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<br /> <br />COLORADO ARCHAEOLOGICdI. Office of the State archaeologist <br />' ~ S~~' Colorado State Huseum <br />200 14th avenue <br />Drover, CD 80203 <br />SITE IN'VE;'LORY P.ECDRD <br />1) Slte No. SRB1224 (2) trap./yield No. 1979-P77 <br />3) County Rio Blanco (4) Site Name <br />5) Tovaship 2N 3angn 93W ~ NE 4 of ~`' k of ~ k of ~ k of <br />Section 20 ; (6) Principal w.*;aia~ 6th <br />7) IISGS Quad.: Dame Ninemile Gap, Colorado series 7.5 ' date 1966 <br />8) Other !laps - . . <br />9) UTY: one 1 3~ ~`. 7 9 1 ~0 mE., 4 4 4 6 4 1 0 ~, <br />10) LOCa2I0N T1,e site is located on a east-west runnins ride. Some of the site <br />°,tg ~n rt~a ennrhaacr sinpp` _The area flattens out to a valleo to the southeas ~ <br />ens and 'il.r ~' ~' * { ~ *;~ a rn yin nn rl+. r c,Aat nd~Ollt}1W85t. <br />The site is located to the west of Colorado Hwy. 13/789 and southwest of an old <br />homestead. <br />11) ua]ar Dra=Wage Curtis Creek, a tributary to the T7hite River. <br />IZ) ~Seaa Site Elevation (above liSL) 7160 feet; [x .3048] 2182 mecere <br />13} SITE DESCRIPTION The site is a lithic scatter.' <br />Chert and chalcedony are the tool materials used. The area has a good view to <br /> <br />the east and southeast. The artifacts found on the site indicate that the <br />site was used as a campsite. No concentrations of artifacts were found. <br />14) 1~pe of Sehaviar(s)/activity(s) :Zepreemted tool manufacture and use; <br />different stages of lithic reduction are represented; habitation. <br />15) Site Diseasions: 33 m N-S = 80 m •.~.a.,.redpaced asti~ate <br />16) Estiasted Surface a: ea of Site 1750 seuare meters <br />17) reatures none seen <br />18) ARTI?aC'S ~y flakes, largely interior percussion and pressure flakes were <br />observed. Red an3-white cne=t; Ciger and r6s"Lt"chei't; r~i 'dnd whit"e chalcedony <br />were the predominate materials. 1 pick .quartzite biface, a red chert scraper, <br />and a red (,burned) saadsrone metate,Tprimary.flake; 1 secondary, flake and <br />__.fourteea ~ssar-i~or `3a3ree rres:e-ea~~ee•eed <br />