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• <br />Project # Title/ Author/ Date/ Contractor <br />MC.FS.NR127 Title: Class III (Intensive) Cultural Resources Inventory of Seven <br /> Proposed Drill Holes and Related Access Roads on USFS Administered <br /> Lands for the Elk Creek Mine Exploration Program Years 2004-2006 in <br /> Delta and Gunnison Counties, Colorado (GRI No. 2434) <br /> Author: Conner, Carl E. <br /> Date: 06/28/2004 <br /> Contractor: Grand River Institute <br />DT.FS.R28 Title: a Class III Cultural Resource Inventory for the Proposed 2004 Drill <br /> Hole Locations and Related Access Routes Within the Spruce Stomp Xpa <br /> in Delta County, Colorado (R2004 020408 043) <br /> Author: Conner, Carl E. and Barbara Davenport <br /> Date: 10/07/2004 <br /> Contractor: Grand River Institute <br />Field Methods <br />All work was performed according to guidelines set forth by the Office of <br />Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) of the Colorado Historical Society and the <br />USDA Forest Service. This Class III inventory of the 460-acre tract was limited by heavy <br />vegetation cover and steep slopes. Accordingly, the inventory was limited to the survey of <br />open terrain on the main ridge tops and benches provided by treeless meadows, existing <br />roads, trails, and erosional areas. The inventory was conducted by a crew of two persons who <br />walked N-S or E-W transects spaced at intervals of 10-15 meters depending on the vegetation <br />cover. Crew members worked from USGS 7.5' series maps. A total of about 460 acres was <br />intensively surveyed for cultural resources. Heavy vegetation was the primary limiting factor <br />during this inventory. <br />Cultural resources were sought as surface exposures and were characterized as sites or <br />isolated finds. A site is the locus of previous human activity (50 year minimum) at which the <br />preponderance of evidence suggests either a one-time use or repeated use overtime, or <br />multiple classes of activities. For example: a) Isolated thermal feature such as hearths are to <br />be designated as sites, due to the interpretable function of such utilization and the potential <br />for chronometric and economic data of recovery, b) Single element rock art panels are to be <br />designated as sites due to the interpretable nature of such an event and the potential <br />diagnostic value of the motif, c) Similarly, isolated human burials are to be designated as <br />sites, or d) Loci exhibiting ground stone and flake stone in association. <br />. An isolate refers to one or more culturally modified objects not found in the context <br />of a site as defined above. Note that this definition makes no reference to an absolute <br />6