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<br /> National Register criteria jor evaluation. The quality of significance in Ameri- <br /> can history, architecture, archaeology, and culture is present in districts, sites, build- <br /> ings, structures, and objects of State and local importance that possess integrity of <br /> location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and assoctatton, and <br /> (a) that are associated with events that have made a significant con- <br />C tribution to the broad patterns of our history; <br />' (b) that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; <br /> or <br />4 (c) that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or <br /> <br />(~ method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or <br />i <br />h <br />h <br />l <br /> t <br />at possess h <br />g <br />artistic va <br />ues, or that represent a significant and <br />; <br />I distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual <br /> distinction; or <br />~, <br />' <br />(d) that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important <br /> in prehistory or history. <br />Identification and evaluation of cultural resources in the project area permits <br />formulation of management recommendations. Isolated finds do not meet the crite- <br />ria for inclusion on the National Register and are not recommended for further <br />~ archaeological treatment. For significant sites, management options include site <br />`' avoidance and data recovery. <br />6.0 FIELD METHODS <br />The project area was walked by three archaeologists in systematic parallel <br />transects guided by topographic map and hand-held compass bearings. A maximum <br />distance of 15 m between transects was maintained at all times. In this manner, a <br />total of 360 acres, comprising 100% of the project area, was examined for cultural <br />resources to 100% intensity. Ground visibility was generally good throughout the <br />project area, averaging perhaps 80-90%. <br />The single site located was recorded on Colorado Cultural Resource Survey <br />inventory forms (Appendix A). A sketch map was prepared, 35 mm black-and-white <br />overview photographs were taken, and the stte was plotted on the USGS Cactus <br />Reservoir 7.5' uadrangle map. Isolated finds were recorded on Colorado Preserva- <br />_' tion Office Isolated Find Record forms (Appendix A). One isolated artifact was <br />collected and will be curated at Mesa State College in Grand 3unction, Colorado. <br />7.0 RESULTS <br />.~ Four cultural resources, comprising one prehistoric site and three prehistoric <br />isolated finds, were located during thts cultural resources inventory. Descriptions, <br />evaluations, and management recommendations for these resources are presented <br />below. The locations of the site and isolates are shown in Figures 3 and 4. <br />Site SRB3451 <br />Site SRB3451 is a rather sparse scatter of lithics on a gently sloping, sandy, <br />sage-covered bench above a shallow tributary drainage to Red Wash. The site is at <br />