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~ water in the high bluffs such as springs and seeps also received <br />• attention as did flat spots such as stream valleys, terraces and benches. <br />( Special attention was also given to ridge lines and other areas of <br />I potential restricted movema~ts of big game. Pedestrian or horseback <br />transacts were con~leted at a variety of intervals wherever terrain <br />allowed. The two miles of water line (Figure 4) were surveyed from <br />horseback by one archaeologist. The flagged centerline was followed and <br />where possible, a 50' wide right~f-way was cleared. Four horseback <br />transacts were c.~leted within this 100 ft. corridor. Li dist; *'+~; slung <br />I between sites and isolated finds, definitions given by Reed (1984) have <br />been relied upon. These are: <br />2.1.1.1 Isolated find (IF). An isolated find may be defined <br />as one or very few artifacts, which are not thought to <br />represent a location of patterned human activity. An <br />archaeologist must use careful judgement in designating an <br />isolated find, and must consider geologic factors such as <br />erosion and deposition of soils, and the types and density of <br />the artifacts represented. Since isolated finds seldom receive <br />m;c}n management. consideration, it is prudent to be conservative <br />in the use of this designation, to m~~~m~ze the likelihood that <br />significant buried cultural resources, barely exposed by <br />erosion, aze lost. <br />' 2.1.1.2 Site. The teen "site" refers to locations at which <br />there are sufficient artifacts and features to indicate <br />patterned human activit}•. As with isolated finds, field <br />• judgements must be made ~ncerning the appropriateness of the <br />designation; these judgemPSits should consider that sites are <br />the m~~~TM+l operational unit to receive full consideration by <br />land managing agencies. As Willey and Phillips (1958) point <br />out, sites may var}• greatly in size. (Feed 1964) <br />No specific laboratory methodologies were developed because of the <br />anticipation that resources and artifact collection would be quite <br />limited. The artifacts recovered will be stored at Mesa College in Grand <br />Junction, with the exception of those from SDT271 which will be curated <br />at the University of Colorado Museum iri Boulder. Collections fran the <br />site are already stored there and it seems appropriate to keep all <br />collections from the site together. <br />I <br />,i0 <br />