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• SURVEY FINDINGS <br />Surveys and excavations regionally have produced evidence of <br />prehistoric occupation spanning at least the last 10,000 years; how- <br />ever, few sites have been recorded in the general vicinity of the <br />project area. Hibbets et al. (1979) found the site density of trans- <br />ect 2A (the transect which crossed the northern portion of the <br />present study area) to be low, 0,54 sites per square mile. Hibbets' <br />survey also found only one site which could be chronologically assoc- <br />iated--a Ute wickiup. Thus, the research design of this project was <br />to locate cultural resources of the area and attempt to correlate <br />them with the regional prehistory. <br />Two prehistoric sites (5GF741 and 5GF742), one historic site <br />(5GF743), and one "suspect area" were located by this study, They <br />are described briefly here; detailed descriptions can be found in <br />• Appendix B (OSAC site forms). <br />5GF741 consists of a north-northwest-facing overhang containing <br />juniper bark-Indian ricegrass mats within the dripline. No other <br />cultural remains were found with this site. It is comparable to an <br />overhargsite (5GF341) in West Salt Creek (Baxter Pass) canyon. Soth <br />appear to be Late Prehistoric/Early Historic in origin, <br />5GF742 is a pictograph panel depicting a horse and rider and <br />possibly two bison in red paint. It is temporally associated with <br />the Early Historic Ute. <br />5GF743 is a homestead comprising three dugout structures, a <br />cistern, outhouse, chicken house, barn, log structure (hay barn), <br />and corral. This site is associated with early farming and ranching <br />activities and may date ca. 1910. <br /> <br />23 <br />