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n ~~ represent single events, they may allow cultural phenomena from different periods to be observed in isolation, thus allowing the direct study of cultural stability, change, and transition. The short-term, small scale extraction localities are important in that they represent one-to-one relationships with the natural resources being exploited and are thus valuable in land use and settlement/subsistence research. In any case, assigning significance is a creative process which ultimately requires a problem-oriented analysis of the research potential of a site. The procedures used in this type of analysis include the survey work and, in some cases, a more in-depth examination of the site based on systematic surface artifact collection and test excavations. Since the scope of this survey project did not include the larger scale examinations necessary for a more complete evaluation of some types of sites, recommendations of "needs data", or "potentially eligible", have been included. Site Descriptions All • scatters sites/sh isolated Isolated cultural of the sites recorded in the study area are lithic that have been functionally described as habitation art-term camps. Detailed information on the sites and finds is provided in Appendix B: CPO Site and Find Forms. Figure 1 shows the locations of the resources within the study area. Site SMN3760 is an very diffuse open lithic scatter with concentrations indicating small open campsites. The cultural materials are distributed over an area about 400 meters by 180 meters. It is located on a pinyon/juniper covered north- sloping, finger ridge along the mesa edge at an elevation of 5920 feet. A low density lithic scatter is spread over most of the site area but there are several distinct loci. Loci A, D and E include areas where flakes are concentrated and there is evidence of fire-cracked rock and ash-stained soil. Both D and E have diffuse ash-stains that are unlikely to yield carbon for dating, but Locus A is found in deeper soils and is relatively undisturbed. It has at least one clearly defined hearth that may produce carbon. Locus A is about 10 meters in diameter and contained a small corner-notched projectile point, which was collected, a slab-type metate, a griddle stone fragment and about 50+ flakes. It also has a well contained hearth that is exposed on the surface, as indicated above. The projectile point, • made of tan chert, is comparable to similar Anasazi arrow 12