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affiliations are evidently with the west rather than the east, a cir- 

 cumstance which would he expected if this is actually Comanche 

 pottery. The fact that, to the best of my knowledge, there are no 

 historic references to Comanche pottery makes this an interesting 

 point for future investigation. 



The second type of ware found at the two upstream sites (D2 and 

 3) is similar in having fine sand tempering and mainly simple direct 

 rims (pi. 22, fig. i, d, f-n) but differs in lacking holes and in being 

 very hard and smooth, both inside and out. The majority of these 

 sherds are plain and well rubbed on the outer surface, but one es- 

 pecially (pi. 22, fig. I, ») has marked crisscross ridges on the outer 

 surface which have been partially eliminated by rubbing. One sherd 

 in Mr. Hill's collection has a plain slightly flaring rim, one figured 

 here has a broken rim of somewhat the same sort (pi. 22, fig. i, d), 

 and a third sherd with a plain enlarged rim has a diagonal groove 

 across the flat lip (pi. 22, fig. i, /). The color of this type of pottery 

 ranges from a dull brown to a more common gray black. It is gritty 

 to the touch. In general technique, tempering, and suggested shape 

 the two types of pottery from these sites seem to show a relationship 

 to one another. It may be added that in the same surface exposures 

 at Kaighns Point, previously mentioned, thinner sherds of pottery 

 closely similar to the type last described were found in association 

 with the thick ridged fragments. During the excavations at Signal 

 Butte in 1932, a number of the thin, sand-tempered sherds were found 

 in the third or upper level (III) but none of the thick hole-tempered 

 type. 



Other artifact types seem to have been fairly uniform over all 

 three sites, though all artifacts are rare at present, owing to long- 

 continued surface collecting. Fortunately, Mr. Hill has a considerable 

 collection from these sites, gathered during the last 15 years. The 

 following description is based largely on his material. It should be 

 added that the sites were apparently never rich, and artifacts are 

 correspondingly rare. Retouched flakes of quartzite, perhaps used as 

 side scrapers, are most common. A large number of these are ex- 

 ceedingly irregular, crude, and scantily retouched. End scrapers are 

 of both large and small size and are crudely made. They are not very 

 abundant. One diamond-shaped beveled knife of quartzite and three 

 broken brown jasper awls or borers have been recovered. Arrow- 

 points were fairly common some years ago. Small, delicate, double- 

 notched points (NBai) were most abundant, triple-notched points 

 (NBa2) of the same fine technique were next in frequency, and tri- 

 angular (NBa) and notched points (SC) were very rare. One frag- 



