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1 <br /> <br />Answers to each question provide for increased understanding <br />of the issue of settlement at Dowe Flats. <br />' Applicable RP3 Contexts <br />Applicable RP3 contexts for the study of settlement patterns <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 SBL2431 as well as survey results <br />indicate that sites within the study area may address directly <br />Eighmy's research problems 7 and 8 for the Archaic period. These <br />problems include "subsistence and seasonality," and "site <br />settlement studies similar to Kvamme's (1979)," respectively <br />(1989:69). With regard to the Ceramic period, investigation of <br />settlement patterns within the study area, as outlined above, may <br />' address Eighmy's Research Problem 3: "Subsistence/settlement <br />differences between the Early and Middle Ceramic" (1989:102). <br />' 6.1.4 Site Function <br />' The investigation and interpretation of site function focuses <br />on intrasite attributes, such as the number and types of artifacts <br />' and features present, and their spatial configurations. This <br />information is used to define site functional types and gauge <br />differences across sites, which may indicate functional <br />' variability. The same site sample used to define research <br />questions for the settlement domain was used for a preliminary <br />' investigation of site function. Reliable information was available <br />on site area and the frequencies of grou;id stone and flaked stone <br />artifacts, and stone circles. <br />Sites were highly variable in area and ranged from 25 square <br />' meters (5BL7) to 14,000 square meters (SBL15). Average site area <br />was 2,762 square meters, but this figure had little practical <br />validity due to the extreme variability of this value. Sixty-eight <br />' stone circles were recorded within or immediately adjacent the <br />72 <br />1 <br />