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By using the largest number of single skeletal elements present 
in the remains from the entire site to determine the number of individ- 
uals surely present we find bison, as might be expected, in the lead. 
Three mature bison are indicated by the distal ends of three right 
humeri, and one immature animal is represented by four bones. Dog 
(or coyote) was next most common, the 22 bones coming from at least 
2 of these animals, 1 of which was mature and one markedly immature. 
A fragment of carapace indicated the presence of turtle, and deer (or 
antelope) was also represented by a single bone. Two immature dorsal 
vertebrae from a single find-spot were the only elk remains. 
Breaking the animal bones down by find-spots we find them repre- 
sented as follows: 
Bison Dog Elk 
Deer Turtle 
Ma- | Imma- Indi- Ma- | Imma- Indi- No. of | Indi- 
ture ture | viduals ture ture | viduals bones | viduals 
Feature 1___ 6 2 2 Uf, A wa at cis 2 rie ea I 
Feature 3___ AM eek es Ly tia ih soem Py ret lhe ede fn be Sees IL as 
EPS ea CUTS ay Ua a esa MN sa sce a Seeger | Se el | 
Feature 8__-_ AM ie ee UD yes Pal A ee ary See lk eal Se |e a | ee 
Feature 12__ 5 2 Bol hae ee 21 il DENS eee ene ate | ene 
Feature 10__ iLiad bee Eee UL hs Ze Ba a 110) | Best eee 
Feature 15__ PAY Eee Deh snc | A dl Di EE ae Its ae 2 a | 
Provenience 
unknown_- ay eee 1 Ey] Peete Ee se lene een Re esc ee geass e 2 1 
Rovalesee= 25 4 10 1 Poi 1 2 1 2 1 
This table shows no animal remains from Feature 5. It may be that 
those for which the exact find-spot is unknown came from that feature. 
Disregarding the remains whose provenience is unknown, we find 
bison remains from all the other structures, including Features 10 
and 15. Feature 1 yielded remains of two bison and the single ex- 
ample of deer or antelope from the site. The greatest yield in number 
of individuals represented is from Feature 12 which showed remains 
of two mature and one immature bison and two canines. It may be 
pointed out that the immature canine remains were made up of parts 
of a skull, including a lower jaw, right and left tibiae and fibulae, 
right radius, ulna, and astragalus, right and left calcanea, and right 
and left metapodials. 
It is interesting that bison remains were found in both Features 10 
and 15, those in Feature 10 being in the fireplace. From this structure 
also came the fragment of turtle carapace. 
VEGETAL REMAINS 
Evidence of the vegetal foods of the Arikara were even more scantily 
represented at the site than were remains of the animal foods. A 
single charred corn kernel from House 1 represents the entire inven- 
