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<br />ca. 15 inches, with mast Falling in the period April t^ <br />September. The average daily maximum temperature in the summer <br />is 82 degrees F., and the average winter minimum temperature is <br />18 degrees F. (Larson 1981:2,27,28, and `14). <br />Vegetation in the area is characterized by shortgrass prairie <br />associations, with native olants including blue grama, side-oats <br />grama, needle-and-thread grass, yucca, cactus, mountain mahogany, <br />and Gambel oak. Game animals include mule deer, pronghorn <br />antelope, cottontail rabbit and quail (Larson 1981). <br />Existing_Data_and_Literature_Review <br />------- --- ---------- ------ <br />A records search was conducted through the DEEice of <br />Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Colorado Historic Society, <br />on December 17, 1993, No cultural resources have previously been <br />recorded in the pro,Ject area. <br />Cultural overviews (RP3) have been prepared Eor the region in <br />which the pro,]ect area lies. Eighmy (199't) describes the <br />prehistoric context Eor the Colorado Plains, and Mehls C198't) the <br />historic context Far the Colorado Plains. <br />Arbogast et al. (1993) have surveyed the northern portions <br />of the U.S. Air Force Academy, which lies dust south of the <br />project area, and recorded a variety of historic and prehistoric <br />sites there; historic components there date to the late <br />19th/early 20th century, and datable prehistoric components have <br />been assigned t^ the Late Archaic and Early Ceramic periods. <br />tier- et al. (1987) provide an excellent review of the culture <br />history of the region in their study Fort Carson, which lies <br />3 <br />