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• When a structural feature or artifact is found, the survey is halted and <br />an intense search of the area is conducted in an attempt to define the site. <br />A site consists of structural features or several artifacts in a small area. <br />If very few artifacts are found over a wide area they are recorded as isolated <br />finds. Locations of the artifacts are recorded and assigned a number in <br />accordance with the Laboratory of Public Archaeology catalog system. For <br />example, IF26RT, where IF means isolated find, 26 means the 26th isolated find <br />recorded in the county, and RT is the county abreviation according to the <br />Smithsonian Institution nomenclature system and, in this case, signifies <br />Routt County. If the area is defined as a site, it is assigned a number in <br />accordance with the Smithsonian Institution nomenclature system. For example, <br />5RT44, where 5 is the number assigned Colorado on the basis of its <br />• alphabetical placement, RT is the county designation (in this case, Routt <br /> County), and 44 is the number of the site, numbered consecutively. A site <br />form, distributed by the Colorado State Archaeological Office, is then filled <br />out, giving information concerning site location, size, and height. A sketch <br />of the site and description of the vegetation, topography, and access is also <br />included. Artifacts are located in reference to a site datum which has been <br />staked and appropriately labeled with the site number. All artifacts, such as <br />tools, those useful in determining the date of the site, and activities that <br />occurred at the site, are located in relationship to datum and collected. Txo <br />transects are layed out perpendicular to each other and extend across the <br />site. All artifacts within the transect are collected. Features are recorded <br />individually along with their respective sizes, types, and descriptions; <br />location relative to datum is also noted. The locations of features, <br />• transects, and artifacts are then plotted on a site map. <br />A-2 salance ssrvlces divlslon <br />