to a per- <br />manent watercourse. The four sites are all minimal, in the sense that <br />none covers much area, or provides a large sample of artifactual mate- <br />rial. <br />Sites 5RT32, 5RT33, and 5RT34 have all been subject to some disturbance <br />from powerline and access road construction. They are also in a location <br />• which would allow deposition to cover any cultural materials. <br />