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31. Archeological Survey of Scotts Bluff National Monument, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
Clark, Caven P.

Forty-nine previously unrecorded archeological sites were located by pedestrian survey of Scotts Bluff National Monument in September 1991. Two sites are historic, while the others are prehistoric; some are stratified and many are buried by sterile overburden. Most of these sites were exposed as a consequence of arroyo and gully formation, which has initiated widespread erosion throughout the Monument. In the spring of 1992, two additional sites were discovered and eight prehistoric sites were tested to establish their eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to illuminating the prehistoric record of the Monument, reconstruction of the paleoenvironmental evolution of the local surface morphology is possible through the study of these sites.