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• INVENTORY OF RESOURCES <br />No cultural resources were located within the boundaries of Lease <br />C-27432. This result was expected, given previous investigations, and <br />the reasons for this have been detailed in previous sections and may <br />- include any or all of the following: rugged and steep terrain, lack of <br />available water and high elevation. The last of these would only serve <br />to limit, not preclude the occurrence of sites in the area. Nearby <br />areas along Stevens Gulch do, however, contain sites, although they are <br />quite small and at an extremely low density (Baker 1977; Hibbets et al. <br />1979). It is at least possible, therefore, that at least a few small <br />archaeological sites or isolated artifacts may in fact exist in the <br />• lease area, and that they may have been obscured by poor ground visi- <br />bility. These are probably limited activity loci, representing prehis- <br />toric hunting forays. It is doubtful that the area was ever the loca- <br />tion for more substantial, habitation sites. Any large, substantial <br />L- sites would have been discovered, even given low ground visibility. <br />Lack of resources (including water), rugged terrain, and altitude all <br />probably would mitigate against such an occurrence. <br />~ EVALUATION OF RESOURCES <br />L_ <br />Although no sites were discovered, this lack of data can be <br />evaluated much the same as discovered sites. The lack of sites does <br />• confirm the results of the previous studies in the vicinity (Baker 1977; <br />14 <br />