Archaic Foragers sites in the B3 portion of the survey can be grouped into three categories of sites. For Archaic sites these categories generally correspond with socio-economic activity and lithic provisioning, as indicated by lithics observed during fieldwork and representative grab samples collected from the surface. The three categories of sites include: (1) large, sheltered base camps; (2) small logistical camps, and (3) chert provisioning and initial reduction locations along river banks. These three groups will be discussed, along with the specific characteristics of major sites in each group, and subsequently the isolated or uncategorized sites will be described.

Figure 6-24. Archaic Period in Blocks 3, 6 and 5 (valley): Sites described in the text.

Figure 6-25. Block 3: Early, Middle, and Late Archaic projectile points and Aceramic sites.

A number of aceramic sites were difficult to differentiate from ceramic period sites and thus an comprehensive map, showing all of the potentially pre-pastoral sites, is depicted in Figure 6-25. Inclusively, this group includes most aceramic sites and locations with projectile points diagnostic to the Early, Middle, or Late Archaic Periods.