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<br />• <br /> <br />COLORADO ARCSA.EOLOGICAL <br />' Si;RPEY <br />Office of the State Archaeologist <br />Colorado State Maaeum <br />200 14th Avenue <br />Deaver, CO 80203 <br />SITE IVPENfORY RECORD <br />1) Site No. SRB1221 <br />(2) Temp./yield No. 1979-?71 <br />3) County Rio Blanco (4) Site Name <br />5) Tovaship 2N Range 93W NE k of ~ k of ~ k of ~ k of <br />Section 16 (6) Principal 'leridian 6th <br />7) USGS Quad.: came I3inemile Gap, Colo seriu 7.5 + data 1966 <br />8) Other !laps _ none <br />9) (J'L!: rage L i;~ ~~ 3 1 OmB., 4 4 4 6 8 0 0 mN. <br />10) LOCATION Tr,e airn is lncarod on the south side of a ridge on the top of <br />tryo ,.-, p]~; +,..i ..,, ri.a en,. rl. anA an,.thnacr el n+~pc of hP r'fd~p. The <br />area flattens out to the south and southeast toward Curtis Creek. The area <br />drops off sharply to the west gad southwest and then flattens out to a valley <br />with drainages. The ridge continues gad rises is elevation to the north and <br />~~or$~~gt~a~ge Curtis Creek <br />12) Wean Sice Elevation (above lSSL) 7160 geet; [z .3048] 2182 metes <br />13) SITE DESCBSPTION The site consists of an open lithic scatter, which contains <br />flakes, utilized gad retouched flakes, a scraper, a biface, 3 nano fragments, <br />a metate and fragments of burnt bone. Most of the material was found on the <br />south gad southeast facing slopes of a small knoll top. These slopes are relatively <br />open, but these is dense vegetation on the knoll top. Tool materials were brought <br />I4) :ype of Behavior(s)/Activiry(s) Represented habitation, food processing, huntin!. <br />and tool manufacturing; Secondary and interior flakes found, no cores or primary f7a <br />15) Site Dimensions: 80 m N-S z 37 m E-W ;aeasured pacedestimate <br />16) Estimated Sur'ace area of Sice 1960 square meters <br />17) eeatures none fnLnd: the metat e and bone wer e on the sur`ace: the metate ie_ <br />„nhnrn ed Nn hnrn e~ can Act nn or +n a oimd• nn Teat near o.~ flako ,sae fn,md, <br />18) ARTic AC.S Thn rnnl and flake material {nrl„rinc vre~ Finn grain u.i ~+ err+~r° <br />O~ <br />black to dark gray chalcedony, various colors of chert, different grains of <br />sandstone, red quartzitic sandstone with different grain sizes. Maaos, a metate, <br />at~aed £~ames, deb#ES-e, and b••^t '^^^° ' ^••^'' <br />