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<br />~' <br />' This design is built around comparative studies of the Western <br />community in its broadest sense, drawing heavily from mining areas <br />1 as those have been the most studied to date (See for example <br />Hardesty, 1986, 1987, 1988a, 1988b or Mehls, et al, 1992). <br />Frequently, community is defined in terms of the boundaries of <br />' social/economic networks. This scheme could be applied to all time <br />periods from earliest human use and occupation through the <br />' permanent Euro-american settlement of the Dowe Flats area. The key <br />elements of this research design are the organization and dynamics <br />' of the community and agricultural industry in several problem <br />domains, including household, consumer behavior, ethnicity, gender, <br />' and others. What must be remembered is that documentary, <br />ethnographic, and archaeological data offer somewhat different but <br />complementary images. Combining the three disciplines of history, <br />anthropology and historic archaeology, with input from other fields <br />for the historic period, offers the possibility of a multi- <br />' dimensional image of communities in the American West. <br />Beyond those research oriented concerns, other factors <br />influenced the framing of this research design. Foremost was the <br />need for the research design to remain dynamic and adaptable so <br />' that as collective knowledge increases the design can continue to <br />mature as well. Given the potential range of activities, cultural <br />resource managers believe that a research design needs to remain <br />' pliable enough to meet whatever contingencies arise through the <br />ensuing years. Secondly, this is not a data recovery plan. Such <br />' plans should not be framed until after specific actions have been <br />identified and any needed inventory and evaluation phases have been <br />' completed. However, this research design can be used to guide the <br />inventory and evaluation of historical archaeology sites in the <br />' Study Area and then adapted to any subsequent data recovery <br />programs. <br />Evaluating any historical property begins by developing a <br />historic context within which it can be placed. There are already <br />' 92 <br /> <br />