July 2018 I-405, Tukwila to I-90 Vicinity Express Toll Lanes Project (MP 0.0 to 11.9) Attachment E: Cultural Resources Survey Note to readers: The cultural resources documentation for the portion of the Project from I‐5 to SR 167 is in Attachment M. Title VI It is the Washington State Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) policy to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise discriminated against under any of its federally funded programs and activities. Any person who believes his/her Title VI protection has been violated, may file a complaint with WSDOT’s Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO). For additional information regarding Title VI complaint procedures and/or information regarding our non-discrimination obligations, please contact OEO’s Title VI Coordinator at (360) 705-7090. 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Para información adicional con respecto a procedimientos de quejas de Titulo VI y/o información con respecto a nuestras obligaciones sin discriminación, por favor de comunicarse con el Coordinador de Titulo VI de la Oficina de Igualdad de Oportunidades (OEO) (360) 705-7090. Información del Acta Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Este material es disponible en un formato alternative. Envie su petición por correo electrónico al equipo de Oficina de Igualdad de Oportunidades (OEO) en [email protected] o llamando gratis, 855-362-4ADA (4232). Personas sordas o con problemas de audición pueden solicitar llamando el relé de estado de Washington al 711. Cultural Resources Survey for the Washington State Department of Transportation’s I-405 Renton to Bellevue Improvement Project: SR 169 to I-90, King County, Washington By: Ryan Ives, Jennifer Thomas, Stephen Emerson, Jason Jones, and Timothy J. Smith Principal Investigator: Stan Gough Submitted to Washington State Department of Transportation, Northwest Region Agreement GCB-1426, Task Order Document AL Short Report DOT2016-06 Archaeological and Historical Services Eastern Washington University May 2016 Revised September 2016 Short Report No.: DOT16-06 Page No.: i County: King Table of Contents Project Description ........................................................................................................................................ 1 Location ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Environmental Background .......................................................................................................................... 3 Setting ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Ground Surface Conditions .................................................................................................................... 4 Ethnographic/Historic Background ............................................................................................................... 5 Traditional Cultural Properties ............................................................................................................... 9 Previous Investigations ........................................................................................................................... 9 Cultural Resource Survey Research Design ............................................................................................... 11 Objectives and Background .................................................................................................................. 11 Methods ................................................................................................................................................ 12 Results ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Shovel Testing Results ......................................................................................................................... 14 Built Environment Survey Results ....................................................................................................... 48 Management Summary ............................................................................................................................... 62 Background Research ................................................................................................................................. 65 Appendix A—Topographic Maps Appendix B—Detail Aerial Maps Appendix C—Shovel Test Data Appendix D—Shovel Test Profile Drawings Appendix E—Representative Shovel Test Photographs List of Figures 1 Topographic map, resource evaluation area and previously recorded cultural resources ...................... 2 2 Crew excavating shovel tests in Zone 1, view to the west ................................................................... 18 3 Shovel test 16 in progress in Zone 5, view to the east .......................................................................... 18 4 Zone 18, east of Lake Washington Boulevard, view to the east........................................................... 20 5 Shovel test 19 in progress in Zone 18, view to the northeast ............................................................... 20 6 Crew working in Zone 21, view to the north ........................................................................................ 21 7 View from the NE 44th Street interchange, Zone 25, view to the south ............................................... 21 8 May Creek at the south end of Zone 29, view to the northwest ........................................................... 23 9 Wetland at the north end of Zone 29, view to the south ....................................................................... 23 10 May Creek in Zone 30, view to the southeast ...................................................................................... 24 11 Zone 31 southwest of NE 44th Street interchange, view to the south ................................................... 24 12 Zones 33 and 34, traffic islands in NE 44th Street interchange, view to the north ............................... 26 13 Steep road fill prism in Zone 35, view to the north .............................................................................. 26 14 Fill berm near MP 8.85 in Zone 35, view to the southwest .................................................................. 28 15 Marshy area near the south end of Zone 35, view to the south ............................................................ 28 16 Wooded area east of Lake Washington Boulevard in Zone 35, view to the south ............................... 29 Short Report No.: DOT16-06 Page No.: ii County: King Figures, continued. 17 Recent landscaping in Zone 36, view to the south ............................................................................... 29 18 Eastern margin of a stormwater detention pond in Zone 37, view to the north.................................... 31 19 Stormwater detention pond in Zone 38, view to the northeast ............................................................. 31 20 Densely vegetated Zone 40, view to the south ..................................................................................... 32 21 Densely vegetated slope in Zone 42, view to the north ........................................................................ 32 22 Marshy field fed by Unnamed Creek in Zone 43, view to the southeast .............................................. 34 23 Shovel test excavation in undeveloped area in Zone 44a, view to the north ........................................ 34 24 East to west cuts in sloping Zone 45, view to the southwest ................................................................ 36 25 Linear earthen berm, Zone 48, view to the southwest .......................................................................... 36 26 Crew excavating shovel test 184 in Zone 49, view to the northeast ..................................................... 37 27 Paved bike path in northern Zone 49 near Newcastle Beach park, view to the south .......................... 37 28 Broad sloping terrace in Zone 52, shovel test 205 in progress, view to the north ................................ 39 29 Narrow sloping terrace in Zone 53, shovel test 197 in progress, view to the southwest ...................... 39 30 Stream channel in Zone 57, shovel test 142 in progress, view to the northeast 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