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.a_ <br />• <br />SITE SMF475 <br />LOCATIOtJ NW1.;SW1;SE1;SEq, Sec. 5, T5n, R91 <br />UTt9: E276,775m., N4,476,680m. <br />Zone 13 <br />The site is located on a large flat area <br />on the top of a soutfirrest sloping ridge <br />near the western extent of the 4illiams <br />Fork tiountains. The site is about 2 mi. <br />south-southeast of the confluence of the <br />Yampa and the Williams Fork Rivers. <br />SITE TYPE: Open Lithic <br />-~-, <br />/..: <br />1~ ., S ~. ~ <br />i' ,:~• <br />Bottom 7~' Quadrangle <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />DESCRIPTIOhI <br />SMF475 is a smal] lithic scatter consisting of some 20 flakes and one <br />projectile point fragment. Some of the material present is a very poor <br />grade of quartzite and is of bad quality for chipping. The site is at <br />an e]evation of 7200 ft. above mean sea level. Vegetation in the vicinity <br />of the site includes sage, grasses, scrub oak, juniper and prickly pear. <br />DIAGh1CSTIC AP.Ti~=kCTS <br />ttUNE <br />EVkLUATlOFt <br />51~IF475 lacks potential for adding any information important to cultural <br />prehistory. It has teen disturbed by a jeep trail and by sheep grazing <br />and does not appear to have any buried cultural depostis. Therefore, no <br />further action is necessary. <br />- j j <br /> <br />