PERMFILE119931

• Permit No: C1996084
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/2/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 05 Cultural Resources Report 3
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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• in this drainage and on top of the benches. The artifact assemblage includes ground sandstone and
flaked felsite, both light and dark gray in color. Twenty-three flakes were observed, including 19
tertiary and four primary. Light gray felsite predominates on the eastern side ofthe site, while darker
felsite is slightly more common on the western side. Three cores and a unifacial scraper of felsite
were also found. Two comer-notched felsite projectile points were found and collected from the site.
Three sandstone metates and three sandstone manos were also observed. A small eroded hearth was
found in the western portion of the site. it is a gray stain with some charcoal exposed in an eroded
area and measures rough]y 30 cm in diameter. Deposits are both colluvial and residual, and the soil
is a sandy clay loam with a high gravel content. Depth of deposits is unknown, but some Holocene
deposition is present based on erosional cuts. Vegetation is oakbrush, pinyon, and grasses.
Eight shovel probes were excavated on the site. The probes were placed at the northwest,
north central and east ends of the site where Holocene deposits were present. Probes extended to
depths between 20 and 70 curbs. The probes indicate that there is roughly 3 to 7 cm of Holocene
deposition present on the site which overlies several centimeters of residuum. All probes were
terminated at bedrock and no cultural materials were recovered. _
Although testing indicates little potential for additional intact subsurface remains, the site lies
within the LCRHL and is recommended to be contributing to the significance of the district. This
site has a relatively high ratio ofground stone to other artifacts and may reflect activities related to
the procurement and initial processing ofpiiion nut and atoms. The presence of a hearth feature may
• suggest a short term camp. However, because SLA7368 falls within the P3 haul road corridor and
had been recommended for cultural resource clearance prior to the creation of the landscape
(Mc[Cibbin 1997a), further field work is recommended only if it can be accomplished without
delaying the construction of the road (McKibbin 1997a:7).
SLA7369 fMM-4771 l: This prehistoric site was recorded in 1997 by MAC during inventory
of the realigned P3 haul road. This prehistoric chipped and ground stone scatter lies on a low bench
along the northern side of Jeff Canyon. Immediately east, topography drops off to an intermittent
south-trending drainage which feeds into JeffCanyon; south, topography drops offto a lower bench
which lies along the bank of the intermittent east-trending drainage at the base of the canyon. The
site consists of a mane and mane fragment, a core, a flake scraper, and a scatter of roughly 25 gray
felsite flakes, most of which are tertiary. The flakes all lie in a line along a subtle washed area,
beginning in a cluster on the northwest at the base of a higher bench and trending southeast in a light
scatter towazd the base of the canyon. A single retouched flake scraper lies west of this line, and the
two manos lie east. In addition, two isolated flakes were noted northwest of the main portion of the
site on a steep slope. Deposits are colluvial, and soil is a yellow brown sandy clay containing
numerous angular sandstone cobbles. Based on erosional cuts, intact areas of Holocene deposition
are not present. Oakbrush, pinyon, low grasses, and cactus vegetate the site. It is moderately
disturbed by alluvial erosion.
Even though Holocene deposition is not observed this site lies within the LCRHL and is
. recommended to be potentially contributing to the significance of the district. The site contains
ground stone and may reflect activities related to the procurement and initial processing of pinon nut
and atoms. However, because SLA7369 falls within the P3 haul road corridor and had been