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• MANACEPIE~T RECOMMENDA'I'IO\S <br />During the course of the buffer zone inspection, one site was <br />identified. The site (5MF465) consists of rock art and rock <br />shelters all on one outcrop of sandstone. The sandstone is <br />eroding and exfoliating rather quickly. Ldater has eroded honey- <br />comb like poc':ets on portions of the rock face and the edges of <br />the rock is extremely crumbly. Because of the nature of the <br />erosion and weathering, the rock art may not be more than a <br />hundred years old. <br />From previous surveys done within the Axial Basin, occupation <br />of the area has been for at least 5,000 years, however the density <br />of occupation has not been determinable (Lischka 1975). Rock <br />art in the area has been found at Duffy Rock Shelter but the <br />styles of art between 5MF465 and Duffy are dissimilar and hasn't <br />• shed any more light on the age of the pictographs. <br />Recommendations for site .5MF465 are based on significance, re- <br />search potential and the effects of impact. 5MF465 is considered <br />potentially eligible to the NRHP due to p:-obable depth of rock <br />shelter floors, possibly prehistoric art, artistic impression <br />style, and the lack of similar sites. In anticipation of pos- <br />sible stipulations by the Office of Surface Mining, site 5MF465 <br />should not be impacted without further work being done for a <br />full determination of eligibility to the nRHP. If blasting will <br />be done near the site, then a sequencing of blasting could be ar- <br />ranged so as to minimize potential impact or to avoid any impact <br />at a11. Therefore, the site should be protected from any impact <br />by avoidance of any disturbance. If impact is foreseen it will <br />be necessary to review what will happen to the site and possibly <br />make further recommendations. <br />n <br />U <br />12 <br />