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'• <br />areas by the historic surface disturbance by anglo-historic <br />populations. Significant sites would be ones that include <br />occupations affiliated with ethnographically identified groups. <br />' In general, most cultural identifications of Paleoindian through <br />Archaic and Formative stage sites in the region are based on <br />surface artifacts, but few of these generally deeply buried sites <br />' have been located. There is a need for well-defined correlations <br />between soil horizons and culturally identified remains, as well <br />as the geological identification of soils and formations on the <br />' ground to increase site location capabilities. <br />METHODOLOGY <br />An archaeological site is defined as a locality displaying <br />structures or features having five or more artifacts in one <br />definable area that displays an apparent association or use of <br />the area. Isolated finds are nonstructural and have fewer <br />artifacts. <br />An historic site Can be, at a minimum, any structural remains or <br />any trash scatter or concentration. Historic isolated finds are <br />individual artifacts, features, or small clusters of artifacts. <br />An age of 50 years is the minimum age criteria for historic <br />sites. <br />Transects are conducted across the project area at intervals of <br />no more than 10 meters depending on the surface visibility. When <br />cultural remains are located they are flagged, recorded, and <br />mapped using Colorado Cultural Resource Inventory forms. <br />r FIELD METHODS <br />' The field survey was conducted on six days from January 19 <br />through March 12, 1995, by Judi Halasi. The project area <br />included four parcels of land, which totaled about 105 acres and <br />' 1.9 miles of road, The parcels of land which will be mined <br />require a 100-foot setback from the mesa edge. The 100-foot <br />setback to the mesa edge was examined for cultural resources to <br />allow an accurate assessment of the archeological and historic <br />resources that may be affected by the project. Pedestrian <br />transects in a zigzag pattern were made across the parcels at <br />approximate 8- to 10-m intervals. The road alignments were <br />walked in a zigzag pattern in a 10-m corridor on both sides of <br />the road, for a total width of 20 m (about 60 ft). <br />' Within the project area the vegetation on the mess top was <br />primarily short grasses with ferr prickly pear cactus and yucca. <br />1 li <br /> <br />