CORRESPONDENCE - 75A SEXLINGER FARMHOUSE

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tion: The boundary for the site is established by the limits of the natural outcropping of rock. The site was utilized solely as an extractive or procurement site; therefore, the limits of the site are set by the limfts of the availability of the lithic resource. Prehistoric Camp and Habitation Archeological Site, Western Moun- tains [location restricted], is a multi - component camp and habitation site with at least five occupations, ranging in time from 5050 B.C. to A.D. 750. Three of the occupations reflect short - term camp or special activity uses. Two long -term occupations are represented by pit house ruins and associated materials, dated to the Early Archaic period. The site is at an elevation of ca. 7,000 feet, about 1/2 mile from the area's major river. Test and data recovery excavations re- vealed buried resources including pit houses, lithic tools, ceramics, and faunal remains. Road construction has affected the site; however, excava- tions were conducted in association with recent construction, and the upgraded road was realigned to avoid the pit houses. The distribution of archeological resources (surface artifacts) and natural features were used to define the National Register boundaries. Verbal boundary description: The southern, southeast- ern, and western boundaries are determined by a sharp reduction in surface artifact density; the northern boundary is at the topographic drop - off into the adjacent gulch, and the eastern boundary is along the east side of a tributary arroyo to the gulch. Boundary justification: The bound- aries of the Prehistoric Camp and Habitation Archeological Site have been determined from a combination of natural, topographic, and archeo- logical evidence. Western, southeast- ern, and southern limits have been drawn on the basis of surface artifact density evidence, after careful surface reconnaissance found a clear decline in the number of visible chipped stone artifacts in this area. A portion of the western boundary at the adjacent ranch house and outbuildings shows such a decline in surface artifact density due to ground disturbances from ranch building construction and occupation, as well as limited ground visibility in an adjacent pasture. The southeastern and southern limits, where surface artifact density is also quite low, are in relatively rocky 32 RESTRICTED INMWTIDN gP f W °oP Ct1UAKMrr& QUA Rey A065PMC' -y w000ft ARC.HAEO- t� 40GKht SIT& jLfL yircb�r, �,��roPPu�19 0 soJ ou�`coPtd o�tJ t u r SkLmA NOT SCfJ�E Prehistoric Quartzite Quarry Archeological Site, Middle Atlantic. Sketch map showing the National Register boundaries, defined by geological and topographic features. terrain with good ground visibility but very little soil accumulation. Archeological survey and excavation data have been used to determine the eastern site boundary, drawn on the east side of a tributary arroyo of the gulch. Burned rock, charcoal-stained soil, and sparse artifacts exposed in the east cut bank of the arroyo led to investigation of the Feature 14 locus, where artifact density at the present ground surface is otherwise very low. The arroyo becomes an entrenched feature only north of the road, then Joins a large tributary wash just upstream of where the latter drainage flows into the gulch. The east bound- ary of the site is drawn along the east side of the arroyo system to include the Feature 10 locus, although no test excavations have been done farther east beyond Feature 10 to search for other buried remains on the interfluvial flat where no surface artifacts are visible. The northern boundary is topographically defined at the south bank of the gulch, beyond which any archeological remains would have been long since eroded away. The 30 -acre site area depicted on the topographic map does not include a continuous scatter of surface artifacts, although at least a light scatter of chipped stone, ground stone, and /or ceramic artifacts is visible inmost areas. Excavations have been conducted in the southern third of the site; the evidence from these excavations, in combination with subsurface exposures in nearby washes, the arroyo, and several road cuts, demonstrates that much of the Prehistoric Camp site resources remain buried. John Houstoun McIntosh Sugarhouse, Camden County, Georgia, built in the early 19th century as a cane - processing facility, consists of an extensive ruin with associated archeological resources. The ruin was constructed of tabby, a