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Coal leases" (Hibbets et al . 1978) . This report describes two <br /> trap-sects which were conducted within 20 miles of our study area -- Tran- <br /> sect 9B, 5039 acres in T. 12S. , R.91W. and Transect 9A, 1440 acres in <br /> T. 13S. , R.92W. Transect 98 identified two prehistoric, two historic, <br /> and one prehistoric/historic site (yielding an overall site density <br /> of .00099/acre) . Transect 9A identified one prehistoric and one his- <br /> toric site (site density, .001/acre) . <br /> Publications concerning the regional prehistory include: 1) <br /> Buckles ' work on the Uncompahgre (Buckles 1971) , in which he identifies <br /> 12 phases of the 'Uncompahgre Complex' dating from 5000 B.C. (Paleo- <br /> Indian) to A.D. 1800 (Ute) ; 2) reports of excavations and surveys in <br /> northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado by Wormington (1955) , <br /> Wormington and Lister (1956) , 8reternitz (1965 and 1970) , and Wenger <br /> (1956) , which establish cultural materials from Paleo-Indian, Archaic, <br /> Fremont, Anasazi , Ute, and Historic Euro-American peoples in the <br /> region; and 3) Jesse D. Jennings ' "Prehistory of Utah and the Eastern <br /> Great Basin" (Jennings 1978) , which describes cultural materials from <br /> the Desert Archaic, Anasazi , Fremont, Shoshoni , and Navajo. <br /> RESEARCH RATIONALE <br /> Because there is little information available concerning either the <br /> archaeology of this particular geographic area or that of high altitudes <br /> • in gene?-al , the search for potential archaeological sites in this region <br /> is scientifically imperative for the development of a comprehensive data <br /> base for western Colorado. <br /> FIELD METHOD <br /> A Class III inventory of each of the proposed drill hole locations <br /> was made by walking a spiral pattern from the center stake to a diameter <br /> of 100 feet. Access roads (both new and existing, to-be-upgraded) were <br /> walked in a zigzag pattern which extended 25 feet to either side of the <br /> centerline. Suspect areas (knolls, springs, etc. ) within 50 meters of <br /> the proposed drill hole locations/access roads were intensively in- <br /> spected. <br /> SURVEY RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> No cultural materials, either prehistoric or historic, were found in <br /> the survey area and it is recommended that the area be given archaeologi- <br /> cal clearance. <br /> • V <br /> 4 <br />