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Table 2. Description of Shovel Test Areas. Area Desicnaiion Number of Tests and Transects Landform Comments Area 1 12 tests / 2 transects Lone spur extending east No sites. Fallow field. Area 2 12 tests / 1 transect Narrow ridge and adjacent bench No sites. Woodlot. Area 3 Ridce: 28 tests / 2 transects west bench: 3 tests / 1 transect south bench 7 tests /1 transect Ridce with bench to west and south 21HE0278, ridge and west bench area fallow field, south bench which contains site is woodlot. Area 4 12 tests / 2 transects Ridge and bench to the south Ridge adjacent to bench containing 21 HEOl 83. Ridge is a woodlot. Area 5 Ridce: 21 tests / 2 transects east bench: 16 tests / 2 transects Nonh bench: 4 tests/ 2 transects Large ridge with benches to east and north Spur at the eastern edge of the ridge contains 21HE0277. Fallow field. Area 6 6 tests / 1 transect Small hill No sites. WoodloL Area 7 Hill lop: 6 tests / 2 transects south bench: 8 tests / 2 transects west bench: 6 tests / 2 u^ects nonh bench: 14 tests / 3 transects east bench: 6 tests / 2 transects High hill with surrounding benches 514-2 on nonh bench. Hill is the highest landform in the project area. Southern 1/3 is fallow, rest is woodlot. Area 8 Western hill: 7 tests / 2 transects eastern hill: 3 tests / 1 transect ridce: 3 tests / 1 transect saddle: 1 test Two low hills separated by a saddle and northern end of a large ridge, mostly out of project area No sites. All woodlot Tne rises are separated by a low saddle. Between the eastern rise and the ridee is a wetland. Area 9 19 tests / 2 transects Lone, curving ridee No sites. WoodloL At curv e only one transect. Area 10 Hill: 12 tests / 3 transects nonh bench: 8 tests / 2 transects south bench: 6 tests / 2 transects Hill with benches to north and south No sites. Woodlot. Area 11 North rise: 3 tests /1 transect ridce: 8 tests / 2 transects Cun'ing ridge with north rise 514-3. Western portion w'oodlot. Eastern portion fallow. INVESTIGATION RESULTS Archival Research Results Information concerning cultural resources was obtained at the SHPO and Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) prior to the start of the fieldwork. This information was used to determine the likelihood of finding significant cultural resources and to determine if portions of the project area had been previously examined. Previous Archeological Sun ey. Review of the SHPO archaeological inventory revealed that a cultural resources sur\ey for an alternative corridor for Trunk Highway 12 crossed through the southwestern portion of the current project area (Mather and Nunnally 1995). This previously surveyed area is in the SWU, SEVi of Section 26, T118N, R23W, and the survey was conducted as a part of the Trunk Highway Cultural Resources Program of the I