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103 <br />• This site covers considerable area, although it does not have visible <br /> evidence of hearths. The disturbed portion is visibly discolored com- <br />pared to the non-culture bearing area exposed to the east of the site. <br />Subsistence for this period, as can be determined by the collection <br />in hand, remains similar to the Middle Prehistoric Period. There is <br />nothing in the collection to suggest any change in dependence upon hunt- <br />ing and gathering , or is there evidence showing a change in the rela- <br />tive dependence on hunting compared to gathering. Lacking faunal remains <br />and other food waste, we can only speculate on the nature of the specific <br />food items that might be represented in the archaeological record. <br />Historic Period: European Contact-Present <br />The Historic Period was initiated in 1176 by the appearance of Euro- <br />~• pean explorers, trappers, and settlers in the area. Aboriginal sites <br />which would be included in the Historic Period are virtually indistinguish- <br />able from Late Prehistoric sites, with the exception of historic artifactual <br />materials present in the later sites. Materials which would serve to sepa- <br />rate Historic Period sites from earlier occupations include: glass objects, <br />such as trade beads or trinkets; and metal objects, including knife blades, <br />tinklers, and the like (Mulloy 1958:151). An Historic Period site must <br />have objects of European manufacture associated with it. <br />No aboriginal sites which could be assigned to this period were located <br />in the study area. Little can be said regarding the aboriginal occupation <br />during this time. <br />The first European contact occurred in 1776, when Escalante passed <br />through to the west of the study area in the Douglas Creek region (Boulton <br /> <br /> <br />