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artifacts recovered include side-notched and corner-notched points, 

 a milling slab, a perforated silver concha, and a small sample of smooth 

 and simple-stamped sherds. Among the last are rims which re- 

 semble some from site 39FA83, in the Angostura Reservoir area, in 

 having a slightly S-shaped profile and bearing horizontal incised lines 

 on their exterior surfaces ; these specimens differ, however, in having 

 oblique incised lines on the lip. The presence of corner-notched 

 points, on the one hand, and of side-notched points and simple- 

 stamped pottery, on the other, suggests more than one occupation, 

 each of which was evidently brief. 



Site 48CK46, an open camp site on a pine-covered ridge bordering 

 Deer Creek, proved to contain numerous stone hearths, basin- or 

 bowl-shaped, and stone-filled roasting pits sometimes more than 2 

 feet deep. The artifact collection includes corner-notched projectile 

 points and lacks pottery. 



Site 48CK13 appears on typological grounds to have been occupied 

 two or three times, although no stratigraphic separation was observ- 

 able. Hearths uncovered include both unprepared and rock-lined, 

 basin-shaped types. The projectile points are of three distinct kinds — 

 lanceolate with basal notches, side-notched and basally notched, and 

 corner-notched. The lanceolate points from the site are like those 

 recovered in the two rock shelters excavated by Wheeler, and dis- 

 cussed below, and by a University of Wyoming party in the lower 

 level of a very productive open camp site, 48CK7, on the right side 

 of the Belle Fourche River below the mouth of Wind Creek. These 

 points have been described as a type under the name "AIcKean 

 Lanceolate" by Wheeler (Wheeler, 1952). 



Rather small-scale excavations w-ere undertaken at site 48FR209, 

 on a high terrace south of the Belle Fourche River and east of Wind 

 Creek. In the vicinity of a single unprepared hearth and a nearby 

 post hole were found several stone artifacts, including corner-notched, 

 concave-based points, large pointed oval blades, and scrapers, and 

 two antler fragments which may have been flakers. A very small 

 camp site seems to be indicated by the evidence. 



Perhaps the most significant excavations by the River Basin Sur- 

 veys party were in two rock shelters, 48CK4 (Belle Rockshelter) and 

 48CK204 (Mule Creek site), both within about a mile of the dam 

 site. Intensive excavation revealed that points of the McKean type 

 were present in the lower levels of both and that later forms charac- 

 terized the overlying deposits. In both sites the stratigraphic situation 

 was rather obscure throughout most of the relatively shallow de- 

 posits, but in each instance evidence was found to establish the pri- 



