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manent staff or others, usually students, with previous field experience 

 were assigned as assistants to the party chiefs. J. M. Shippee assisted 

 Wheeler during both field seasons, except for about two weeks with 

 Fenenga in 1951. George Metcalf assisted Wheeler briefly in 1950 

 and Burcaw, Smith, and Hartle in 1950 and 195 1, when he was not 

 leading a reconnaissance team in the Garrison Reservoir area. Those 

 employed as assistants during the 1950 field season were Donald D. 

 Hartle, with Lehmer's party, and Harold McAllister, assisting Garth. 

 Shalkop was accompanied during much of his reconnaissance by 

 Gordon F. McKenzie. In 195 1, Hartle was assisted by Lynd Esch, 

 Smith by Byron Houseknecht, Wedel by William Bullard, Gumming 

 by Harry Meyers, and Lehmer by Thomas Cummings and, briefly, 

 by Raymond Price, who also worked for a short time with Miller. 

 Edward Moorman, transferred from the River Basin Surveys in 

 Texas, also assisted Wedel and led a reconnaissance team in the 

 Oahe Reservoir area. Fenenga was assisted in his reconnaissance at 

 different times by Homer Aschman, Frederick Hadleigh-West, and 

 W. Raymond Wood. The paleontologist was accompanied in 1950 

 by Prentiss Shepherd and William Harrup and in 1951 by Harrup 

 and William Easton. 



The field parties varied in size with the nature of the work and 

 the availability of labor. During the main part of the season, while 

 students were generally available, the average number of workers 

 with the excavation parties was 10 or 11, although there were some- 

 times as few as 6 or 7, and one party consisted of nearly 20 persons. 



LABORATORY ACTIVITIES 



As in previous years, the headquarters of the project were in the 

 Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Nebraska, and throughout 

 1950 and part of 195 1 all laboratory activities were carried on and 

 much of the specimen storage was in space provided there. Some 

 specimens and most of the project's equipment were stored in a build- 

 ing at the Lincoln Air Base during this period. Because of the rapidly 

 increasing bulk of collections and equipment, the expansion of the 

 staff, and the certainty that these storage facilities would soon be- 

 come unavailable through reactivation of the Base, the first floor and 

 basement of a store building a few blocks from the University campus 

 were acquired by lease early in 1951, and equipment other than 

 vehicles was immediately installed there. During the spring the speci- 

 mens and processing activities were transferred to the new quarters. 

 By the end of the year, the records and photographic departments 



