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centered around a limestone quarry and kiln at the southwest corner of the district. Associated with this limekiln is a concentration of Navajo hogans, probably occupied by work- ers at the mine. The sites are scattered around the periphery of the valley floor used for agricultural purposes by the Puebloan occupants. Boundary Description: Starting at a point (area of Point A) on the 35-36 section line, 1,500 feet south of the marked corner of sections 25, 26, 35, and 36, the boundary trends east about 200 feet, then south for a chord distance of approximately 2,700 feet, crossing an unimproved road, to the area of Point B. From there, the boundary trends southwest, following the edge of the canyon, approximately 9,200 feet (chord distance) to where the boundary intersects the section 10- 11 line, in the area of Point C. From there, the boundary trends west - southwest for approximately 1,500 feet (area of Point D), then north and northeast approximately 3,000 feet to Point E (crossing the canyon and two unimproved roads). From Point E, the boundary trends northeast, again following the edge of the canyon for about 4,400 feet to the area of Point F. From there, the boundary continues northeast, with a southeastward curve, for a chord distance of 5,600 feet to the point of beginning (area of Point A -See Figure 7.) Boundary justification: The external boundary is based on the known distribution of individual cultural properties. The boundary includes all culturally and behavior- ally related sites associated with the Pueblo II and early twentieth- century limekiln settlements located within the geographically defined canyon. The two separate areas of significance are considered as one district because the property distributions overlap in the southwestern area of the district, with the additional acreage necessary to include the entire limekiln complex being minimal compared to the overall district size. Within the boundary is the alluvial valley used for agricultural purposes by the Puebloan occupants. The valley floor has been included because it contains the agricultural land that made settlement here possible. Although surface inspection revealed few visible cultural resources, aerial surveys may reveal buried agricul- tural features in this valley. In this particular case, the valley floor is 58 included within the district without evidence of archeological materials due to the small scale of the district and the dispersal of sites within the district around the valley. However, for larger districts, evidence of agricultural use, such as the presence of vegetable pollen, would be necessary to justify the inclusion of the valley floor within the bound- aries of the district. In the absence of such evidence, the boundaries would be drawn to exclude the valley floor from the center of the district or become a "contiguous one. Case 12. Archeological Site and Traditional Cultural Property. This nomination describes three archeo- logical sites found within a cultural landscape important to a Native American group in a western state. The property includes about 5 acres of an adjacent river, which was used in traditional subsistence practices. Archeological components include a village midden area with a depth of about 2 feet, while the landscape features include rocks, a grove of trees, and a waterfall. Within this site there is significant linkage be- tween archeological record and traditional cultural features. The site was determined eligible under criteria A and D. The limits of the archeological sites and cultural landscape were defined using a combination of direct docu- mentation (ethnographic and archeo- logical studies) with topographic setting. The boundaries for this site were documented both by a series of maps and an aerial photograph, each showing the limits of the property Boundary Description: The boundary is indicated on the map accompany- ing the nomination. (See Figure 8.) Boundary justification The property is situated on a 40 -acre river terrace and that portion of the river directly adjacent to the terrace. The property is bounded on the north by the mountainous slope rising from the terrace. The river channel which loops around the terrace forms the eastern and southern boundary. The western boundary is defined by a relatively steep slope rising up from the terrace. The boundaries encompass the resources and their immediate setting. LEGEND •••••SIfEM1. iMOMY p .Mip V[WPONL PRFEVME r CONIFER OV RSTORY OPEN PRAIaE F1.,7j\ I F2 r �•. s pp°WNSLOP 01 0P i , Figure 8. (Case 12). This nomination from a western state included aerial photographs to illustrate site boundaries. A transparency with the site boundary indicated was. overlaid on the photo to show the extent of this site. The site also included elements of a traditional cultural property. The boundaries of this site were determined through archeological and ethnographic survey.