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6.0 RESULTS Fieldwork was completed June 14-16, 2021. This began with surface survey of all agricultural areas on a tight seven -meter interval. Surface visibility within all surface -surveyed areas varied between 70 and 90% (see Appendix A for example surface visibility photographs). Surface survey resulted in the identification of six surface find spots (labeled FS 1 through FS6 on Figure 3). Five of the six artifacts were tertiary quartz flakes, with one quartz shatter. The locations of the find spots divided them into three archaeological sites: FS2 (single find spot of quartz shatter, Figure 4); FS6 (single find spot of a quartz tertiary flake, Figure 5); and FS 1, 3, 4, and 5 (lithic scatter of quartz tertiary flakes, Figure 6). A series of eight shovel tests were completed on a low ridgeline overlooking Trott Brook to the south (just north of FS 1, 3, and 4 and in line with FS5), with a ninth shovel test completed at the southwestern base of the ridgeline at FS 1. The typical soil profile along the ridgeline consists of 10YR3/3 Silty Sand with slight gravel from 0 to an average of 30cmbs (plow zone), followed by 10YR4/3 Silty Sand with slight gravel from 30cmbs to an average of 55cmbs, and finally 10YR4/4 Coarse Sand with gravel from 55cmbs through to shovel test termination at 100cmbs. No additional artifacts were recovered during shovel testing. The find spots have been recorded with the Office of the State Archaeologist as three separate sites and have been assigned the following site numbers: 21AN0197 for FS2, 21AN0198 for FS6, and 21AN0199 for FS 1, 3, 4, and 5. These site forms can be found in Appendix C. Phase I Archaeological Survey of Trott Brook Property Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota Nienow Cultural Consultants, LLC 13