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47 <br /> T. Dickinson opened the floor for questions, comments <br /> and opinions from the Commission. <br /> Rich asked Ward, of the many sites in North Carolina <br /> that are well preserved, what is being done about <br /> these? Is anything being done about the other sites in <br /> Orange County? <br /> Ward replied that this is one of the best preserved <br /> sites in Orange County that he is aware of. <br /> White asked Ward to speak about the Couch site which is <br /> in Duke Forest. Would that be a similar kind of site <br /> to this one in terms of what it might yield? <br /> Ward replied that the Couch site probably would be a <br /> similar kind of site, as well as some of the others <br /> having the potential for intact deposits. Intact <br /> deposits were demonstrated at this particular site <br /> (Alexander Hogan) and that is why they are going on <br /> with its nomination to the Register. On these other <br /> sites, some kind of testing would have to be done in <br /> order to verify what might be there. <br /> White asked if classifications were done . . . We are <br /> looking for some kind of a unique situation. <br /> Ward replied that on archeological sites they are not <br /> necessarily looking for anything unique. They are <br /> dealing more with patterns than uniqueness. The fact <br /> that makes this site significant is that there are <br /> things there that are buried relatively close to the <br /> locations where they were used. This is the primary <br /> prerequisite for conducting their research to conduct <br /> an excavation; is if there is something there that is <br /> buried from the past that has not been disturbed, moved <br /> around, bull dozed out, plowed out, eroded out, etc. <br /> Rich asked if these other sites also have this. <br /> Ward replied, sure. <br /> Rich asked if any boring were made on these other <br /> sites? <br /> Ward replied that he did not know if Duke has done any; <br /> Ward has not. <br /> White asked if they (Duke) have chosen to preserve <br /> these other sites as well. <br /> 6 <br />