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The survey produced Middle and Late Archaic material with • <br />both Plains (Duncan-Hanna) and Great Basin (Elko) affilia- <br />tions. The Middle Archaic (Duncan-Hanna) material was in <br />the form of isolated finds. In the course of the survey, <br />some "Fremont-like" material was discovered on several <br />sites, though these sites are open camps with evidence of <br />similar subsistence patterns as practiced during the Archaic, <br />rather than architectural or rock shelter sites with evidence <br />of horticulture typical of Fremont material. <br />In summary, evidence of utilization of the Yampa <br />Basin was found to begin at 7000 BP with relationships to <br />the Plains area, though some material is similar to that <br />found in the Great Basin. Middle Archaic material was found <br />in an open camp, showing a subsistence pattern of generalized <br />hunting and gathering by a fair sized group. Fremont material <br />was found in both open camps and lithic workshop sites, <br />evidencing a similar generalized hunting and gathering life- <br />style. No post-Fremont material or historic aboriginal sites • <br />were recorded in Routt county. Sites were found to occur in <br />drainage basins on small eminences overlooking a drainage. <br />Linda Ward-Williams (1976) reported on a survey per- <br />formed in Routt National Forest, though none of the area <br />surveyed is closer than 14 miles to the Seneca II survey <br />area. Sixteen prehistoric sites were recorded; seven are in <br />the vicinity of passes and all but one are on a terrace or <br />adjacent to a terrace. Six are on saddles, usually bridging <br />two drainages; three are on terraces (in addition to the <br />six near passes); and one is near a trail. <br />Evidence of Desert Archaic material was found in the <br />form of an isolated Elko eared projectile point. No material <br />from earlier time periods was discovered. Woodland and <br />Late Fremont-like material was recovered, as was Desert and/ <br />or Plains side-notched material. <br />Common factors in site variability were found to be <br />proximity to water and smallness of sites. The latter <br />16 <br />