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through. The lower end of the Snake River will also be flooded. 

 Both the Niobrara and Snake Rivers flow here in narrow valleys 

 bordered by high wooded bluffs, and the region would seem to be 

 suitable for aboriginal occupation, but during the reconnaissance of 

 approximately two days no archeological sites were discovered. 



Eli Reservoir site. — According to present plans, the Niobrara will 

 be dammed at a point about 17 miles southwest of Cody to create 

 a reservoir approximately 12^ miles long. The valley to be flooded 

 varies from deep and narrow to flat and wide and its bottom sup- 

 ports Cottonwood groves. Other deciduous species and juniper grow 

 sparsely on the slopes. A partial reconnaissance during two days 

 revealed two archeological sites, one producing pottery and the other 

 only lithic materials. It is reasonable to suppose that complete re- 

 connaissance would produce a number of additional sites. The ceramic 

 site appears to have been occupied two or more times, since heavy 

 sherds of Woodland type and other cord-marked and plain sherds 

 similar to pottery from Upper Republican or Nebraska aspect sites 

 were collected. The lithic site apparently is the remains of a work- 

 shop, 



Kilgore Reservoir site. — Current plans are for the construction of 

 a dam on the Niobrara River 10 miles south of the town of Kilgore 

 to impound a pool approximately 12^ miles long. The valley here is 

 narrow and wooded both on the bottomland and the slopes. The 

 partial reconnaissance of less than two days resulted in the discovery 

 of three sites which yielded pottery, though in small quantities prob- 

 ably because of the heavy vegetation cover. The sherds collected from 

 one of the sites are plain and those from another are simple-stamped, 

 while the surface treatment of those from the third is indeterminable. 

 Two of the sites (25CE214 and 215) are considered worthy of some 

 excavation and those portions of the reservoir area not visited should 

 be examined for additional sites. 



Long Pine Reservoir site. — The site of the potential Long Pine Dam 

 is on Long Pine Creek, about half a mile above its confluence with the 

 Niobrara River. The reservoir would directly affect about 10 miles 

 of the valley of Long Pine Creek and the lower 2 or 3 miles of two 

 tributaries, Short Pine and Bone Creeks. All these streams are con- 

 tained in narrow wooded valleys bordered by loess-mantled bluffs. 

 During a brief inspection of part of the reservoir area, the reconnais- 

 sance party recorded seven occupational sites, all of which yielded 

 pottery. Three of the sites had been discovered by previous parties, 

 one by personnel of the Nebraska State Historical Society, and two 

 by a group representing the University of Nebraska Laboratory of 



