plTp. "^fo." mT DEMERY site — ^WOOLWORTH AND WOOD 135 



occupation at the site is designated the Demery Component of an un- 

 named focus. 



The village was built and occupied by a group of people who ap- 

 parently moved north along the Missouri River from some point 

 south of the mouth of the Grand River. These people lived at Demery 

 for some years, probably peacefully, to judge from the lack of forti- 

 fications, and seem to have acquired some artifacts from the nearby 

 and culturally distinct Huff Focus. A lengthy occupation is indicated 

 by the fact that some of the houses were rebuilt by the occupants. 

 In brief, Demery appears to be a site-unit intrusion into Huff Focus 

 territory by a group of people from central South Dakota, who retired 

 to the south after an extended occupation of this peripheral position. 

 The time of this occupation and subsequent dislocation is inferred 

 to have been between about A.D. 1550 and 1650. 



The presence of a few sherds identified as types found in Thomas 

 Riggs Focus communities indicates an occupation of the Demery 

 site by this focus, previous to the time of the major occupation by the 

 Demery Component. 



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