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Colorado Cultural Resource Survey <br />Prehistoric Archaeological Component Form <br />(page 1 of 2) <br />Use this form in conjunction with the Management Data Form. One of these forms should be completed <br />for each site with a prehistoric component. <br />1. State Site Number: 5RT1368 2. Temporary Site Number: MM -4862 <br />3. Site Type: campsite/lithic reduction <br />4. General Site Description: This site is a lithic scatter located on the south bank of an east- flowing <br />intermittent tributary of Fish Creek. To the east are the rolling hills of the Twentymile Park, to the south <br />is a barbed wire fence with a grassy pasture and fallow field on the south side, to the west is Hillberry <br />Mountain, and to the north is a sandstone ridge. Highway 131 is located 150 meters to the west. The south <br />bank has been heavily dissected by rivulets which have created small ridge -like landforms and the site is <br />eroding downslope to the north. The deposits consist of a light orange brown alluvial sand with very few <br />cobbles and pebbles. There is a dark soil lens approximately 30 centimeters below the present surface and <br />20 centimeters thick. The lens is a dark brown sand and there are small charcoal flecks that have eroded out <br />of it. The vegetation on the site consists of low and tall sagebrush, rabbitbrush, bunch grasses, yarrow, <br />lupine, and other forbs. It becomes very dense with low ground visibility on both the east and west <br />boundaries. <br />The artifacts on the site consist of at least 250 pieces of lithic debitage. Most of the flakes are tertiary <br />flakes, mostly biface thinning flakes with a few core reduction flakes also present. Small pressure flakes <br />are also present in large numbers. Materials noted include chert, quartzite, and siltstone. Chert is the <br />dominant material type, and colors include white, pink, dark gray, light gray, light brown, cream, white with <br />rose splotches, speckled black, dark reddish brown, and a translucent white. The white chert is the most <br />numerous. Quartzite colors include white and gray, and the siltstone is represented by cream and dark gray <br />colors. The artifacts are denser at the western end of the site and are generally located on the small ridge- <br />like landfotms. They are more scattered in the eastern portion, a pattern which appears to be the result of <br />natural processes rather than cultural ones. The deposits at the west end of the site have been more severely <br />impacted by erosion which appears to have exposed more of the cultural deposits on the surface. The <br />artifacts at the east end of the site on the other hand are more scattered and the deposits have not been <br />affected by erosion to the degree that they have at the west end. <br />The site has a large artifact inventory and there is excellent potential for buried deposits. The flakes <br />are eroding from a subsurface context and appear to be associated with a buried soil horizon. The site has <br />the potential to yield subsurface cultural deposits, and is recommended to be potentially eligible for the <br />National Register. Avoidance or further testing is recommended for the site. <br />5. Prehistoric Non - Architectural Features (note dimensions in meters): <br />Mao Ref. Description Construction Material Dimensions <br />None <br />6. Prehistoric Architectural Features (note dimensions in meters): <br />Map Ref. Description Construction Material Dimensions <br />None <br />