P^Ip.^No'. in ^OOD SOLDIER SITE — NEUMAN 297 



posed of a brownish silt. This deposit ranged from 0.3 to 0.5 foot in 

 thickness and became increasingly thicker along the east and west 

 slopes of the mound. Stratum 2 contained the artifactual material 

 belonging to the latest component at the site. The third deposit, stra- 

 tum 3, was a zone of yellowish, loess-like material generally 0.3 foot 

 thick. Tliis zone was sterile of cultural material except for the in- 

 trusion of postholes from stratum 2. The next soil layer, stratum 4, 

 was composed of a fine, grayish silt, ranging from 1.2 to 1.4 feet in 

 thickness. Stratum 4 contained the archeological specimens belong- 

 ing to the earliest component found at the site. The deepest soil de- 

 posit was stratum 5 ; it was composed of a thin, yellowish layer iden- 

 tical in appearance to stratum 3. This deepest deposit was about 0,2 

 foot thick and was present only in tlie central area of the mound 

 (fig. 58). 



Soon after beginning excavations at the Good Soldier site it became 

 evident that two distinct archeological deposits were involved. The 

 deposits were separated by the yellow band of silt designated as stra- 

 tum 3. A closer examination, in the laboratory, of the artifact pro- 

 veniences and other archeological data left no doubt that at least two 

 human occupations were represented. In this report the top, and last, 

 occupation is called the Good Soldier Component; the deepest oc- 

 cupation is referred to as the Badger Component. 



GOOD SOLDIER COMPONENT (39LM238) 



All of the archeological material belonging to this component was 

 recovered from the two top soil zones, stratum 1 and stratum 2. The 

 most characteristic trait is sherds from globular vessels that have 

 straight to flaring rims and are simple-stamped on their exterior 

 surface. Another trait, somewhat less diagnostic, was the occurrence 

 of numerous posthole remains; 29 post molds were randomly dis- 

 tributed over the central portion of the mound. Of the 29, 13 con- 

 tained only soft, dark eartlifill. Bison bone wedges or supports were 

 found in 14 of the postholes; 2 of these contained small rock frag- 

 ments, 2 others contained portions of the original posts, and in an- 

 other a stone projectile point was found. Two postholes contained the 

 remains of unwedged wooden posts. The diameters of the postholes 

 ranged from 0.3 foot to 1.1 feet, the majority being between 0.4 and 

 1.1 feet. The depths of the postholes ranged from 0.2 to 1.9 feet. 

 Whether or not these postholes are the remains of an earth lodge or 

 lodges cannot be determined from the available data. 



FEATURES 



In the field certain peculiarities, such as soil discolorations that 

 marked the locations of pits or concentrations of archeological re- 



