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<br />~' <br />3. What additional factors may be identified that contribute <br />to the definition of site types within the Study Area? <br />' 4. How many functional site categories can be defined within <br />the Study Area and what are those categories? <br />Answers to these questions provide understanding of the issue <br />' of site function at Dowe Flats. <br />' Applicable RP3 Contexts <br />Applicable RP3 contexts for the study of site function within <br />the study area address primarily the Late Archaic and Ceramic <br />Stages in Northeast Colorado as defined by Eighmy (1989). Test <br />excavations at sites SBL876 and SBL2931 as well as survey results <br />indicate that the study of site function within the study area may <br />contribute to Eighmy's research questions 7 and 9 for the Archaic <br />' period. These include issues of "subsistence and seasonality," and <br />"formation processes of Archaic sites...," respectively (1989:69). <br />' with regard to the Ceramic period, investigation of settlement <br />patterns may contribute to Eighmy's research questions 8 and 10. <br />' These questions address the "position of stone ring structures in <br />the cultural taxa of the Middle Ceramic," and "formation processes <br />of Ceramic sites," respectively (1989:102). <br />6.1.5 Technology <br />' This problem domain investigates the range and diversity of <br />material culture in the Study Area. While all of the research <br />' domains are interrelated, the formulation and investigation of <br />questions for this domain is strongly dependent on the content of <br />the previous research questions. The scope of potential research <br />within this domain is limited by the types and quantities of <br />' artifacts recorded within the Study Area. At present, ground stone <br />artifacts and lithic debitage comprise the only artifact samples <br />large enough to permit meaningful analysis. <br />75 <br />LJ <br />