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~, ' Archaic and Ceramic periods in Northeast Colorado. Within this context, construction and validation of a predictive model ' contributes information to Eighmy's research questions 7 and 8 for the Archaic period. These questions are concerned with "subsistence and seasonality" and "site settlement studies similar ' to Kvamme's" (1989:69). The model also speaks to, but is not limited to, research questions 3 and 8 related to the Ceramic ' period. The questions are concerned with "subsistence/settlement differences between the Early and Middle Ceramic" and the "position of stone ring structures in the cultural taxa of the Middle Ceramic" (1984:102). 6.3 Introduction - Historic Problem Domains Reviews of previous works about northeastern Boulder County ' and the general Dowe Flats area indicate that a fundamental concern facing researchers is a previous lack of interdisciplinary research goals. This prohibits effective utilization of the extensive literature in history, historical geography and anthropology on the region and similar areas throughout Colorado. The result is chaotic, making it impossible to evaluate adequately the sig- nificance of historic archaeological sites in relation to the other resources present within, and documentary information available about, the area. The research design which follows adapts the research concerns expressed in Buckles and Buckles (1984) to the Dowe Flats area. ' Specifically, the study team has refined and, where not applicable, eliminated questions from the larger field available to students of ' local history. An effort has been made to be as flexible as possible at this time so that the specific needs of any given site or resource can be addressed through further refinement of the problem domains and research questions, property types, significance discussions, and integrity requirements. ' 91 ~~