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23 <br />. lithic scatter composed of felsite cores, debitage, and a single quartzite mano. It is located on the <br />top of a large bench overlooking Cow Canyon Creek to the southeast, and the Purgatoire River to <br />the northeast. The lithic scatter is composed mostly of primary and secondary felsite flakes and five <br />felsite cores. One quartzite flake was noted as well. The soil is an alluvial and residual gravelly <br />loam. On-site vegetation consists of a few pinon and juniper with shrubs being the dominant <br />species. Short grasses, annuals, and forbs also are present. <br />This site lies within the LCRHL and is recommended to be potentially contributing to the <br />significance of the district. The site contains ground stone and may reflect activities related to the <br />procurement and initial processing of pinon nut and acorns. The deposits on the site have the <br />potential to contain additional significant cultural remains which may provide additional important <br />information on the prehistory of the area. <br />SLA7729 (MM-4828): This prehistoric site was recorded during inventory ofsedimentation <br />Ponds 008 and 009 and Fill Area 8 in 1997. It lies on a bench west of the bounds of Sedimentation <br />pond 008 and may not be impacted. SLA7729 consists of a very low density scatter of lithic <br />debitage, a metate fragment, a core, and a hammer stone situated on a east-west trending bench <br />overlooking Cow Canyon Creek to the west, and the Purgatoire River to the north. Examination of <br />the cutbanks show soil deposits on the site are less than 20 cm thick and failed to reveal evidence <br />of any additional subsurface cultural materials. The site has been moderately impacted by erosion <br />and cattle grazing activity. On-site vegetation consists of a large shrubs (oakbrush, mountain <br />• mahogany) with a few pinon andjuniper. Low sagebrush, short grasses, annuals, and forbs also are <br />present. <br />Although there is little potential buried cultural material, this site lies within the LCRHL and <br />is recommended to be potentially contributing to the significance of the district. The site contains <br />ground stone and may reflect activities related to the procurement and initial processing of pinon nut <br />and acorns. <br />Management Recommendations <br />Cultural resource clearance is recommended for the new alignment of the P3 haul road, the <br />realigned Lorencito Canyon access road, the rail spur, the Rl/R2 haul road, and the load out facility <br />with some exceptions and conditions. Clearance is recommended for the realigned P3 haul road, the <br />realigned Lorencito Canyon access road, and the coal load out facility with the exception of those <br />parts of all three that will impact any portion of site SLA7186 (Jeff Place). Cultural resource <br />clearance for these parts is contingent upon the completion and acceptance of the final report of data <br />recovery excavations described in the treatment plan for the site (see McKibbin and Carrillo 1997). <br />Until that time if Lorencito desires to construct any of these facilities, the site must be protected by <br />a fence, or other clear marking, and all construction must stay outside the designated site boundaries. <br />The recommendation for cultural resource clearance of the realigned P3 haul road and for the R 1 /R2 <br />• haul road is also contingent upon avoidance of the potentially significant areas of sites SLA7181 and <br />SLA7208, respectively. <br />