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sagebrush and grasses. The surrounding hill tops and ridges are also vegetated by dense mountain <br />mahogany and oakbrush. Deposition is alluvial and sediments of up to one meter in depth are <br />present based on the cutbank of Grassy Creek. <br />Cultural material at the site includes one biface and 31 lithic flakes (three primary, six <br />secondary and 22 tertiary). At least seven of the flakes show some signs of burning or heat <br />treatment. Flake material was predominantly gray quartzite with white and gray chert and red and <br />tan quartzite also present. The biface, probably a projectile point mid-section, is manufactured from <br />gray chert. <br />Eligibility and Management Recommendations. This site does not retain integrity. The <br />artifact assemblage is small and no activity areas or evidence of intact features were visible at the <br />surface. Although there is some alluvial deposition present, a careful examination of the drainage <br />cutbanks which bound the site to the north and south revealed no artifacts or features eroding from <br />the drainage banks. Based on this examination of the drainages, it appears that this site is <br />completely surficial. There is no evidence that the deposition preserves a buried and datable cultural <br />level. Because of this, MAC recommends this site not eligible for inclusion on the NRHP. No <br />further work is recommended. <br />5RT2737 (MM8596) <br />Site Description. This site is a newly recorded, broad, prehistoric lithic scatter that <br />measures 80 m N/S x 235 m E/W. The site is located on a slight southwest-facing slope on a terrace <br />on the north side of an unnamed, intermittent tributary of Fish Creek. Sediments on-site are medium <br />brown to grayish brown alluvial and slopewashed silts and loams. The drainage cutbanks show <br />alluvial sediments of up to 100 cm in depth. The site is vegetated primarily by purple thistle, bunch <br />grasses and forbs with some low sagebrush near the northern and southern site boundaries. Three <br />large swaths going generally east/west across the site have been disturbed by plows or some other <br />kind of large machinery. Much of the cultural material was concentrated within these disturbed <br />areas. <br />The artifact assemblage includes two bifaces, six flaked lithic tools and 85 lithic flakes. <br />Biface 1 is the base of a drill manufactured from tan chert. Biface 2 is a fragment composed of gray <br />chert. The flake tools are made of white, red, brown, tan and gray chert. Three of them have steep <br />scraping ends. The others are retouched along one or two lateral edges. The debitage is primarily <br />at the tertiary reduction stage (76 flakes) and the predominant material types are white chert and <br />semi-translucent white chert. Nine secondary flakes were also recorded. Other materials include <br />moderate amounts of gray quartzite and brown chert with small quantities of flakes made from red <br />chert and pink, brown, red and tan quartzite also recorded. One artifact concentration made up of <br />20 pressure flakes was noted in the central portion of the site. This concentration was found in one <br />of the disturbed areas but could indicate a distinct activity area at the site. <br />Eligibility and Management Recommendations. Site 5RT2737 may retain integrity. It <br />is situated on a terrace above a wide tributary of Fish Creek. The drainage cutbank shows alluvial <br />sediments of over 100 cm. During examination of the drainage, a few lithic flakes were observed <br />eroding from the cutbank. One possible activity area was also noted in a disturbed area. Lithic <br />artifacts found in the drainage bank and concentrated in disturbed areas are evidence of the potential <br />34