Survey and Analysis Methods Clause Samples

Survey and Analysis Methods. Fieldwork Methodology Photo 1. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2 Site (in Segment 20), looking west, showing the density of artifact locations identified with pin flags. Only the portion of the site within the LOD was plowed and disked for pedestrian surface survey. Photo 2. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Site (in Segment 11) during pedestrian surface survey, looking northwest. The density of artifacts was so high that the methodoogy was modified, using each pin flag to mark a cluster instead of an individual artifact find. Photo 3. Tributary drainage in Survey Segment 28, looking northwest. Test units were placed at the base of the slope and a transect of shovel tests was placed along the lower slope, because of the presence of a buried Ap horizon in this area. Photo 4. Survey Segment 28, looking north, showing the excavation of test units following a deep snow fall. Shovel tests were also excavated at archaeological sites to investigate features observed at the surface and to confirm site stratigraphy. One or two shovel tests were placed in each site that was identified before the end of fieldwork in April 2010. However, there was no opportunity to test the locations of sites that were identified during analysis of results, after the completion of fieldwork. A geomorphological study was conducted in conjunction with the Phase Ib fieldwork. At stream crossings, the terrain was examined and auger probes were excavated to evaluate the need for test unit or shovel test excavations. The soil profiles of excavated test units were also examined to provide additional information on stratigraphy and the contexts in which artifacts were recovered. Results of the geomorphological study are discussed in the description of survey segments. Following the completion of the Phase Ib fieldwork in April 2010, additional Phase Ib survey was performed by Hunter Research Inc. (HRI) for areas of proposed additional ground disturbance in Section 1 of the US 301 project. This included areas for borrow pits and staging areas, as well as proposed stormwater management locations. Results from the survey of areas adjacent to the A&HC Survey Segments provided additional information on the extent of sites that had been identified in the A&HC survey, or resulted in the identification of sites that had not been defined on the basis of the A&HC survey. Preliminary results from the HRI survey have been included in the description of survey segments and interpretation of sites, presented below.