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ority of the McKean point. At 48CK204 (pi. i, b), for example, 

 three of these points and a stemmed and basally notched point were 

 found with a stone hearth just above bedrock, while above an over- 

 lying rock fall, upon which lay several later stone hearths, was a side- 

 notched triangular point. At 48CK4, too, triangular points were 

 recovered from the deposits which overlay those containing points 

 of lanceolate form. An additional element was present in the later 

 deposits of 48CK204. A number of cord-marked sherds were re- 

 covered. They include a fragment of rim with one of what was 

 probably a series of somewhat vertically elongated punctations creat- 

 ing nodes on the interior of the vessel a short distance below the lip. 

 This pottery is probably assignable to some Woodland variant with 

 relationships primarily to the east. Charcoal was collected from the 

 various levels of these two sites, and samples from hearths in the 

 lower levels of both were submitted for radiocarbon dating. They 

 yielded a date of 2790 ±350 years ago for the lower level of 48CK204 

 and an average date of 1646 ±200 for the corresponding horizon in 

 48CK4. It would appear that these dates must be regarded with 

 some skepticism. Since the association of the charcoal with an ap- 

 parently identical complex at the two sites seems certain, the time 

 difference of more than a thousand years is not archeologically ac- 

 ceptable. Furthermore, either figure seems somewhat low in the light 

 of the stratigraphic positions of specimens resembling the McKean 

 point found elsewhere, as at Signal Butte, western Nebraska, and 

 Pictograph Cave, near Billings, Mont. 



Landon Reservoir site. — The Landon Dam site is on Blacktail Deer 

 Creek, about 15 miles southeast of Dillon, in Beaverhead County, 

 Mont. The site of the reservoir, which will be approximately 2 miles 

 long, includes an extensive, fairly level terrace which would seem to 

 be well adapted to aboriginal occupation, but only four small, thinly 

 occupied camp sites were discovered. Only one or two artifacts were 

 collected from each of the sites. More numerous and apparently more 

 prolific sites are found along the creek just below the reservoir area, 

 and collections of artifacts from nearby sites are in the possession of 

 local residents. 



Little Bighorn Reservoir site. — This reservoir will flood approxi- 

 mately three miles of the Little Bighorn River in Big Horn County, 

 Mont., at a point about 40 miles northwest of Sheridan, Wyo. It 

 will be located in a region of low, rolling hills just below the canyon 

 of the Bighorn Mountains through which the river flows. The hills 

 are scantily covered with short grasses, while the valley floor sup- 

 ports a heavy growth of small trees, and the general area is one which 



