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lol <br />• There are few direct similarities between the artifact collections <br />made in the Williams Fork Mountains and those from Dinosaur National <br />Monument, nor is there evidence of structural features such as lodges or <br />masonry graneries. In Tract 8, however, a local resident, Mr. Dick <br />Collins, mentioned the existence of a possible masonry structure high in <br />a drainage to the east of Milk Creek. Survey crews were unable to locate <br />anything resembling a feature of this sort. <br />Sites with a high probability of providing information about this <br />period are 5RT22, 5RT23, 5RT30, 5RT31, 5RT317, and 5MF326. These sites <br />contain artifactual materials which can be related to the Late Middle <br />' Prehistoric on the basis of similarities to the traits outlined by Mulloy <br />(1958:151). Additionally, several sites take on more importance because <br />the materials indicate the presence of multiple components. Site 5RT22 <br />~~• contains artifacts that appear to be related to both the Early Middle and <br />to the Late Middle Prehistoric Periods. Site 5RT23, located very close <br />to 5RT22, fits into the latter part of the Late Middle Prehistoric Period. <br />The other sites, SRT19 and 5RT20, although they contain no artifacts <br />diagnostic of either portion of the Middle Prehistoric Period, are also <br />located in close proximity to 5RT22 and 5RT23. Future investigation might <br />~ prove all four sites to be related temporally as well as spatially, or that <br />more or less continuous occupation occurred at this location throughout the <br />Middle Prehistoric Period. <br />Site SRT29, located only a few hundred meters from 5RT30, should be <br />included here as well. This site produced little artifactual material, <br />but contains evidence of two hearths buried just below the surface, from <br />. which datable charcoal samples might be drawn. <br />