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i <br />The second phase of the investigation requires the <br />synthesis and interpretation of the recovered archaeological <br />materials. Here, the cultural affiliation of the site occupants <br />is determined and contextual concerns, such as the <br />identification of spatial and temporal variability and functions <br />of artifactual and architectural classes, are examined. <br />The final phase of the analysis involves further synthesis <br />and leads to the formation of a diachronic, cultural ecological <br />model. The adaptive strategies--as reflected by changes and <br />continuity in subsistence, technology, settlement, land use, <br />social organization, and external relations patterns--of the <br />prehistoric occupants of the site are compared and contrasted to <br />the regional data base. <br />Research hypotheses that will guide the investigations are <br />related to the problem domains discussed above and are outlined <br />below. <br />A. Cultural affiliation <br />- The site can be attributed to proto-Fremont or early <br />Basketmaker. <br />• B. Site function <br />- The hearth is a component of an architectural feature. <br />C. Seasonality <br />- The site was occupied on a short-term, seasonal basis. <br />D. Subsistence <br />- Food resources procured indicate a hunting and <br />gathering subsistence (there will be a wide variety of <br />floral and faunal remains). <br />- Corn pollen is absent. <br />E. Social organization <br />- A small architectural structure suggests a social <br />organization based on the nuclear family. <br />F. Technology <br />- Tool manufacturing and architecture construction <br />techniques indicate Late Archaic-Formative transitional <br />stage. <br />G. Extra-regional relationships <br />- Lack of trade items and non-local lithic materials <br />suggest limited extra-regional relationships. <br />r~ <br />L <br />