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ample (pi. 6, e; fig. 1, &) is composed of lines made by a stab-and-drag 

 teclmique. The designs are almost exclusively composed of rectilinear 

 elements. Curvilinear elements are present on only three vessels. The 

 majority of shoulder designs are on the Riggs and Fort Yates Cross- 

 hatched rims; only 13 rims of Riggs Plain are decorated at Paul 

 Brave. 



Riggs Plain Rim comprises the bulk of the rims from both sites, 

 averaging more than 85 percent of the total at Thomas Riggs ^ and 

 nearly 70 percent at Paul Brave. Applique nodes are common on 

 rims from both sites. On S-shaped rims, these nodes often serve as 

 the apex for cord-impressed triangular elements (pi. 5, /) . A unique 

 example of applique work at Paul Brave is illustrated by Hewes 

 ( 1949 b, pi. 6, right, s). 



The S-shaped rims comprise a larger percentage of the total rims 

 at Paul Brave than they do at Thomas Riggs, and there is more varia- 

 tion in the rim decorative elements. The presence at Thomas Riggs of 

 the type Riggs Punctate, and an S-shaped rim with horizontally ap- 

 plied cord-impressed lines lacking triangular or curvilinear rainbow 

 elements may be significant. Conversely, the lack of crosshatched 

 rims at Thomas Riggs (except for a possible single trade sherd), the 

 absence of Riggs Wavy Rim, and the lack of rims of Example A may 

 have equal significance. These differences in the pottery from the two 

 sites, however, do not appear to be as significant as the overall similar- 

 ities. Some local specialization is expected (see table 4). 



Site 32ME59, "Grandmother's Lodge," is a few miles downstream 

 from the mouth of the Little Missouri River, in northwestern North 

 Dakota. The pottery from this site may be classified as of types 

 defined in this study. Example A is Fort Yates Cord Impressed 

 Rim, and Example B is Riggs Plain Rim (Woolworth, 1956, pp. 90- 

 91, pi. 5, a-e). Only in the presence of the grooved ax and the large 

 chipped stone projectile point does the site differ from the inventory 

 at Paul Brave. 



The sample of 55 complete projectile points from Paul Brave is no- 

 tably larger than the 18 from Thomas Riggs. There is no close 

 correspondence in relative frequencies of projectile points, although 

 most of the forms at one site occur also at the other. Most of the 

 projectile points weigh 0.8 to 3.0 gm., are within the range of the small 

 point tradition (Fenenga, 1953, p. 322), and may be interpreted as 

 arrowpoints. Four points (fig. 3, i-l) that weigh more than 4.5 g. 

 are in the range of the large point tradition and are probably knives 

 or dart points. 



The narrow knives from Paul Brave are similar to those from 

 "Grandmother's Lodge" (Woolworth, 1956, pi. 6, i-f) and other sites 



' The sherds of Riggs Straight Rim and Riggs Flared Rim from Thomas Riggs are herein 

 classed together as Riggs Plain Rim. 



