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though this rim does not resemble any of the reported pottery types 

 on the northern and central Plains, I was able to find two similar 

 specimens that belong to a single vessel. They are from site 39BK11, 

 located on the opposite side of the Missouri River and about 21 miles 

 downstream from the Good Soldier site. Field parties of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution located and made tests at the site in 1947, 1953, and 

 1954. Paul L. Cooper's notes (on file at the Lincoln office of the 

 Smithsonian Institution) show that an occupation area at 39BR11 was 

 overlain by two distinct strata. The uppermost was the plow zone 

 or present surface, under which was a sterile zone of fine, yellowish 

 silt. Beneath the silt was a "dark brown" layer of soil containing 

 small, basin-shaped firepits and artifacts. One of the rims (cat. No, 

 39BR11-18) was recovered from this stratum at "Profile 6 . . . 2.6' 

 to 3.3'" below the surface; the other rim (cat. No. 39BE11-37) came 

 from dirt that had sloped down onto the riverbank. 



There are also certain artifactual similarities between the Badger 

 Component and the Clear Lake site, which is located along the Illi- 

 nois River in Tazewell and Mason Counties, 111. (Fowler, 1952). 

 I believe the rim from Group C (Badger Component) resembles those 

 from the conoidal vessels of Weaver ware, the predominant pottery 

 type at Clear Lake. The projectile points from Group 2 (Badger 

 Component) also bear a resemblance to those of Group A that are 

 illustrated on page 155 of the Clear Lake Report. Melvin L. Fowler 

 kindly examined specimens from the Badger Component and his 

 statements, regarding the Group C rim and the Group 2 points, are 

 as follows : "... I would not compare it closely with Weaver. The 

 general resemblances are there in the rather tightly twisted parallel 

 cords and general vessel shape. The paste is different and not as com- 

 pact as Weaver. ... In general, if such a sherd were found in Illi- 

 nois, it would be classified as Late Woodland on a general Weaver 

 Horizon. . . ." (Fowler, personal communication February 2, 1960). 



"The projectile points are not Weaver but are similar to those asso- 

 ciated with the so-called Maples Mills and Dillenger cultures in Illi- 

 nois. . . ." Weaver ware is generally assigned to the Woodland 

 period in the Illinois Valley and the ware has been dated by carbon- 14 

 from the Irving Village at A.D. 770 ±250 years, and from the Ruther- 

 ford Mound at A.D. 425zt200 years (Griffin, 1958, pp. 12-13 and 15). 



STONE 



PROJECTIO] POINTS 



(6 specimens) 



Group 1. Triangular^ straight ha^e {two specimens). — Each has 

 slightly convex sides and shows haphazard bifacial flake scars. The 



