Laserfiche WebLink
196 <br />~, <br />`• <br />site: 5MF338 (Figs 5, 57). <br />Site Type: Open camp. <br />Location: SE ;NE ;, Sec. 3, TSn, R92w; UTM Zone 13, E270,750m., N4,477,260m. <br />Description: 5MF338 is an open camp located on the upper terrace over]ooking <br />the Yampa River and Round Bottom. North of the site lies the Yampa River flood- <br />plain, encircled by a meander of the Yampa River. To the south, the ground <br />rises to Iles Mountain. The site is situated on the terrace edge, facing north, <br />at an elevation of 6180 ft. (1,884 m.). The nearest water is the Yampa River, <br />300 m, away. Vegetation at the site includes sagebrush and grasses. Below <br />the site, on the floodplain, the meadow area has pasture grasses and cotton- <br />woods. <br />Artifactual materials were seen as a thin scatter of lithic debitage and <br />a few tools covering an area 85 by 95 m. No permanent features were observed. <br />The site is disturbed by a road cut transecting the site from north to south, <br />where flakes were seen. This site has also been recorded by the University of <br />Colorado as 5MF465, SMF339 and 5MF340, two other sites, lie in the near vicin- <br />ity. <br />Diagnostic artifacts: Graver, Type Ii; hammerstone, Type IA; metate, Type IB. <br />evaluation: 5MF338 has no potential for yielding information important to pre- <br />history. However, the site may have scientific value and should be afforded <br />protection under other antiquities legislation. <br />• <br />