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-- • 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 />and other concerns. These results could then be combined with those <br />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 />from the collection to the population of artifacts. <br />FIELD METHODS <br />--• <br />A 100p survey of the 840 acres involved in Lease C-27432 was <br />initiated. It became apparent that the canyon located in the south- <br />central portion of the area (figure 2) was so continuously steep and <br />rugged as to preclude the possibility of locating archaeological remains <br />i~ (Grady 1980: 166). Further, this canyon area was also covered with the <br />L <br />thick oak-brush flora common to the area, making visibility similarly <br />r- <br />j_. <br />_• <br />impaired. After consultation with the BLM Montrose District archaeo- <br />logist (Doug Scott, personal communication) it was decided to forego any <br />intensive effort in this canyon. Flat areas near the south end were <br />surveyed, as was a sample transect down the east face, done in a zig- <br />zag, switch-back manner (Figure 2). It was felt, in sum, that the steep <br />12 <br />