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Prehistoric sites, particularly hunting and gathering <br />sites, are often found at the boundaries between two resource ~~ <br />zones. This pattern occurs in the study area in several places <br />and will be discussed in greater detail in a later section. <br />4.3 PREVIOUS ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE STUDY AREA <br />This section will be short since few archeological in- <br />vestigations have been conducted in the study area. The nearest <br />extensive investigation is Breternitz's survey and excavation <br />program conducted in Dinosaur National Monument during the 1960's <br />(Breternitz 1970). Archeological inventories in the Piceance <br />Basin, located about 45 airmiles southwest of the study area, <br />have been conducted by Calvin Jennings of Colorado State Univer- <br />sity (Jennings 1974) and other inventories are currently being <br />conducted in the Basin by Alan Olson of the University of Denver. <br />Nearer the study area, Breternitz has recently conduc- <br />ted several short reconnaissances in the Williams Fork area for <br />the Stearns and Rogers Corporation (Breternitz 1971, 1972). <br />Several sites were recorded during these surveys that fall within <br />the Grace railroad rights-of-way. These sites are 5MF279, 280, <br />281, 282, and 289. Sites 279, 280, and 281 are identified as <br />chipping stations and are the same sites recorded during the <br />present investigation as 5MF437, 438, and 436 respectively. <br />SMF283, also a chipping station, could not be located accurately <br />from the information given on the site form. <br />Site 5MF289 was identified as a panel of petroglyphs <br />and pictograph groupings extending for mile on a cliff face ~~ <br />