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In July 193 1, while excavating fossil bison material on the bank of 

 the Platte River near Grand Island. Hall County (fig. i, site 36), 

 Schultz (1932) found another chipped point in direct association with 

 Bison occldcntalis remains. Later it was learned that F. G. Meserve 

 had found a similar point associated with the bison bones at this site 

 in 1924. (Meserve and Barbour, 1932; Schultz, 1932; Barbour and 

 Schultz, 1932 a; Strong, 1932 b; and Bell and Van Royen, 1934.) 

 The artifacts are fairly well chipped points of blue-gray flint about 

 4.7 cm in length. Both are of NAb type, more or less transitional be- 

 tween NAb3 and 4 (fig. 7). The presence of numerous eye witnesses 

 in both cases, the fact that Schultz photographed the last specimen in 

 situ and preserved the mold from which it came, all tend to confirm 

 the association as reported. As at the Cumro site, the exact geologic 

 age of the deposit has not been definitely determined. (Bell and Van 

 Royen, 1934, pp. 56, 58.) 



In August 193 1 A. M. Brooking. Director of the Hastings (Ne- 

 braska) Museum, reported the discovery of a chipped point in associ- 

 ation with the remains of a fossil mammoth near Angus, Nuckolls 

 County, Nebr. (fig. i, site 38). (Hasting's Daily Tribune, August 20, 

 193 1, and Figgins, 193 1.) The point is crudely chipped from a blue- 

 gray mineral and has a length of about 7.3 cm. Uneven longitudinal 

 grooves occur on both sides, the tip is rather blunt, and the point is 

 roughly of NAb2 type with a groove like NAb4 (fig. 7). Subsequent 

 examination of the site from the geologic standpoint indicates that 

 the fossil bones are apparently of Pleistocene age, possibly having been 

 deposited during the second or Yarmouth interglacial stage (Strong, 

 1932 b, and Bell and Van Royen, 1934). Unfortunately, the evidence 

 regarding the removal of the point is conflicting, and there exists no 

 secondary evidence to confirm the association. This was pointed out 

 shortly after the discovery (Strong, 1932 b), but as yet no explanation 

 of the conflicting evidence nor any additional testimony regarding the 

 exact nature of the association have been forthcoming. The matter is 

 one of extreme importance, for if the actual association could be 

 established beyond the realm of reasonable doubt, we would have here 

 strong evidence of human activity during the mid-Pleistocene of North 

 America. 



A third and very interesting discovery of chipped artifacts in asso- 

 ciation with fossil bison remains was made by Schultz in the summer 

 of 1932. While working out a large deposit of these bones occurring 

 in the banks of Spring Creek near Signal Butte, Scotts Blufif County 

 (fig. I, site 37), Schultz encountered some eight chipped stone arti- 

 facts (Barbour and Schultz, 1932 b). The site was immediately visited 

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