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viduals. The active interest of the archeological profession and of 

 learned societies, as expressed through the Committee for the Recov- 

 ery of Archeological Remains, has also been of very real assistance. 



The Missouri River Basin Survey was established in July 1946, 

 with headquarters at Lincoln, Nebr. In 1946, and throughout most 

 of 1947, field activities were in the main restricted to preliminary 

 reconnaissance and survey at the most urgent projects, that is, where 

 actual dam construction had been initiated or where preconstruction 

 activities were nearing completion and construction was expected to 

 start in the near future. Some test-pitting and small-scale excavation 

 was undertaken near the close of the 1947 field season, but in general 

 it can be said that the work during the first 18 months constituted the 

 initial phase of the program. 



By the end of 1947, reconnaissance parties of the River Basin 

 Surveys had visited and partially or completely surveyed 44 Bureau 

 of Reclamation and 6 Corps of Engineers projects in the Missouri 

 River watershed. These were distributed throughout seven States, as 

 follows: Colorado, 3; Kansas, 6; Montana, 4; Nebraska, 16; North 

 Dakota, 10; South Dakota, 5; Wyoming, 6. A total of 598 sites of 

 archeological interest were located and recorded, many of them 

 previously unreported. That this number probably represents only 

 a fraction of those which actually await discovery and recording is 

 indicated by the many new sites found in intensive survey at certain 

 proposed units which had previously been examined only in prelimi- 

 nary fashion. Thus, for example, at Glendo in Wyoming 8 sites were 

 recorded during a 4-day reconnaissance in 1946, but 35 additional 

 locations were hunted out during a 3-week visit in 1947. Other units 

 gave comparable results, thus demonstrating the need for thorough 

 search at any proposed reservoir site before water is impounded. 



A list of reservoir projects visited from July 1946 to December 

 1947, with the number of archeological sites so far recorded for each, 

 follows : 



Burr ail of Reclamation: 



RESERVOIRS SITES RESERVOIRS SITES 



1. Amherst, Nebr 5 9. Brewster, Nebr i 



2. Anchor, Wyo 3 10. Broncho, N. Dak q 



3. Angostura, S. Dak 5 11. Buffalo Creek, Dawson 



4. Beaver City, Nebr 4 County, Nebr i 



5. Blue Horse, S. Dak 12. Buffalo Creek, Dundy 



6. Bonny, Colo 3 County, Nebr i 



7. Box Butte, Nebr i 13. Cairo, Nebr 



8. Boysen, Wyo 75 14. Canyon Feny, Mont 33 



