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 Table 2. — Seven species of fossil shells examined 



[Bull. 189 



thong or cord that had passed through the hole probably accounted 

 for the polished edges on these and the remaining beads. Both of the 

 V. retusus shells (fig. 12, /), as well as the example of F. leidyi (fig. 

 12, g), are treated in a similar manner. Circular perforations are 

 drilled in the walls of the two shells of ^^Goniohasis^^ (fig. 12, h), and 

 the upper parts of the 0. insculpta shells (fig. 12, i) formed beads 

 after having been cut from the rest of the shell and smoothed. 



I'EGETAL REMAINS 



Charred corncobs and a few seeds were found in Feature 15 and 

 Feature 46. Identifiable remains consist of two charred corncob 

 fragments {Zea mays), five charred corn kernels, and pieces of a 

 fragmentary pumpkin or squash seed. Charcoal was present in large 

 quantities in most of the pits, and several pounds of dry, compact 

 material were saved for carbon- 14 asre determination. 



UNMODIFIED BONE AND SHELL 



All identifiable animal bones and moUusk shells were saved from the 

 houses and features at the site and are listed in table 3. The mollusks 

 were identified by Dr. J. P. E. Morrison of the U.S. National Museum ; 

 the bird bones by Mr. Loye Miller, University of California at Davis; 

 the bison bone by Wood ; and the remaining bones by Dr. J. Arnold 

 Shotwell, Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon. The 

 bison bone from Paul Brave was analyzed in a separate publication 

 (Wood, 1962) . 



The pelecypods, or fresh water mollusks, were probably taken from 

 the bed of Four Mile Creek (see map 1). It is milikely that any of 

 them were living in the Missouri River, since they are species which 

 like clear, slow prairie streams. They live in mud or sandy mud in 

 deep holes and are not particularly tolerant of alkali water. 



