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thick mantle of debris. It is probable that two or more seasons of 

 work will be required to secure an adequate sample from the site. As 

 a consequence, the current excavations are exploratory, designed to 

 provide an outline for further work. As of the end of the fiscal year, 

 tests were underway in two long-rectangular houses in preparation for 

 the use of power equipment to remove the heavy layer of overburden. 



A second field party of 11 men, under the leadership of John J. Hoff- 

 man, was excavating at site 39ST17, a compact fortified village on the 

 right bank of the Missouri near the mouth of Fort George Creek. The 

 site is a relatively late one and probably can be attributed to the 

 Arikara of the 18th century. Since the village is small, it is planned 

 to excavate the entire occupied area. By the end of the fiscal year 

 several tests were completed and a small circular house was exposed. 

 Artifacts were few but indicate an affiliation with the Phillip Ranch 

 site. The Hoffman and Jensen parties shared a camp near Fort George 

 Creek, only a short distance from 39ST17. 



A third party, consisting of eight men, directed by Lionel A. Brown, 

 was working at the Chapelle Creek site, 39HU60, continuing excava- 

 tions begun during the summer of 1963. A considerable amount of 

 material has already been excavated from the site, but much of it is 

 inconclusive. The purpose of the Brown party is to find the neces- 

 sary relationships essential to bring the previous work into focus. 

 At the end of the fiscal year the ravages of the past winter had been 

 repaired and excavation of a shallow earth lodge of the historic period 

 was well underway. 



On Jmie 22, a party of three men under the leadership of David T. 

 Jones, temporarily attached to the Smithsonian Institution, was sur- 

 veying, mapping, and testing the sites remaining within the upper Big 

 Bend Reservoir. The results of the survey will be used as a basis for 

 selecting the sites to be investigated during the next (and probably 

 final) year of work within the reservoir. 



On June 15, two field parties, one under the general direction of 

 Robert W. Neuman, with field supervision by Oscar L. Mallory, and 

 the other under Mallory's direction, began work in the Oahe Reservoir. 

 The first, consisting of nine men, was excavating at the Stelzer site 

 (39DW242) near Mobridge, S. Dak., continuing the excavations of 

 1963. The second party of eight resumed work at site 39DW231, a 

 multicomponent, fortified village first tested last year. By the end 

 of the fiscal year both groups had removed the ovei-w^inter slumpage 

 and had begun the excavation of a number of habitation features. 



A third party of 12 men, working imder the direction of Dr. Alfred 

 W. Bowers, began excavations in the Mobridge area of the Oahe 

 Reservoir on June 17. The Bowers party was to complete the investi- 

 gation of the Red Horse Hawk (39C014) and Larson (39WW2) sites 

 begun during earlier field seasons. At the end of the fiscal year the 



