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i -y. t.o sESnLrI x zxvaar:cA:zox 3.1 9IT6 DBBCflIPTION/EVALUATION Smithsonian Numbers S1[F1960 ~~ Temporary Number: lIA--218-1 Locations TSN, fl91W, Section 1: NW1/yNE1/4NE1/4SW1/4 t USCS Man: Castor Gulch, Colorado ~: Elevation: 7620 tt./2323m Site Dimenelons: 72m NE-SW s 28m tiN-SE. ' Site Area: 72m x 28n :.66 ~ 1331-sy. • Descrlvtion: The site is located on • bench vl,ich is aituat~.d on the upper north facing slope of the Williams Fork Mountains. Within and surrounding the •!ta eras are thick stands of Gambel's oak and servieeberry. A clearing vlti.in the site, vhlch may be humanly apooeored, ie coveted with •sgebruah and mired grasses (Appendlx B; Plste 1). Tha site eonsiat• of eha tolloving taaeuras (Figure 3.1): • Faaeure 1 - Tha possible remains of a toundatien composed of s linear and scattered distribution of sandstone slabs va• idantiflad near site dates. Tha longest single tov of sioaas (one course) is 3.2m loeg. Soma o[ eha slabs vlehin thi• feature measure over lm in lengeh on a side. • 4aatur• 2 - A pit and uaouiaeed seaetar o! gndaeona blocks and dabs vas found near the soueAveatara and oI the du. Tha pit is •pprostlmaealy 3m in diamseer and 2m deep. The sides o! the p!c era quiea steep sad in arose-section profile the pit !s conical. Cabal's oak surrounds the teatura and dead branches lino the sidaa of eha pit. The ecattariag of sandacona ~uat east o[ the pit may have bean encountsrad during t:tcavation. Clean the depth of the teatura, the stsap valla, aM ro evidsne• for an entrance, tt la possible tMt ehia p!t may espressos eha Mginnings of a yell. Feature 3 - A plls of sandstone blocks and slabs is located becveen Faatura 1 sad 2. Thts pile o[ sandstone !• appror!•ately 3.Sm K t~'~t '~ F ~•~ .. :i. r.r~'l. '. ',~ x • , ~_ - _ ,y,.-,,,,. ..