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would be favorable for peoples with a hunting and gathering economy. 

 Bad weather limited the July 1951 reconnaissance to less than two 

 days, and it seems certain that further search of the terrain will 

 reveal additional archeological remains. Of the three sites found 

 during the incomplete survey, two appear to be of exceptional im- 

 portance; the third is a small, briefly inhabited camp site. Both of 

 the more significant sites are large, contain hearths, and yield cultural 

 materials in quantities which betoken occupation of some intensity 

 and duration. The basal portion of a Plainview point and two end 

 scrapers like some which have been found elsewhere in old contexts 

 were collected from the surface of one (24BH202). The point 

 fragments found at the second site (24BH201) suggest a later 

 complex. 



Middle Fork Reservoir site} — The proposed dam, on the Middle 

 Fork of the Powder River approximately 12 miles southwest of 

 Kaycee in Johnson County, Wyo., will form a reservoir about 6 miles 

 long. The valley to be flooded is in general broad and flat-floored and 

 is bordered by sheer sandstone cliffs or steep-sided bluffs. A 9-day 

 reconnaissance in August and September 1950 covered the entire 

 reservoir area, and since the vegetation cover was not heavy it is 

 believed that all exposed sites were found. Sixteen locations of 

 archeological interest were recorded; 11 are camp sites, i is a "tipi 

 ring," 2 are groups of petroglyphs, i is a rock shelter which contains 

 evidence of occupation, and i is a camp site with adjacent petroglyphs. 

 Several of the camp sites yielded rather abundant surface collections 

 of stonework, and some will probably prove to have deposits of some 

 depth. Projectile points are exceedingly rare among the materials 

 recovered by the reconnaissance party, but a local collection, reported 

 to be exclusively from Johnson County, contains large numbers of 

 points of several types characteristic of different complexes and time 

 levels. Among these are specimens which appear to be representative 

 of the Plainview and other early types and, at the other end of the 

 time scale, specimens of iron and copper. Seven sites in this reser- 

 voir have been recommended for further investigation. Four (48JO2, 

 II, 12, and 15) are camp sites, two (48JO4 and 6) are petroglyphs, 

 and one (48JO3) is an occupied rock shelter with petroglyphs. 



Moorhead Reservoir site. — The Moorhead Reservoir, to be created 

 by a dam situated near Moorhead, Mont., will flood approximately 

 32 miles of the Powder River in Powder River County, Mont., and 

 Campbell and Sheridan Counties, Wyo. In 1949, five days were spent 



1 In 1952 the name of this project was changed to HoIe-in-the-Wall Reservoir. 



