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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 <br />2.0 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 4 <br />2.1 Literature Review 4 <br />2.2 Fieldwork 4 <br />3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING 6 <br />3.1 Geological Background and Soils 6 <br />3.2 Regional Flora and Fauna 7 <br />4.0 CULTURAL HISTORY 7 <br />4.1 Pre -Contact Period 8 <br />4.1.1 Paleoindian Tradition (11,500 to 7,500 B.C.) 8 <br />4.1.2 Archaic Tradition (7,500 to 800 B.C.) 9 <br />4.1.3 Woodland Tradition (800 B.C. to European Contact) 9 <br />4.2 Contact/Post-Contact Period (1630 A.D. to Present) 10 <br />5.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 10 <br />6.0 RESULTS <br />7.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION <br />12 <br />15 <br />REFERENCES CITED 16 <br />APPENDIX A: Archaeological License <br />APPENDIX B: Fieldwork Photographs <br />LIST OF FIGURES <br />Figure 1: USGS Topographic Map Illustrating Project Area. 2 <br />Figure 2: Engineering Sketch Map of Project Area. 3 <br />Figure 2: Illustration of Project Area Boundary. 5 <br />Figure 3: Map of Project Area over LiDAR Hillshade Imagery 13 <br />Figure 4: Map of Surface Surveyed Areas and Shovel Test Locations within Greater 14 <br />Project Area <br />LIST OF TABLES <br />Table 1: Previously Identified Archaeological Sites Within Two Miles 11 <br />Phase I Archaeological Survey of Proposed Capstone Homes Housing Development <br />Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota <br />Nienow Cultural Consultants LLC <br />17 <br />19 <br />iii <br />