An Overview of Prehistoric Cultural Resources - Little Snake Resource Area - Northwestern Colorado

Denver, Colorado: Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, 1987. First Ediiton . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2" X 11. Wellborn, Leigh - Design. 256 Pages. No marks or stamps and no defects noted. This background document, or class I overview, has been prepared according to the guidelines established in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cultural resources manual, section 8111. It describes the prehistoric cultural resources of the Little Snake Resource Area (LSRA) in the Craig District of the BLM. The objectives of this project were to inventory and compile the existing cultural resource information for the LSRA and to generate a document that would summarize this information in a cultural, historical context. The document will be used as a basic background guide for contracting archaeologists or for cultural resource managers who may be in the region for the first time. Preparing this document required two principal tasks: writing of a cultural resource overview and the compilation of site records. The first task involved reviewing publications, cultural resource management reports, and archives that relate to the prehistory of the LSRA. The second task required the collection of site record information about known prehistoric sites in the LSRA. This effort relied heavily on the records maintained by the Colorado Preservation Office and those maintained in various BLM offices. At the onset, it seemed appropriate that record compilation (and maintenance) of this scale might best be accomplished by developing a computerized data base system. Such a system prototype was developed using the REX data base management package, and the overview was written primarily from data retrieved from that data base. As with many overviews, the document becomes dated with every new archaeological find, but the data base remains dynamic and flexible, able to produce updated Class I overviews as research proceeds. Contents: in Four Chapters: Introduction, Environmental Background, Investigation and Research Background, and Synopsis. Plus 23 Page Bibliography, and Appendix A Major Cultural Resource Management Projects