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or butchering functions. Age and cultural affiliations are not known. In
<br />addition to site 5 JA163, one isolated find, 5 ja410, was collected from with-
<br />in the mine plea area in 1979• This isolated find is a single primary flake
<br />representative of chipping activity, and is not eligible £or NRHP nomination.
<br />Other resources recorded in areas adjacent to the Cd3( project areas in-
<br />chide seven prehistoric isolated finds (NPIF 22 and 222, 5 ja483; 484, 485,
<br />479, a;1d 458), one dual component locality (5 Ja409), four prehistoric locali-
<br />ties (5 Ja412, 413, 414, and 460), and five prehistoric sites (5 JA43, 406, 407,
<br />408, and 411). The isolated finds consist primarily of flaking debitage, but
<br />also include one biface fragment (DiPIF 222). The dual component locality,
<br />5 Ja409, is an historic corral (ca. 1910-1920) and associated debris, with one
<br />aboriginal biface fragtnnent. Localities 5 Ja412, 413, and 414 are small areas
<br />of chipping debris with no diagnostic artifacts noted, and 5 Ja460 contains
<br />an Archaic period projectile point fragment and two flakes. All five sites
<br />are small thin lithic scatters of unknown age thought to be sites of tool
<br />manufacture and/or hunting/butchering activities (Anderson and Bleacher 1979).
<br />No further work is recommended for arty of the isolated finds or for
<br />• localities 5 Ja409, 412, 414, and 460, and sites 5 JA43 and 407, as none of
<br />these resources is deemed eligible for NRHP nomination. The 5 Ja413 area,
<br />and sites 5 JA406, 408, and 411 may be eligible for NRHP consideration, and
<br />avoidance, collection, and/or monitoring mitigation measures have been recom-
<br />mended for these resources (Ibid.). Site 5 JA43 and isolated .finds-5`ja374~
<br />and NPIF 22 are, located outside'of-,the proposed'Canadian Strip Mine-Extension
<br />Permit Boundaries (Figure 2) and will not be subject to arm direct impacts.
<br />The nature of these resources is such that ar~r indirect effects fran blast-
<br />ing will not be detrimental. Impacts to the other previous],y recorded cultural
<br />resources are discussed elsexhere (Ibid.).
<br />The general cultural history of Norih Park is thought to span about
<br />12,000 years, beginning with the Paleoindian Tradition ca. 10,200 BC. The
<br />big-game hunting nomads of the Paleoindian period were supplanted at around
<br />5000 BC by Archaic period hunters and gatherers who, though still nomadic,
<br />depended upon a widely diverse economic base. The Archaic period was followed
<br />by the Late Prehistoric period at around AD 300, with the introduction of
<br /> small projectile points and pottery (the latter element being rare in klorth
<br />• Park)(Ibid., p. 13)• By the 1800's, EUroamerican trappers, followed by settlers,
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