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15 <br />• recommended for cultural resource clearance prior to the creation of the landscape (McKibbin <br />1997a), further field work is recommended only if it can be accomplished without de]aying the <br />construction of the road (McKibbin 1997a:7). <br />SLA7182: This prehistoric site was recorded in 1996 during inventory of the P3 haul road <br />(McKibbin et al. 1997). The site was not evaluated with respect to National Register eligibility but <br />the presence of datable features and artifacts in an intact subsurface context indicated that it was <br />potentially eligible. It was recommended that the site be avoided or tested to further assess its <br />National Register eligibility. <br />In 1997, 21 shovel probes were excavated around the surface features and in areas containing <br />the best deposition. Cultural materials were recovered from only two of these probes and include <br />a metate fragment and one flake. Probes reached depths of up to 80 cm below the surface (curbs). <br />The upper strata were thin, brown sandy loams and clay, carbonates, and gravels increased with <br />depth. Although the testing did not indicate the presence of significant subsurface cultural <br />materials, the site fal Is within the LCRHL and is recommended to be contributing to the significance <br />of the dis[tict. This site has ground stone and may reflect activities related to the procurement and <br />initial processing of pinon nut and acorns. The diversity of artifacts and the possible hearth feature <br />indicate that this may be a residential or base camp. However, because SLA7182 falls within the <br />P3 haul road corridor and had been recommended for cultural resource clearance prior to the creation <br />of the landscape (McKibbin 1997a), further field work is recommended only if it can be <br />• accomplished without delaying the construction of the road (McKibbin 1997a:7) <br />SLA7186 (Jeff Placel: This prehistoric ]ithic scatter and historic way station was recorded <br />and tested in 1996 during the inventory ofthe load out facility (McKibbin et al. 1997). The site was <br />evaluated as potentially eligible to the National Register and additional testing, informant interviews, <br />and archival research recommended on the site. <br />During the 1997 field season, seventy-six shovel probes and nine test pits were excavated <br />at the site the results of which have been presented in a separate document (McKibbin and Carrillo <br />1997). As a result of those test excavations, the site has been recommended as eligible to the <br />National Register. Subsequently, this site was excavated and a preliminary report on those <br />excavations submitted (McKibbin 1997c). <br />SLA7196: This prehistoric site was recorded in 1996 during inventory of the P3 haul road <br />(McKibbin et al. 1997). The site was not evaluated for eligibility to the National Register but the <br />site was judged to have good potential for intact subsurface cultural remains and testing was <br />recommended on it. <br />During the 1997 field season, 23 shovel probes and a I m x I m test pit were excavated on the <br />site. Shovel probes reached depths between 30 and 66 curbs. No cultural materials were recovered <br />from the shovel probes. Upper strata is a sandy loam mantling either a hard packed clay or <br />• decomposing bedrock. The test unit was excavated to 50 curbs between two positive auger prdbes <br />dug in 1996. Four pieces of debitage were recovered from the first I 0 cm level. The upper strata <br />