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• corner-notched projectile points mentioned above have been <br />used to define the Hogback phase of the Plains Woodland <br />tradition (Nelson 1971). <br />These examples of typologically similar to identical <br />material are detailed to illustrate the difficulty in correctly <br />assigning a specific type to a culture. This problem is <br />compounded when the artifacts to be assigned or typed come <br />from an area between several areas with distinct cultures <br />that share some traits. <br />Previous Research <br />The most striking fact apparent in a review of the <br />research conducted in areas with reasonable proximity to the <br />study area is the paucity of such research (see Arthur 1977). <br />Some data has been accumulated through energy related and <br />National Forest cultural resource inventories, but not enough <br />to construct a chronology specific to this area. Previous <br />• researchers have used various systems to classify and date <br />their material. This material has been placed in the cul- <br />tural sequence as defined in the Archaeological Sequence <br />section. The material remains the same; the names of the <br />cultural stages may be•changed. Dates that were listed <br />as BC have been changed to BP designations. <br />Arthur (1977) and the Laboratory of Public Archaeo- <br />logy conducted a survey of several coal leases in Routt and <br />Moffatt counties. This survey located the only recorded <br />sites, with the exception of one, recorded near the study <br />area (5RT16, 5RT17, SRT19, 5RT20, 5RT22, 5RT23, and 5RT25). <br />An absence of Pa1eo-Indian material was noted, with the <br />exception of occasional finds, usually by amateurs, in <br />adjacent areas. The Union Pacific mammoth kill site <br />was mentioned, but the relationship of cultural material <br />to the mammoth remains is not clear. <br />Archaic material is shown to be present in both <br />Plains and Desert forms, through reference to the literature. <br />15 <br />