Form Blm - Aboriginal Wooden Structure Component Form printable pdf download

BLM Rev. 6/30/14

Aboriginal Wooden Structure Component Form

Complete one form for each structure and attach to a completed

Colorado Cultural Resource Inventory Management Data Form and/or Prehistoric Archaeological Component Form.

(Check as many categories as apply.)

1. Site Number: __________

2. Temporary Site Number:

3. Structure Number:

4. Location Co-ordinates:

5. Kind of Structure: Wickiup

; 1-2 pole leaner ; Tree platform ; Other:

6. Inferred Function of Structure: Habitation

; Menstrual hut

; Sweatlodge

; Windbreak/lean-to

; Hide

processing/meat drying ; Burial platform ; Hunting blind ; Storage platform ; Sun shade ; Corral ; Animal pen ;

Drift fence

Comments:

7. Structure Format: Freestanding ; Leaner ; Pull-down ; Suspended in tree ; Other

8. Condition: Standing ; Partially collapsed ; Collapsed ; Comments

9. Total No. of Poles: ; No. standing ; No. collapsed ; No. suspended by tree/other poles

10. Range of Pole Length(s):

cm to

11. Range of Mid-Pole Diameter(s):

12. Pole Ends (number of each): Decayed ; Broken ; Axe cut

(steel axe?

stone axe? ); Sawn ; Uprooted ;

Burned

Comments

13. Interlocked/Structural Forked Poles (number): ; Nature/Description

14. Pole Wood (number): Juniper ; Pinyon ; Aspen ; Lodgepole ; Other

15. Pole Condition: Sagging ; Crumbling ; Highly decomposed ; Lichens ; Moss ; Cracking across grain ;

Lengthwise grain separation

Comments

16. Species of Support Tree (give number): Juniper ; Pinyon ; Ponderosa ; Other

17. Diameter of Support Tree(s) Near Base:

cm 18. Living/Dead:

19. Direction of Support Tree(s) Relative to Structure:

20. Cultural Modification of Tree: Limbed within int. of structure ; Limbed elsewhere ; Axe cuts ; Peeled bark ;

Horiz. circumferential cut marks ; Other/describe

21. Parts of Support Tree Utilized By Structure: Trunk ; Limb(s) ; Limb(s) & trunk ; Poles supported by other poles

; Partially broken bent down limbs ; Other

22. Evidence of Covering (describe):

23. Entry Orientation (if discernable):

24. Entry Dimensions (h/w):

25. Floor/Platform Plan: Circular ; Semi-circular ; Oval ; Rectangular ; Square ; Irregular

26. Dimensions: Int. height (headroom) :

cm; Diameter:

cm;

Length

m, Direction

; Width

m, Direction

;

27. Area:

[Calculations: Circle = 3.14 x radius-squared; Oval = length x width x .785]

28. Floor Treatment: Shallow basin ; Matting ; Packed ; Other

Trowel tested? (describe)

29. Hearth Type (if discernable): Ash stain ; FCR concentration ; Slab-lined ; Rock-filled 0 ;

Describe:

30. Visible Dimensions of Hearth:

31. Est. Potential for C-14 Date:

32. Location of Hearth: Interior ; Exterior ; Comments:

33. Location/Direction of Int. Hearth: Center ; Other

34. Distance/Direction of Ext. Hearth Relative to Center of Structure:

35. Rocks Associated with Structure (give number): Interior ; Exterior perimeter (e.g. base of poles) ;

Other ; Types & forms (eg. river cobbles, sandstone slabs, etc): ; Inferred purpose

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Form Blm - Aboriginal Wooden Structure Component Form

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