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Aside from the foregoing, all of which points to a material culture 

 inventory slightly variant from, but basically related to, that at Ren- 

 ner, there are traces of another complex here. In our sample there 

 are two thin, smooth, shell-tempered sherds quite unlike the more 

 common fragments as just described. Shippee has found several large 

 pieces of a globular vessel with flattish upperbody, recurved rim, and 

 a flat loop handle 2 inches wide running from lip to upperbody. A 

 smaller rim fragment has a similarly placed but narrower vertical loop 

 handle. There are also several incised sherds reminiscent of those 

 at Steed-Kisker. Twenty-one "hard dark gray, grit-tempered finely 

 cord-marked sherds . . . have been partly smoothed over and would 

 fit in nicely with Upper Republican sherds. Two multiple-grooved 

 [paired?] sandstone abraders, a few end scrapers, and numerous tri- 

 angular (both notched and unnotched) points" have been found. 

 Most of this material was found a short distance above the terrace 

 proper on a narrow shelf where gully erosion has exposed charcoal, 

 burnt wattling clay, and other traces suggesting a former earthlodge 

 site at a depth of about 30 inches. Certain of the sherds are difficult 

 to differentiate from Nebraska Culture wares found higher up the 

 Missouri. It would seem likely that tliere were two separate prehis- 

 toric occupations at this spot — one by a group related to the peoples 

 at the Renner site, the other by peoples akin to those at the Steed- 

 Kisker site. There may be stratification, but whether or not there 

 is, and regardless of the number of complexes actually represented, 

 the site clearly merits further investigation on a systematic plan. 

 Mounds or graves ai-e not known to occur in the immediate locality. 



A few miles farther down river, on a gentle slope between the 

 bluffs and the bottoms, is the second site. A small creek on the south, 

 together with a good spring nearby, provided a plentiful supply of 

 potable water in the old days. The site appears to cover 3 or 4 acres. 

 Though the ground was not in good condition for surface collecting 

 at time of my visit, Shippee and Henneman had a number of sherds 

 and other specimens. Here again plain grit-tempered pieces pre- 

 dominate, but a high proportion of rims are cross-hatched with a 

 row of punctates immediately below. Rocker impressions occur on 

 both rim and body, and there are several instances of the dentate 

 stamp or roulette. A few pieces show a plain neck with decoration 

 above and below, and on one there is a broad shallow groove separat- 

 ing a plain from a rocker-roughened surface. There are lumps of 

 burnt clay, none of which show grass or twig imprints. Arrowpoints 

 are of the types found at the preceding site, and there is a consider- 

 able variety of other chipped implements. A coarsely serrate point 

 closely resembles that from the Renner site shown in plate 12, o. 

 Polished celts are present. There is sufficient room for a village nearly 



