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and in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution. Three of these 

 parties were in the field in the July-October period and three in the 

 May-June period. 



In the Tiber Reservoir area a small field party directed by Carl F. 

 Miller conducted excavations along the Marias River in north-central 

 Montana from July 19 to August 16. Various sites located by previ- 

 ous Smithsonian Institution parties in the area were revisited and 

 excavations were conducted at site 24TL26. This site proved to be 

 of Woodland affiliation with some possible earlier and later sporadic 

 occupation. Other sites visited by previous parties and recommended 

 for further study have been destroyed by periodic flooding in the area, 

 and on the completion of the 1955 season no further work was recom- 

 mended for the reservoir. 



In the Pactola Reservoir basin, the Carl F. Miller party conducted 

 investigations on Rapid Creek in Pennington County, S. Dak., August 

 19-24. A brief survey had been made there in 1948 by a Smithsonian 

 Institution field party, but heavy vegetation prevented adequate in- 

 vestigation at that time. Miller's party failed to find any archeo- 

 logical materials and no further work was recommended for the area. 



In the Merritt Reservoir basin, the Carl F. Miller party conducted 

 investigations on the Snake River and Boardman's Creek in Cherry 

 County, Nebr., from August 26 to September 2. Sites recorded by 

 a previous Smithsonian Institution party were revisited, sampled, 

 and analyzed. Two of these had largely been covered by windblown 

 sand, one was test excavated, and two yielded Woodland and later 

 materials. Several blowouts were examined where chipped-stone arti- 

 facts were recovered. No further work was recommended for this 

 area until such time as construction activities might bring to light 

 new material. 



In the Glendo Reservoir area, on the North Platte River in Platte 

 County, Wyo., the Carl F. Miller party continued its field season 

 from September 5 to 13. Investigations there consisted of a reexam- 

 ination of sites located by an earlier Smithsonian Institution field 

 party and recording of two new sites. One site, 48PL15, remains as 

 the principal locality for further examination in the Glendo Reservoir 

 area, and work will be started there early in the new fiscal year. 



In the Oahe Reservoir area, the Carl F. Miller party concluded its 

 field season at the Buffalo Pasture site (38ST6) in Stanley County, 

 S. Dak., a short distance above the dam construction area. With the 

 aid of a bulldozer a trench 11 feet wide, 367 feet long, and about Sy 2 

 feet deep was cut across a portion of the site in order to expose the 

 stratigraphy from the present surface to sterile deposits below any 

 cultural remains. There had been extensive digging at the Buffalo 

 Pasture site during a previous season when the remains of several 



