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Class /ll CuGural Resource <br />u <br />:• <br />TABLE 2 <br />PREHISTORIC CULTURAL SCHEME FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br />(ADAPTED FROM ZIER AND KALASZ 1999) <br />CULTURAL TAXON ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT <br />TAXA TEMPORALY <br />RANGE <br />Paleoindian Stage >7800 B.P. <br /> Pre-Clovis <br />Period >11,500 B.P. <br /> Clovis Period Llano 11,500-10,950 B.P. <br /> Folsom Period Llano 10,950-10,250 B.P. <br /> Plano Period 10,250-7800 B.P. <br /> <br />Archaic Sta a 7800-1850 B.P. <br /> Early Archaic <br />Period 7800-5000 B.P. <br /> Middle Archaic <br />Period McKean Complex 5000-3000 B.P. <br /> Late Archaic <br />Pcriod 3000-1850 B.P. <br /> <br />Late Prehistoric Stage Ceramic Stage 1850-225 B.P. <br /> Developmental <br />Period Early Ceramic; Plains Woodland 1850-900 B.P. <br /> Diversification <br />Period Middle Ceramic; 900-500 B.P. <br /> A isha a Phase 900-500 B.P. <br /> So ris Phase 900-750 B.P. <br /> Protohistoric <br />Period Late Ceramic 500-225 B.P. <br />STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES <br />In accordance with the regulatory requirements of a Memorandum of Understanding <br />between the Mined Land Reclamation Board and the Colorado Office of Archaeology <br />and Historic Preservation, this project area was inventoried to identify any cultural <br />resources within the APE of the proposed project. Any discovered cultural resources <br />were to be evaluated for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (Register) <br />under the Criteria for Eligibility (36 CFR §60.4 a-d). Register eligibility is evaluated in <br />terms of the integrity of the resource, and: (a) its association with significant events, or <br />patterns in history or prehistory; (b) its association with the specific contributions of <br />individuals significant in our past; (c) its engineering, artistic, or architectural values; or <br />. (d) its information potential for important research questions in history or prehistory. <br />Prehistoric resources are most ofren evaluated under Criterion d, for their potential to <br />yield information important in prehistory. Significant information potential in a <br />8 <br />