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<br />points that date to the Pueblo I and II periods, ca A.D. 800- <br />1000. <br />The remainder of the site contains 2 bifaces and about <br />60-80 flakes of locally obtainable chert, quartzite and <br />siltstone. A cowboy camp is located on the southern extreme <br />of the site. Tin cans distributed about the area suggests <br />historic use of the site with the past 50 years. One <br />projectile point was found within the cowboy camp, which may <br />have been picked up by the cowboys at a different location. <br />It is a stemmed point, made of quartzite, comparable to a <br />Middle Archaic period type. <br />Since the cultuzal materials were being exposed by <br />sheetwash erosion, a final determination. of the site's <br />eligibility could not be made until additional information <br />through site testing can be obtained. It may be likely to <br />yield additional information concerning the Formative period <br />occupation of the area. <br />Site 5MN3761, measuring 500 meters by 90 meters, exhibits <br />• artifact concentrations that are characteristic of camping and <br />lithic tool production. The cultural materials are distributed <br />over an irregular shaped area that follows the edge of the <br />mesa and into a small forested alluvial basin on the mesa top, <br />at elevations between 5900 and 5940 feet. A low density <br />lithic scatter is spread over most of the site area but there <br />are several distinct loci. Loci A is, in contrast to the rest <br />of the site, a relatively dense concentration of 100 to 150 <br />artifacts. Some of these artifacts are eroding from an area <br />of deep soils. It also includes a slab metate and several <br />flake tools. Locus B contains a few surface artifacts, but <br />most importantly an apparent slab-lined hearth. Such hearths <br />are considered to be Archaic in origin and could date as old <br />as 2000 to 4000 3.C. In the vicinity of the hearth, a narrow, <br />medium-sized,"corner-notched projectile point was recovered. <br />It is made of chert, thick in cross-section, and appears to be <br />Middle to Late Archaic in origin, which would fit well with <br />the assessment that the slab-lined hearth will date to the <br />Archaic period. Because the site appears likely to yield <br />additional significant information concerning the Archaic and <br />possibly Formative or Ute period occupations of the area, it <br />is field evaluated as eligible to the NRHP. <br />Site SMN3762 is an very diffuse open lithic scatter, yet <br />it contains artifacts indicating a small open campsite. The <br />• cultural materials are distributed over an area about 90 <br />meters by 30 meters. It is located on a pinyon/juniper <br />13 <br />