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Grand Detour Phase : Early Village Sites in the Big Bend Reservoir, 

 South Dakota," and completed a first draft of "The Peterson Site 

 (39LM215), An Earth Lodge Village in the Big Bend Reservoir." 

 A study concerned with recent work in the Big Bend Reservoir, "A 

 Temporal Ordering of Several Rectangular House Occupations in 

 Central South Dakota" (abstract), was published in the Proceedings 

 of the 7^th Annual Meeting of the Nelraska Academy of Sciences, 

 Lincoln, 1964, p. 4. On July 20, Mr. Jensen attended the 2OI/2 Plains 

 Conference at Pierre, S. Dak., where he reported the progress of his 

 fieldwork. He also participated in the Plains-Pecos meeting at Taos, 

 N. Mex., presenting a brief paper entitled, "Notes on the Archeology of 

 the Big Bend Area." At the end of the year he was in the field ex- 

 cavating at the Sommers site in the Big Bend Reservoir. 



Oscar L. Mallory, archeologist, when not in the field, continued the 

 analysis and reporting of materials that he excavated or collected in 

 previous field seasons. A reconnaissance report, "An Archeological 

 Appraisal of the Missouri Breaks Region in Montana," was completed 

 and issued for limited distribution, and a short note entitled "Survey of 

 the Missouri Breaks Region, Montana," summarizing the work, was 

 published in the Plains Anthropologist (vol. 8, No. 20, p. 120). In 

 addition, Mr. Mallory completed a detailed study of the artifacts from 

 the Mouat Cliff Burials (24TE401), Mont., which will be a part of a 

 larger study of the excavations carried out by members of the Billings 

 Archeological Society. Another manuscript concerned with a group 

 of sites in the vicinity of the Moreau River, Oahe Reservoir, is well 

 under way. At the end of the year Mr. Mallory was in the field 

 excavating sites m the Oahe Reservoir. 



Robert W. Neuman, archeologist, when not in the field, devoted most 

 of his time to the analysis and reporting of data resulting from his 

 excavations during previous field seasons. He has begun a major 

 monograph concerned with early burial mound complexes in the north- 

 ern Plains. He has also completed an article entitled "Projectile 

 Points from Preceramic Occupations near Fort Thompson, South 

 Dakota," which has been accepted by the Plains Anthropologist, and, 

 in addition, a number of Mr. Neuman's research papers, most of which 

 were written during the current year, were published. These include : 

 "Check-stamped Pottery on the Northern and Central Great Plains," 

 American Antiquity, vol. 29, No. 1, 1963, pp. 17-26 ; "Field Work in 

 Dewey County, South Dakota, Oahe Reservoir Area," Plains Anthro- 

 pologist, vol. 8, No. 20, pp. 121-122 ; "Archeological Salvage Investi- 

 gations in the Lovewell Reservoir Area, Kansas," River Basin Surveys 

 Papers No. 32, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 185, pp. 257- 

 306; (with Carl R. Kendle and Larry A. Witt) "Prehistoric Artifacts 

 from the Little Nemaha River Drainage, Otoe County, Nebraska," 



