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Peak & Associates will complete the following tasks for the "Setting" section: <br /> ■ review pertinent literature and begin preparing general background sections on <br /> the prehistory, history, and ethnology of the area; <br /> ■ collect sufficient data (but do not conduct in-depth research) to identify research <br /> topics and provide a framework for later evaluation of site significance; <br /> ■ review historical maps, field notes, and secondary sources (e.g., county histories) <br /> for information or potential locations of historic period sites and features in the <br /> project area; <br /> ■ when the alignment for the haul route(s) is selected, request a supplemental <br /> records search from the North Central California Information Center of the <br /> California Archaeological Inventory; <br /> ■ undertake the field study by two two-person teams traversing the project area in <br /> 15-meter-wide transects to locate all prehistoric and historic cultural resources; <br /> ■ plot the approximate locations of the sites on large-scale topographic maps; <br /> ■ assign each site, regardless of whether the site has been previously recorded, a <br /> temporary site number; <br /> ■ complete a standard site survey form for each site; <br /> ■ prepare a complete photographic record of each site recording environmental <br /> setting, artifactual material, and any site disturbance; <br /> ■ prepare detailed site sketch maps of each site, using a Brunton or Silva compass, <br /> 30-meter tapes, and a transit and stadia rod, to show site perimeters, distinctive <br /> topographic features, associated cultural features (e.g., housepits), and locations <br /> of unique or time-sensitive artifacts; <br /> ■ prepare detailed profile plans of housepits; <br /> ■ determine site boundaries by visual inspection for extent of artifact distribution <br /> or,in heavily vegetated or disturbed areas,by using trowels to clear small patches <br /> for visibility; <br /> ■ correlate previously assigned site numbers to the sites recorded during the field <br /> surveys; <br /> ■ prepare a comprehensive report and background overviews for environment, <br /> archeology, ethnography, and historic period to be included with the survey <br /> results; and <br /> III-20 <br />