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1 <br /> <br />Answers to such questions provide understanding of the issue <br />of time/chronology at Dowe Flats. <br />Applicable RP3 Contexts: <br />Applicable RP3 contexts for the chronology of settlement <br />within the study area address the Late Archaic and Ceramic Stages <br />in Northeast Colorado as defined by Eighmy (1989). Test <br />' excavations at sites 5BL876 and 5BL2931 indicate that sites within <br />the study area may address directly Eighmy's research problems 5 <br />' and 9 for the Archaic period. These problems are "possible <br />influences from outside the Colorado Plains area," and "Formation <br />processes of Archaic sites, the rate of site destruction, the <br />nature of site transformation," respectively (1984:64). In <br />addition, chronological research within the Dowe Flats area may <br />' address Eighmy's Research Needs 1 and 5. These include, <br />"Chronologic dates," and "environmental reconstructions to answer <br />' questions about the relationship between the Archaic, Paleo, and <br />Ceramic stages...," respectively (1984:65). With regard to the <br />Ceramic period, investigation of the chronological domains outlined <br />above may address Eighmy's research problems 4 and 10. These <br />' problems include the "relationship between the Ceramic stage and <br />Archaic stage," and "formation processes of ceramic sites, the rate <br />of site destruction and nature of site transformation (1989:102)." <br />i <br />6.1.3 Settlement <br />Investigation of site distributions at and around Dowe Flats <br />addresses the spatial component of archaeological interpretation. <br />Site locations display non-random patterning in relation to <br />environmental variables such as land form, vegetation zones, <br />' distance to water, and others. Understanding the nature of these <br />patterns reveals certain aspects of prehistoric cultures' adaptive <br />strategies, and potentially reveals something of their general <br />' world view. <br />' 67 <br /> <br />