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• RESEARCH DESIGN <br />i For purposes of the current survey, a site was considered to be any <br /> isolated collection of five or more artifacts, and/or containing signs <br /> of a structural component. If less artifacts than this were located, <br />' the locus would be considered an "isolated find", and would be recorded. <br /> Previous studies in the project vicinity (Table 1) indicate that the <br /> local cultural sequence might include a small aboriginal Archaic and/or <br />~ Ute manifestation and a larger historic EuroAmerican component, <br />' including those associated with mining and fruit and cattle ranching. <br /> Site density was expected to be quite light, <br /> The major research objective of this survey was to supplement and <br /> expand upon the original, sample survey of this general vicinity (Baker <br /> 1917). By combining the results of this intensive, small area survey <br /> with those of the previous extensive, large-area coverage, more meaning- <br /> ful statements could be made of the entire region, concerning topics . <br /> such as locational strategies, subsistence practices, cultural sequences <br />r and other concerns. These results could then be combined with those <br />t from nearby areas (Grady 1980; Hibbets et al, 1979; Kane 1973), to make <br /> even broader regional statements about adaptations to this environmental <br /> zone in general, Had any sites been found, a randomly generated collec- <br /> tion procedure would have been employed to collect a sample of artifacts <br />• from each site. This allows reliable statistical inferences to be made <br />t from the collection to the population of artifacts. <br />It <br />FIELD PIETHODS <br /> <br />` <br />~ A 100p survey of the approximately 250 acres was initiated. Some <br />" slopes were so continuously steep and rugoed as to preclude the possibility <br /> of locating archaeological remains (Grady 1980:166). Flat areas were <br />j <br />L intensively surveyed, <br /> Generally, where terrain allowed, north-south transects were employed, <br /> with a Wean distance between surveyors of 20m, This distance was increased <br /> on steep slopes and decreased in areas of good ground visibility. <br /> No subsurface testing was performed. <br /> LABORATORY PIETHODS . <br /> As no collections were located, no laboratory procedures were involved. <br />P <br />!.' <br />• <br />