NO. 10 NEBRASKA ARCHEOLOGY STRONG lOI 



identify others. All the bone material from the site was checked over 

 by graduate students in paleontology, but no horse remains were pres- 

 ent. Many bird bones were found, but aside from noting a preponder- 

 ance of those from geese, ducks, and probably prairie chickens, no 

 detailed comparisons were made. 



Owing to the nature of the site, no vegetal remains of any sort were 

 recovered in our excavation work. The abundance of bone and stone 

 hoes, however, testified to horticultural pursuits. 



Considering the fact that Mollusca are rarely seen nowadays in the 

 Republican River, a surprising number of species were recovered from 

 house I. Their identification, as previously mentioned, we owe to Dr. 

 Frank C. Baker, of the University of Illinois. With one exception 

 these are all fresh-water species. The exception is the species Olivella 

 jaspidea (Gmelin), which is a marine shell from the Atlantic or Gulf 

 coast. A considerable number of these in an un worked condition were 

 found in cache i. The fresh- water forms found in house i are as 

 follows : 



Lampsilis anodont aides (Lea) 



Quadrida qimdrula hitllocki (F. C. Baker) 



Quadrula postulosa prasina (Conrad) 



Tritogenia tuber culata (Barnes) 



Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say) 



Anodonta grandis (Say) 



Anodontoides ferussaciaiius subcyUndraccus (Lea) 



Pro pt era alata megaptera (Rafinesque) 



Sphaerium silicatwn (Lam.). Numerous 



Physa gyrina (Say). Numerous 



Helisonia trivolvis (Say) 



Helisoma pseudotrivolvis (F. C. Baker). Numerous 



Anculosa praerosa (Say). Great number in cache i 



This last species of fresh-water snail is common in the Ohio and 

 Wabash Rivers but is not believed to occur west of Illinois. Dr. 

 Baker suggests it was obtained by barter from Illinois tribes. 



HOUSE 2 



An area southeast of house i was dug up by local collectors a year 

 or so previous to our own excavations, and it was this earlier work 

 that called the site to our attention. I have designated this as house 2, 

 for although very little could be learned in detail as to the nature of 

 the internal structure revealed by the earlier digging, there is no doubt 

 that it was a house site very similar to ours. Through his own efforts 

 and by gift or purchase, Karl L. Spence had gathered together a large 

 part of the material from this site. In October 1931 he very kindly 



