Chapter 10: Lake Chelan Historic Properties and Cultural Resources Management Plan
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CHAPTER 10: LAKE CHELAN HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN Historic Properties and Cultural Resources Management Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 10: LAKE CHELAN HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN....................................................................... 10-1 SECTION 1: Purpose ....................................................................................................................................... 10-1 1.1 Goals and Objectives of the Historic Properties and Cultural Resources Management Plan....................10-1 1.2 Project Setting and Area of Potential Effects (APE).................................................................................10-1 1.3 Legal and Regulatory Context...................................................................................................................10-5 1.4 Agencies and Indian Tribes.......................................................................................................................10-5 1.5 The Cultural Resources Working Group...................................................................................................10-6 1.6 Cultural Resource Management Objectives and Constraints ....................................................................10-6 SECTION 2: Context Statements and References......................................................................................... 10-6 2.1 Environmental Context .............................................................................................................................10-6 2.2 Cultural Context and Investigation History...............................................................................................10-7 2.3 Previous Archaeological Research............................................................................................................10-8 2.4 Ethnographic Research............................................................................................................................10-12 2.5 Historical Research .................................................................................................................................10-14 2.6 Archaeological Site Inventory.................................................................................................................10-19 2.7 Inventory Gaps........................................................................................................................................10-21 2.8 Traditional Cultural Properties Studies ...................................................................................................10-21 2.9 National Register of Historic Places .......................................................................................................10-22 SECTION 3: Management Considerations ...................................................................................................10-22 3.1 Issues and Concerns ................................................................................................................................10-22 3.2 Protection Options...................................................................................................................................10-23 3.3 Additional Management Options ............................................................................................................10-27 3.4 Public Interpretation................................................................................................................................10-27 3.5 Native American Consultation................................................................................................................10-28 3.6 Agency Coordination ..............................................................................................................................10-28 3.7 Assignment and Coordination of Responsibilities ..................................................................................10-28 3.8 Chelan PUD Cultural Resources Coordinator.........................................................................................10-29 SECTION 4: Site Specific Management Measures.......................................................................................10-29 4.1 Archaeological Sites................................................................................................................................10-29 4.2 Traditional Cultural Properties................................................................................................................10-32 4.3 Results of Historic Document Research..................................................................................................10-32 4.4 Hydroelectric Facilities ...........................................................................................................................10-34 4.5 Evaluation Status of Archaeological Sites in the Lake Chelan APE.......................................................10-34 SECTION 5: Project-Wide Management Measures and Continuing Procedures .....................................10-38 5.1 Completion of Inventory.........................................................................................................................10-38 5.2 Completion of Evaluation .......................................................................................................................10-39 5.3 Site Monitoring .......................................................................................................................................10-39 5.4 Discovery Provisions ..............................................................................................................................10-40 5.5 Resource Evaluation................................................................................................................................10-41 5.6 Emergency Responses.............................................................................................................................10-42 5.7 Procedures for Review of Proposed Actions/Coordination with Other Agencies...................................10-42 5.8 Curation of Archival Materials and Artifacts..........................................................................................10-43 5.9 Information Management........................................................................................................................10-43 Comprehensive Plan Lake Chelan Project No. 637 October 8, 2003 Page 10-i SS/7933 Historic Properties and Cultural Resources Management Plan SECTION 6: Implementation and Schedule .................................................................................................10-43 6.1 Implementation .......................................................................................................................................10-43 SECTION 7: Literature Cited ........................................................................................................................10-45 APPENDIX A: Federal Cultural Resource Mandates..................................................................................10-53 APPENDIX B: Previous Archaeological Studies ..........................................................................................10-55 APPENDIX C: Prehistoric and Historic Cultural Resources in the Lake Chelan APE............................10-59 APPENDIX D: List of Categorical Exclusions..............................................................................................10-61 LIST OF TABLES Table 10-1: Project Effects and Alternative Treatment Measures. .........................................................................10-24 Table 10-2: Known Archaeological Sites and Evaluation Rating. .........................................................................10-35 Table 10-3: Schedule for Implementing Management Measures. ..........................................................................10-45 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 10-1: Map of the Lake Chelan Project Area..................................................................................................10-3 Figure 10-2: Map of the Lake Chelan Project Bypassed Area..................................................................................10-4 Figure 10-3: Comparison of Columbia Plateau Cultural Chronologies (from Hartmann 2000)...............................10-9 Lake Chelan Project No. 637 Comprehensive Plan SS/7933 Page 10-ii October 8, 2003 Historic Properties and Cultural Resources Management Plan GLOSSARY ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation AIRFA American Indian Religious Freedom Act Alluvium Sediments laid down in riverbeds, flood plains, lakes, fans at the foot of mountains and in estuaries. Altithermal Period of post-glacial thermal optimum AMSL Above mean seal level Archaic Archaeological time period spanning 9000 to 4000 years ago APE Area of Potential Effect Archaeological Of or pertaining to material remains of past human life, activities, and culture ARPA Archaeological Resources Protection Act BP Before present – used for radio carbon dating, present is 1950. CFR Code of Federal Regulations Colluvium Loose, incoherent deposits, usually at the foot of a slope HPCRMP Historic Properties and Cultural Resources Management Plan CRWG Cultural Resources Working Group ECPA Electric Consumers Protection Act Evaluation The process whereby a site or property is determined eligible/ineligible for inclusion