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R eir • 7,1,(0 MINNESOTA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE FORM -CONTINUATION SHEET pagc 6 SITE #: 21AN0199 Site Name: Agency/Field #: TBFS1345 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Reason or Update or Survey Location. _Vie Characterstie, Materials Present, Selling, Archaeological Methods, etc.,. 0/lath extra sheets as needed.) At the time of this site form, Excelsior Group is proposing the construction of a residential development at -Trott Brook Property" in die City of Ramsey, Anoka County Minnesota.. The proposed development would include the construction of housing on 2.70 lots with associated roads and drives, ponds, and a dedicated park area.. \know Cultural Consultants LLC (4'ICC1 was contracted to complete the Phase 1 Archaeological Sung.) for this project. NCC completed the fieldwork on June 14, 15, and 16, 2021. Fieldwork consisted of surface survey of all agricultural areas on a seven -meter interval. Visibility across the project area ranged between 70 and 90%. Surface survey licsulted in the identification of six surface find spots (labeled FSI through. FS6 on Map 2). All ix artifacts were tertiary (port/ flakes or quartz shatter...The locations of the lind pot divide them into three archaeological sites; F52 (single fuel spot - quartz tertiary flakels):, FS6 isingle fine spot - quartz shatter); and F51, 3, 4, and 5 (lithic scatter - quartz tertiary flakes). The find spots associated with this site rorni re F51, 3, 4, and 5 Oat boundary highlighted in blue on "dap 2). A series of eip,ht shovel tests at a 3.0m in[cil vicr.c.. completed on a low ridgellne overl-o kin Trott 13mok to the south (jut north of FS1, 3, 4, and 5), with a ninth shovel. test at the southern base of the ridgeline u 151. The typical soil profile along the ridzeline consists of 11-1VR313 Siity s:tild with slight gravel front 0 to an averAge of 30cmbs (plow zone), followed by I OVR4i3 Silty Sand ith slight gravel from 30cmbs to an 5iver4,re of 55cmbs, and Finally I 0YR-114. Coarse SMI CI Yr I ei Fro 111 551n111 PS' ill rotir.di 10 ±41 Wit el test termination at 100crobs. The shovel test profile at FS1 consisted Of I WY R 312 Silty San cl:k LOki m ith sliRtit gravel from 0 to kt ppro xi ma rely 25cmbs„ followed by 1.0VR513. wiet Coarse S2Illti gravel from 25c11 0 approximately 45in-ribs, and lin al ly 10YR6/2 noticeably wetter Coarse Sand with gravel from 45clubs throwzli ...hovel test termination at 100cmbs. No additional artifacts were recovered during shovel testing. Figure 1: Four Quartz Tertiary Flakes from site location. Phase I Archaeological Survey of Trott Brook Property Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota Nienow Cultural Consultants, LLC 45