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Cfars /// Cvlhnul Resource <br />• RESULTS <br />Approximately 235 acres were examined for cultural resources. Previously recorded sites <br />in the project azea were also relocated to assess if any impacts or changes have occurred <br />since their original recording. A reevaluation form for one previously recorded site, <br />SLA7196, was completed due to impacts from mine activities. There are 13 new sites <br />and l2 isolated finds recorded as a result of this cultural resource inventory. All of the <br />isolated finds are prehistoric artifacts. The 13 sites include one fossil locality, three eagle <br />trap/vision quest locations, eight prehistoric sites that are open lithic scatters (many with <br />ground stone), and one multi-component site. The multi-component site has a historic <br />rock cairn with a crude cross, a prehistoric open lithic scatter, eagle trap/vision quest <br />structures, and fossil locality. Each of these sites is briefly described below. <br />Reevaluated Site <br />5LA7196 <br />This site was recorded in November 1996 by Metcalf Archaeological Consultants. It is <br />within the current project area and was heavily disturbed by a recently built road. The <br />_ site was originally described as being a large open camp with 1000+ flakes, manos, <br />graund stone, metates, bifaces, cores, and a feature. It was evaluated as "Needs Data" by <br />`~ the OAHP on 3/21/97. The current survey noted that the datum, a PVC pipe with a metal <br />tag, could not be located and that there has been heavy disturbance of the site. There is <br />now an improved dirt road that cuts through the center of the site with disturbance from <br />road building varying between 12 and 20 meters in width and running the length of the <br />road in the site azea, approximately ]20 meters. The only cultural remains observed aze <br />in the eastem portion of the originally recorded site area. No evidence of the feature was <br />seen. A scatter of flakes is ail that could be seen to re-establish the boundaries of this <br />site. Anew site map has been drawn indicating new site boundaries and the azea of <br />impact from the mine road. There has been extensive damage to the site. However, there <br />are still cultural remains on the surface in the eastem portion and the eastem azea was <br />determined, with auger probes in 1996, to contain buried cultural artifacts. There is now <br />no indication of the feature or datum that had been in the eastern portion of the site, hence <br />there could have been other disturbance in the area. The integrity of the site is <br />questionable and may not contribute further to our knowledge of the prehistory of the <br />area. Given the criteria as a contributing element of the proposed LCRHL, McKibbin et <br />al (2001), the loss of integrity also compromises the site's inclusion in the proposed <br />district. Therefore, it is recommended that the eligibility of this site be changed from <br />needing additional testing to "Not Eligible" for listing on the Register and be considered <br />a non-contributing element to the LCRHL. <br />\~ <br />]0 <br />