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Limited - Results Cultural Resource Survey Form <br />(page 3 of 3) <br />V. LITERATURE REVIEW (continued) <br />25. Known Cultural Resources <br />In the project area: None. <br />In the general region: Three resources are located near the project area, 5ME1.7170- 17172, historic <br />isolated finds. Also. the Salt Lake Wagon Road is noted on GLO surveys maps (ca. 1882), however. <br />no evidence of it was found within the project area. Overviews of the prehistoKy and histoEy of the <br />region are provided in the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists's publications entitled <br />"Colorado Prehistory!: A Context for the Northern Colorado River Basin" (Reed and Metcalf 1999). <br />and "Colorado History: A Context for Historical Archaeology" (Church et al 2007). <br />26. Expected Results: Cultural resources were not expected due to the barren nature of the project area <br />and lack of finds by the previous inventories in the immediate vicinit <br />VI. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES <br />27. The pWose of the study was to identify and record all cultural remains over 50 years old within the <br />area of potential impact, to assess their significance and el ig bility to the National Register of Historic <br />Places (NRI -IP), and make recommendations concerning management. If possible, the remains will <br />add to our understanding of the prehistory and histoKy of the region. <br />VII. FIELD METHODS <br />28. Definitions: Site A site is the locus of previous human activit y (50 year minimum at which the <br />preponderance of evidence suggests either a one -time use or repeated use over time. or multiple classes <br />of activities. For example: a Isolated thermal features such as hearths are to be designated as sites due <br />to the interpretable function of such utilization and the potential for chronometric and economic data <br />recovery. b Single element rock art panels are to be designated as sites due to the inte retable nature <br />of such an event and the potential dia ostic value of the motif, c Similarly, isolated human burials <br />are to be designated as sites or d Loci exhibiting ground stone and flake stone in association. IF An <br />isolate refers to one or more culturally modified objects not found in the context of a site as defined <br />above. Note that this definition makes no reference to an absolute quantitative standard for the <br />site /isolate distinction. For example: a) A discrete concentration of flakes from the same material <br />reizardless of the number of artifacts present likely represents a single, random event and is property <br />designated as an isolate orb Similarly, a ceramic pot bust is to be recorded as an isolate regardless <br />of the number of sherds that remain. <br />29. Describe Survey Method: The additional 10 acres for the railroad loadout area was ins ected b a <br />crew of two members walking transects spaced at 15 -meter intervals to cover the 10 acre block. <br />There were no limitations to the intensive. Class III cultural resource inspection. <br />VIII. RESULTS <br />30. List IFs if applicable. <br />Indicate IF locations on the map completed for Part III. <br />A Smithsonian Number: <br />Description: <br />31.Using your professional knowledge of the region, why are there none or very limited cultural <br />remains in the project area? Is there subsurface potential? <br />The low densit y of sites and isolated finds in this area is attributed to the barren nature of the W ect <br />area and location of the ra'ect area in a flood plain. There is no subsurface potential. <br />