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175 <br />• site: 5MF326 (Figs 4, 45), <br />site Type: Open camp. <br />Location: SE';SW';, Sec. 13, Ton, R91w; UTM Zone 13, E482,300m., N4,465,200m, <br />Description: 5MF326 is an open camp located on a low bench at the end of an <br />east-trending ridge spur that terminates above a permanent beaver pond in <br />Badger Creek. The site elevation is 7320 ft. (2,231 m.). Vegetation around <br />the site area includes sagebrush and grasses, with dense stands of aspen, Gam- <br />ble's oak, and serviceberry to the west. There is a meadow below the site and <br />near the beaver pond which supports very dense and lush stands of grass and <br />marsh vegetation. <br />The major concentration of artifactual materials was located on the south- <br />facing side of the bench, covering an area 20 by 20 m., although a thin scatter <br />• of flakes was also found on the east and north sides of the bench as well. A <br />relatively new fenceline cuts through the southern end of the site. There is <br />a bulldozed strip along the fence which has exposed more flakes. A large quan- <br />tity of reddened sandstone was observed in an unpatterned distribution. None <br />of this appeared to be related to any visible features. <br />Diagnostic artifacts: Metates, Types IA, IB, IIB; manor, Type IIIA; projectile <br />points, Types IVA, IVB; perforator, Type Ii. <br />evaluation: 5MF326 has been too badly disturbed to have potential for yielding <br />information important to prehistory. However, if the site is directly endan- <br />gered by development of the tract, it should be afforded protection under other <br />antiquities legislation. <br />• <br />