CONTENTS 



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Foreword I 



Introduction 6 



Historic and traditional background 8 



Table i, a digest of certain maps showing the Indian tribes in the region 



of Nebraska from 1673 to 1819 14 



The environmental setting 30 



Previous archeological work in Nebraska 40 



Historic and protohistoric Pawnee culture as revealed by archeology 55 



Prehistoric sites recently excavated in Nebraska 68 



Village on Lost Creek (Dooley site), Franklin County 69 



Methods of earth-lodge excavation 73 



House I 74 



Storage or cache pits 78 



Refuse heaps 81 



Pottery 82 



Work in ground stone 85 



Work in chipped stone 87 



Table 2, classification chart for chipped points 89 



Table 3, distribution of chipped points according to type. . 90 



Work in bone 94 



Bone or antler bracelet fragments 97 



Work in antler 97 



Work in shell 100 



Animal and molluscan remains 100 



House 2 loi 



Disposal of the dead 103 



Ossuary on Prairie Dog Creek (Graham site). Harlan County 103 



Pottery from Graham ossuary 108 



Work in ground stone 109 



Work in chipped stone 109 



Work in bone no 



Work in antler in 



Work in shell n i 



Work in copper n4 



Negative excavations in vicinity of Graham ossuary 114 



Conclusions regarding Prairie Dog Creek sites 116 



Ossuary on the Republican River (Marshall site), Harlan County 116 



Artifacts from Marshall ossuary 120 



Conclusions regarding Marshall ossuary 121 



Ossuary on Republican River near Alma, Harlan County 122 



Ossuary on Munson Creek, Howard County 123 



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