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<br />INPRDDUCTION <br />Between August 25 and September 6, 1980, intensive mitigative efforts <br />were conducted by Nickens and Associates of Nbntrose, Colorado, at <br />archaeological site SKC139, located in Itoutt County, Colorado (Map 1). <br />These activities were undertaken in the face of impending destruction <br />through topsoil removal on land previously leased for coal mining by <br />Seneca Coals, Ltd., Denver, Colorado (Fig. 1). Prior to the involvanent <br />of Nickens and Associates, a Proposed Sampling Program had been agreed <br />upon by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer, representatives <br />of Seneca Coals, Ltd. , and Western C1i].tural Resource P7anaganent, Inc. <br />(WCRA1). WGRM, a private archaeological consulting firm from Boulder, <br />Colorado, had performed the original inventory survey and testing of the <br />site. <br />• The Proposed Sampling Program is designed to be implemented in three <br />sequent stages: hand excavation, monitoring of topsoil removal, and <br />analysis. Specific directives for acaim~lishing these objectives are <br />stipulated. Expressed concisely, the goals of these activities are to <br />determine the form and function of the features on the site, radiometri- <br />tally ascertain the absolute age of these features, provide a better <br />understanding of site stratigraphy, and gain an insight into the inter- <br />relationships of artifacts, features, and activities at the site. An <br />understanding of these interrelationships, when viewed within a regional <br />perspective, may help in defining a local manifestation of a regionally <br />widespread cultural c~lex. <br />This report discusses the procedures cloyed and results or acoumplish- <br />menu of mitigation efforts at site SP'f139. The manner in which this <br />information is presented closely parallels the sequence in which the <br />activities actually took place. This procedure has been adopted so that <br />• the reader may more easily be able to follaa and understand the line of <br />1 <br />