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v <br />• .. _': ~: i:::S DCC^. CC:::.'1Ci;GC 1n=~?rf:i?LCent ~'~ S1:;C C' 1~~1. t. C] <br />(1DiC. ) i.aS presentee v t:,OrOli4~n h15tUr:~ O. thL~e 1:7\'BStl~a- <br />tions, thus they need r_ot be repeated here. Include:: in the <br />major contributions i.s the original definition of the ?'iedra <br />archeological district (Roberts 1930), :•:hich resulted from e~:- <br />cavations conducted on Stollsteimer Mesa; the surve}• and exca- <br />vations conducted in the ::a•aajo Reservo-:r area (Differ=, Nester, <br />and Eddy 1951; Eddy 1966 & 1972); ar.d *_he reinvestigation of <br />the resins on ChiTZey Rock :Sesa (Eddy 1977). In recent nears a <br />nu.,.ber of archeological clearance surve;•s in conjw:ction with <br />tuber harvests and energy development projects have added to <br />the local archeological data base. <br />Prior to the settlement of Stollsteimer in the -id 19th <br />cer.*_ury, a small village located at the confluence of Stollsteimer <br />• Creek and the Piedra ?,fiver, Euro-:a.•-,erican e}:CL'rSionS into the <br />area were restricted to infrecuent e~:pioratory, military, and <br />trapping expeditions. N,ost notable of these ~•ere the Rivera ex- <br />peditions during the 1760's, and the famed Dominguez-Escalante <br />expeditio:. in 1776. Rivera is generally credited with 'discover- <br />ing' Chimney Rock and originally naming it "Piedra Parada" (Standing <br />Roc}:) . <br />SURVE`_' PROCEDURE <br />Imo levels of survey ;:ere e,~:ployed: Level I (file and liter- <br />aturc- review) and l.e••~el III (100"; on-the-croLnd surve;~) inventories <br />were performed. Scurces *_hat were con_sulte<? for the I.eve1 I in- <br />ventory included thr-_• site files e~ the San Juan I:ational Forest, <br />. the E•,:reau of Land ;•Sanage-aent - San Juan Resource P.rea, and the <br />