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]7 <br />• SLA7208: This Early and Middle Ceramic period prehistoric site was recorded in 1996 <br />during inventory of the RI/RZ haul road (McKibbin et al. 1997). Twenty-one auger probes were <br />excavated on the site in 1996 and cultural materials were encountered in only one of probes. The <br />site was left unevaluated for eligibility to the National Register, but it was recommended that those <br />portions of the site with the potential to contain intact subsurface remains be avoided by road <br />construction. <br />During the 1997 field season, it was confirmed by mine representatives that the R 1/R2 haul <br />road could be aligned to avoid impacting those portions of the site with the best potential to contain <br />significant buried cultural materials. Based on the results of the testing, the portion of the site with <br />the best potential is limited to that area northeast of the existing two-track road toward the Cow <br />Creek drainage. To avoid impacting this area of the site, any disturbances associated with the <br />construction of R1lR2 haul road including road building, maintenance, and stockpiling of excess <br />materials must be confined to areas on the southwest side of the existing two-track road. The site <br />also falls within the LCRHL and is recommended to be contributing to the significance of the <br />district. This site has ground stone and may reflect activities related to the procurement and initial <br />processing ofpinon nut and atoms. However, because SLA7208 falls within the R2/RI haul road <br />corridor and had been recommended for cultural resource clearance prior to the creation of the <br />landscape (McKibbin 1997a), further field work is recommended only if it can be accomplished <br />without delaying the construction of the road (McKibbin 1997a:7). <br />• Newly recorded Sites <br />SLA7367 (MM-47691: This prehistoric site was recorded in 1997 during inventory of the <br />realigned P3 haul road. [t consists of a scatter of chipped stone debitage, one biface midsection, <br />three complete manos, and three metate fragments on a low bench. The site is located in Jeff <br />Canyon immediately northwest of the main intermittent drainage that bisects the canyon, on the first <br />terrace of that drainage. The northern edge of the site lies at the mouth of a wide, flat side canyon, <br />and the southern edge is in a more narrow portion of Jeff Canyon. Soil is a residual and colluvial <br />brown sandy loam with numerous angular very small to large rocks and gravels. Vegetation consists <br />of tall and short prairie grasses, low forbs, oak brush, and sparse small pinyon trees. <br />Although no Holocene deposition was noted in the numerous erosional cuts on the site <br />revealing little potential for buried cultural deposits, the site lies within the LCRHL and is <br />recommended to be contributing to the significance of the district. This site has a high ratio of <br />ground stone to other artifacts and may reflect activities related to the procurement and initial <br />processing of pinon nut and acorns. However, because SLA7367 falls within the P3 haul road <br />corridor and had been recommended for cultural resource clearance prior to the creation of the <br />landscape (McKibbin 1997a), further field work is recommended only if it can be accomplished <br />without delaying the construction of the road (McKibbin 1997a:7). <br />SLA7368 (MM-47701: This prehistoric site was recorded in 1997 during inventory of the <br />• realigned P3 haul road. This horseshoe-shaped lithic and ground stone scatter stretches across two <br />high benches and overlooks Jeff Canyon to the south. The two south-sloping benches are separated <br />by a shallow drainage which becomes more deeply incised as it trends south. Artifacts are exposed <br />