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Show is used to indicate modem ("out of period") buildings or structures which fall within the area of buildings being assessed or surveyed. Since these structures do not meet the minimum age criteria for eligibility to the NRHP, they do not qualify as "historic properties" as defined by the National Historic Preservation Act, and are therefore are automatically "ineligible." Survey Methods Because the project corridor lies in a heavily urbanized area that is nearly completely developed, a pedestrian survey was not completed for the entire corridor route. Reconnaissance survey by URS and OPA identified the major linear historic properties intersected by the project corridor, which were documented on a site by site basis (Figures 1-4). Only short segments of these sites as encountered within the project area were examined, while in most cases the features (railroad lines and canals) extend a considerable distance beyond the immediate project area, and in many instances, have been previously recorded and documented elsewhere in the Salt Lake Valley. The project corridor does include several small discrete parcels of land that are currently open and undeveloped, and which show no clear evidence for historic or modem disturbances of any major kind. These discrete parcels retain some potential for undisturbed archaeological materials, and were therefore selected for intensive pedestrian survey to identify historic properties (i.e. evidence of archaeological deposits). All parcels that were identified for pedestrian survey were subjected to a Class III survey as defined by the inventory standards employed by the Utah Bureau of Land Management (Utah BLM 2002). Class III inventories are designed to identify and record all cultural properties visible from the surface and from exposed profiles within a target area (except for any subareas determined very unlikely to contain discoverable cultural properties). They are continuous, intensive and complete surveys carried out by trained observers walking close-interval parallel transects until the area has been thoroughly examined ... A Class III inventory preceded by an existing data review is the standard method of identifying historic properties in Utah for the purpose of complying with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. .. [Utah BLM 2002:3] For the Mid-Jordan City Light Rail Corridor six separate small parcels were identified for intensive pedestrian survey. Each was examined by a crew of 2 to 4 archaeologists. Each crew was supervised by a permitted professional archaeologist, but included student employees of the Office of Public Archaeology. Crews examined each parcel by walking closely spaced transects over" the entire area to be examined at a spacing not exceeding 20 meters between crew members. Location control was maintained through the use of standard USGS 7.5 minute maps, and large scale photogrametric images at a scale of I" = 300 feet, which were provided by the Utah Transit Authority. Garmin global positioning system (GPS) units were used in the field for geospatial referencing of survey locations. Black and white photographs were taken of all historic properties identified within the project area, and all the identified sites were documented using data collection protocols consistent with the Intermountain Antiquities Computer System (lMACS) (Intermountain Antiquities Computer System 1982). All of the historic linear sites that were examined during the project had been previously identified and assigned state archaeological site numbers, so full IMACS documentation was not completed, but rather data was collected to allow preparation of an addendum to the site form to be submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office. The locations of the survey areas and results of the survey are described in more detail below. 7 |
