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the early part of Fulton aspect times in the Caddoan area and is coeval 

 with the Henrietta Focus of the southern Plains area. It is not a part 

 of either of those complexes but apparently an independent culture 

 in contact with both and dating probably between 1300 and 1500. 



Excavations were started in three archeological sites in the Falcon 

 Reservoir on February 9. Donald D. Hartle was appointed temporary 

 field archeologist for this project, and, under the supervision of Mr. 

 Stephenson, he dug two historic sites and one deeply buried site. 

 No positive evidence of Indian occupation was found in the two his- 

 toric sites, which consisted of two and four stone-house ruins, re- 

 spectively. Both probably may be referred to the Early to Middle 

 Spanish Colonial period in the area. In the prehistoric site, a bull- 

 dozer was used for half a day and an area 20 feet by 40 feet was un- 

 covered to an average depth of 12 feet below the surface, exposing an 

 extensive occupation area which was excavated by hand in arbitrary 

 6-inch levels to an additional depth of 18 inches. Large quantities of 

 workshop refuse and 200 artifacts were recovered from the level. The 

 stratigraphic profile provided by the 12-foot trench wall revealed two 

 additional occupation levels at depths from the surface of approxi- 

 mately 4 and 7 feet, respectively. 



In the Ferrell's Bridge Reservoir, E. O. Miller and E. H. Moorman 

 conducted a survey from January 29 to February 16 and from April 

 9 to 21. During that survey 34 archeological sites were located and 

 recorded. Five of them contain small artificial earth mounds; the 

 remainder are open occupational areas. Six of the sites have been 

 recommended for further excavation. 



The Belton Reservoir, surveyed the preceding year and recom- 

 mended for no further excavation, was later found to contain two 

 previously unknown archeological sites meriting some investigation. 

 Mr. Miller and Mr. Moorman, who had located the sites, spent the 

 periods December 11 to 13 and February 28 to March 2 in brief 

 excavations of the Urbantke site and the Grimes-Houy site. In addi- 

 tion, they made extensive tests in three other nearby sites. It was 

 found that the Urbantke site contained considerably more pottery 

 than most of the sites in the area. The artifact analysis showed con- 

 siderable similarity to the three rock shelters excavated the previous 

 year in the Whitney Reservoir area. The excavations at the Grimes- 

 Houy site uncovered 10 burials, and analysis of the artifacts and site 

 features indicates a relatively late date. It possibly was a Comanche 

 burial site. 



The second season of excavations at the La von Reservoir was begim 

 on March 12 and continued until May 4. The work included further 

 digging in the Hogge Bridge site and extensive excavations in the 

 Branch and Campbell Hole sites. In order to determine quickly the 

 stratigraphic profile involved in the large circular pits in those sites, 



