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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Below this deposit occurred I foot of almost unmixed sand and at 

 the 3-foot level occurred a very thin deposit similar to that of the 

 upper 2 feet. For the next 2 feet there was an absolutely clean layer 

 of sand and under this a thick black layer composed of broken ani- 

 mal bones and stone artifacts (fig. 151). Although every bit of this 



Fig. 150. — Trench across the top of stratified butte. 

 (Photograph by Lee A. Daniels.) 



deposit was screened, not one piece of pottery was found in the lower 

 strata which rests on the hard material of the mesa. This was also 

 confirmed by the later work of Lee A. Daniels, a member of our 

 party, who continued the trial excavations for several days after my 

 departure. Flint artifacts were abundant in this lower layer but 

 differed markedly from those in the upper levels. This site with its 

 upper layers indicating prehistoric Caddoan occupation and its much 



