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<br />PROJECT METHODS <br />The procedures employed for this project are separated into two categories. The first <br />category deals with previous work documented in the survey area; the second explains <br />the methods used Burin; the field survey. <br />LITERATURE SEARCH AND RECORDS CHECK <br />An intensive files search was carried out at the Office of the State Archaeologist of <br />Colorado (OSAC) and the Office of the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) on <br />August 21 and ~2, 1979. A search of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Little Snake <br />Resource Area tiles was carried out by Resource Area Archaeologist Sherri Hanson and <br />her report was made to 1VCRll4 on August 27, 1979. The SHPO search indicated no sites <br />were on the National Register; the BLM and OSAC files produced identical inventories of <br />previously documented cultural resources. Findings resulting from the literature search <br />and records check are presented in the discussion of previous research. <br />• FIELD M11ETIlODS <br />The entire oroject area received a 1009; pedestrian survey coverage. Differences in field <br />crew spacing and survey techniques were dictated by topography and the likelihood of the <br />presence of sites. Tops of ridges were surveyed by parallel zigzag transects spaced 5 m <br />to 20 m apart by two- to four-man crews. In heavily vegetated areas, the spacing of <br />transects depended upon the presence of game trails, as thickets were virtually <br />impenetrable without such trails. In some cases, transects were partially completed on <br />hands and knees. <br />Alluvial bottoms, fans, benches, and brush flats were transected in a similar fashion, <br />usually without the problems of scrub oak thickets. Steep slopes were surveyed with <br />wider spacing (up to 35 m apart) since the probability of a site existing there is low. All <br />cutbanks, arroyos, exposed surfaces, rodent backdirt and anthills were given close <br />attention by the archaeologists in order to ascertain whether buried sites were present. <br />Aspen groves and lone stands of timber were closely inspected for historic carvings. <br />Exposed rock was surveyed intensively for rock art and rock shelters. <br />• <br />5 <br />