﻿REPORT 
  OP 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  49 
  

  

  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  making 
  comparisons 
  with 
  other 
  South 
  American 
  

   languages 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  discerning 
  possible 
  further 
  linguistic 
  

   affiliations. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this 
  work, 
  Dr. 
  Harrington 
  has 
  also 
  made 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  grammar 
  of 
  the 
  Jivaro 
  language 
  of 
  South 
  

   America. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  Dr. 
  Frank 
  H. 
  H. 
  Roberts, 
  Jr., 
  

   senior 
  archeologist, 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  prospecting 
  and 
  testing 
  an 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  site 
  in 
  the 
  Agate 
  Basin, 
  on 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Cheyenne 
  

   River 
  between 
  Lusk 
  and 
  Newcastle, 
  in 
  eastern 
  Wyoming. 
  Dr. 
  Roberts 
  

   had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  make 
  preliminary 
  investigations 
  at 
  this 
  location, 
  

   despite 
  the 
  general 
  policy 
  of 
  no 
  regular 
  field 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  duration 
  

   of 
  the 
  war, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  possibility 
  that 
  much 
  information 
  might 
  

   be 
  lost 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  erosive 
  activities 
  in 
  the 
  area 
  and 
  from 
  disturb- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  deposits 
  by 
  amateur 
  collectors 
  hunting 
  for 
  specimens. 
  

   The 
  site 
  gave 
  evidence 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  a 
  bison 
  kill 
  on 
  the 
  

   edges 
  of 
  a 
  marsh 
  or 
  meadow. 
  Animal 
  bones 
  and 
  artifacts 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  stratum 
  that 
  breaks 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  bank 
  some 
  20 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  an 
  eroding 
  gully. 
  This 
  layer 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  an 
  overburden 
  that 
  

   deepens 
  rapidly 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  followed 
  back 
  into 
  the 
  bank, 
  and 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  

   of 
  4 
  feet, 
  where 
  the 
  tests 
  were 
  terminated, 
  was 
  still 
  continuing. 
  All 
  

   the 
  bones 
  found, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  many, 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  modern 
  

   bison. 
  Associated 
  with 
  these 
  were 
  projectile 
  points, 
  which, 
  although 
  

   they 
  suggest 
  an 
  affinity 
  with 
  the 
  Collateral 
  Yuma 
  type 
  — 
  a 
  form 
  that 
  

   has 
  been 
  considered 
  relatively 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  Plains 
  area 
  — 
  nevertheless 
  do 
  

   not 
  have 
  all 
  the 
  significant 
  characteristics 
  of 
  that 
  type. 
  The 
  points 
  

   have 
  unhesitatingly 
  been 
  called 
  Yuma 
  by 
  numerous 
  people 
  who 
  

   have 
  examined 
  them, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  question 
  of 
  their 
  belonging 
  

   in 
  that 
  general 
  category, 
  although 
  they 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  considered 
  

   classic 
  forms. 
  All 
  the 
  points 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  site 
  are 
  consistent 
  in 
  

   pattern, 
  yet 
  have 
  a 
  considerable 
  range 
  in 
  size. 
  In 
  the 
  seventy- 
  

   some 
  points 
  or 
  large 
  and 
  easily 
  identified 
  fragments 
  found 
  there, 
  

   no 
  shouldered, 
  barbed, 
  or 
  tanged 
  forms 
  appear. 
  The 
  material 
  un- 
  

   questionably 
  represents 
  a 
  cultural 
  unit 
  without 
  intrusions 
  from 
  

   other 
  sources. 
  Dr. 
  Roberts 
  dug 
  32 
  examples 
  out 
  of 
  undisturbed 
  

   deposits. 
  The 
  remaining 
  specimens 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  local 
  

   residents, 
  who 
  picked 
  them 
  up 
  as 
  they 
  weathered 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  gully 
  

   bank. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  end 
  and 
  side 
  scrapers 
  have 
  been 
  found, 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  camp 
  proper 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  

   located, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  typical 
  of 
  those 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  so-called 
  

   early 
  hunting 
  complexes. 
  Geologic 
  studies 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  made 
  

   of 
  the 
  deposits. 
  They 
  indicate 
  some 
  antiquity, 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  

   not 
  as 
  old 
  as 
  the 
  age 
  formerly 
  postulated 
  for 
  Yuma 
  remains 
  is 
  demon- 
  

   strated 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  bison 
  represented 
  are 
  all 
  modern 
  forms. 
  

   It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  when 
  present 
  conditions 
  are 
  over, 
  the 
  site 
  can 
  be 
  

  

  