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Fig. 2. Ossuary, with Indian Hill in the background 103 



Fig. 3. Cross-section of the ossuary with deepest, scattered bones pro- 

 jecting 107 



Fig. 4. Male skull in situ 107 



Plate 9 



Rim sherds, Upper Republican culture, and artifacts of bone, 

 shell and copper 



Fig. I. Rim sherds, Prairie Dog Creek ossuary 108 



Fig. 2. Bone, shell and copper artifacts. Upper Republican culture, and 



(e) toggled harpoon, Nebraska culture (Gilder collection) 93-245 



Plate 10 



Alarshall and Prairie Dog Creek ossuaries 



Fig. I. Marshall site, shell bead ossuary on point of the bluff 116 



Fig. 2. Antler bracelet with incised hand and circle design, Prairie Dog 



Creek ossuary 1 11 



Fig. 3. Human bones and shell beads mixed at Marshall site 118 



Fig. 4. Antler bracelet in situ, Prairie Dog Creek ossuary Ill 



Fig. 5. Bottom outline of individual ossuary pit at Marshall site Ii8 



Plate i i 

 Shell artifacts and types of beads, various cultures in Nebraska 



Fig. I. Shell artifacts, a, d, e, /, Nebraska culture; b, c, Upper Republican 

 culture ; g, h, i, Indian Hill, Upper Republican culture (?) 93-245 



Fig. 2. Types of beads from various sites, a, surface of Schuyler site 

 (Protohistoric Pawnee?) ; h, c, g, Marshall ossuary; d, i, j, house 

 I, Lost Creek (Upper Republican culture) ; /;, Prairie Dog 

 Creek ossuary (Upper Republican culture) 93-245 



Plate 12 



Nebraska culture house sites 



Fig. I. Excavating south end of house 2, Rock Bluffs 126 



Fig. 2. House pit i. Gates site, prior to excavation 147 



Fig. 3. Excavating house i. Gates site 147 



Plate 13 



Large pot, house 2, Rock Bluffs, Nebraska culture 



Fig. I. Pot in cache pit (note white ash) 132 



Fig. 2. Pot restored 132 



