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<br /> <br />Abstract <br />A cultural resource survey was conducted of a ca. 200-acre <br />property, the Nevado Clay•Pit, in Elbert County, Colorado. The <br />purpose of the survey was to locate, record, evaluate, and <br />provide management recommendations For any cultural resources <br />that might be located on the property. The survey was <br />accomplished by a Files search at the OFfice of Archaeology and <br />Historic Preservation, Colorado Historical•Society, Denver, and <br />by a field reconnaissance that consisted cf walking transacts <br />spaced at 30-meter intervals.' <br />Eleven cultural resources were located during the survey: <br />six prehistoric sites and Five prehistoric isolated Finds. One <br />site was evaluated potentially eligible for the National Register <br />of Historic Places CNRHP); ell other resources were evaluated not <br />eligible Eor the NRHP. The potentially eligible site consists aF <br />two pieces of bone, one of which is definitely bison end one of <br />which shows evidence of cultural Fracturing, eroding Erom the <br />cutbank of an intermittent stream. Since this site has potential <br />Eor yielding information significant in Colorado prehistory, the <br />recommendation is to avoid the site; if avoidance is <br />impracticable, Further investigation is recommended. <br />The pca~ect area !s recommended for cultural resource <br />clearance subject to avoiding or further investigating ,the <br />potentially eligible site. <br />i. <br />