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~ ~ • <br /> <br /> metate, with various mano fragments. This large metate eras <br /> independently discovered, mapped, photographed ( see Exhibit 3), <br />' and left in place. <br /> A new, large, thin sandsto ne slab ~r~as also noted and photographed <br /> (see Exhibit 3) and was no doubt a cooling-slab, or wind-deflector, <br />' for fires. <br /> Numerous fire-cracked sandstone cobbles litter the site, but almost <br />' no rich carbonaceous earth from firepits exists to easily catch the <br /> eye. A 10 gram soil sample, sampled at the apparent remains of a <br /> hearth area, was field-floated and microscope-examined to reveal <br /> fleets of charcoal and miscellaneous root debris, plus small sand- <br />' stone rock spalls. Although expected to be seen, no fish scale <br /> debris was noted. No sufficiently clear and dense carbonaceous <br /> material from the occupation was located on surface to collect a <br />' 14C sample. Considerable diffuse carbon staining of surface soils <br /> was, however, evinced, and excavation would be very likely to <br /> encounter datab]e hearths. <br /> <br /> Approximately 10 fire-related features ~,vere noted, under relatively <br /> good ground inspection conditions, with miscellaneous mano fragments <br /> and other imported rough stone debris in (relative) abundance. 7 <br /> woodchuck holes were studied: the 4 in the site revealed no flakes <br /> or other evidence of buried occupation. For future re-location, <br />' Test Pit ~1's base was marked wi*_h a small 5.5 ounce juice can and <br />wadded aluminum foil, and it is shown on the nomination site map. <br /> Shovel-scraping of the southern bank of the site (that is Foidel <br /> Creek's northern bank) revealed no evidence of buried occupation <br />' extending that far. 20 "two-step" shovel pits were dug randomly <br /> across the site; most, even in the middle of the site, revealed no <br /> deep evidence. <br />' On the whole, and apparently, the site is a good surface example of <br /> the base-camp sites of the still poorly known local Archaic and <br /> Late-Prehistoric cultural periods. <br /> 3. NARRATIVE OF 5RT192 INSPECTION <br />' (Barbara Norgren) <br /> Prior to the site inspection of Foidel Canyon School, I contacted <br /> several people in Steamboat Springs who had information regarding <br /> the school. I made arrangements to interview three of these people <br /> on 4 June 1980 in Steamboat. I also did preliminary research for <br /> specific information on the school and general historical infor- <br /> ination on Routt County and rural schools on 3 June 1980 at the <br />_ Colorado Historical Society, the State Archives and the Western <br /> History Department at the Denver Public Library. <br /> <br />' <br /> -3- <br /> <br />