SECRETARY'S REPORT 95 



The Lungren site (13ML224) is an archaic camp first noted at a 

 depth of 10 feet below the surface in a high ciitbank. The cultural 

 deposit proved to consist of a narrow (ca. 2 inches thick) zone of 

 charcoal-stained soil mixed with large quantities of chipping debris 

 and bone fragments. The only projectile point recovered is side- 

 notched with basal grinding. It is similar to those from the Long 

 Creek site in Saskatchewan, the Logan Creek and Spring Creek sites 

 in Nebraska, and the Simonsen and Hill sites in Nebraska. Other 

 artifacts include triangular to ovoid knives, small planoconvex end 

 scrapers, hammerstones, chipped celts and choppers. Bone artifacts 

 were absent. Several midden areas and a basin-shaped firepit consti- 

 tute the only nonartifact features of the deposit. The party com- 

 pleted work on August 30 after 81 days in the field. 



A special field party consisting of a varying number of students 

 directed by Dr. William M. Bass III, assisted by Walter Birkby, was 

 working in the laboratory at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, 

 Kans., at the beginning of the fiscal year. Dr. Bass was continuing 

 a study of the human skeletal remains and burial patterns from the 

 Sully site (39SLi) begun in 1957. 



A total of 557 burials was excavated from the cemeteries at the 

 Sully Village. This is the largest single sample from a site in the 

 Plains. It is not likely to be equaled in the immediate future. If 

 the ethnic aflUiation of the site is substantiated, the sample provides 

 a baseline for the study of the early historic Arikara population. 



In addition to observations and metric analyses, the group tabu- 

 lated data on burial orientation, burial goods, and grave types. At 

 the same time, three members of the University of South Dakota 

 medical staff examined the physical material to record the incidence of 

 nose, throat, and ear diseases occurring the population. Bass com- 

 pleted his study on August 2 after 63 days of work. 



A field party, consisting of a crew of two men under the leadership 

 of Dr. Elden Johnson, of the University of Minnesota, but tempo- 

 rarily attached to the Smithsonian Institution, began work on June 22 

 surveying several small reservoirs in North Dakota. A single, very 

 thin, habitation site (39BE1), was found at the James River damsite 

 in Beadle Coimty, S. Dak. Although the area was trenched exten- 

 sively, the results were minimal. No additional sites were fomid 

 within the proposed reservoir, but a number of local collections that 

 origuiated in adjacent areas were examined. Since the James Eiver 

 Dam is part of the much larger Oahe Diversion Project, these collec- 

 tions will become important for future research when the larger proj- 

 ect is activated. 



The Garrison Diversion Project proposes construction of four major 

 reservoirs and an extensive system of feeder canals within eastern 



