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action of the stored waters. Of the 31 sites in Toole County, 16 
of them (24TL 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 
and 30) were within the boundaries of the reservoir area, while the 
remaining 15 (24TL 1, 2, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 23) 
were either adjacent to or well outside the limits of the project. 
Walter D. Enger, Jr., spent from June through the middle of 
September 1950 testing two sections of the Galata site (24TL26). 
His first section, which measured 25 feet in length and 10 feet in 
width, was excavated to a depth of 8 feet. This was designated as 
Excavation Unit A. His second section, Excavation Unit B, was 30 
feet south of Excavation Unit A and measured, at the completion of 
the testing, 30 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8.5 feet deep. In both of 
these sections he found traces of two cultural levels, Cultural Horizons 
Tand II. 
Cultural Horizon J, a rather vague level, occurred at a mean depth 
of 4.5 feet, while Cultural Horizon II consisted of a well-defined level 
which occurred at a mean depth of around 8 feet from an established 
datum. 
From Cultural Horizon I, Enger noted and recovered bison bones, 
stone chips and flakes, a single side-notched triangular projectile 
point, a number of bison tracks which were thought to have been 
postmolds, and a single hearth area. 
From Cultural Horizon II he was able to note and recover the 
following: 1 bone bead; a number of potsherds; projectile points of 
the triangular side-notched variety; end scrapers; obsidian and flint 
chips and flakes; bones of bison, deer, and canine; a single bison 
skull with a hole in the frontal bone; and indications of red ocher. 
No report of this work was made by Enger, but Cooper (1955, 
pp. 24-31) summarized it in his report on the activities of the Missouri 
Basin during 1950-1951. 
In the interval between July 18 and August 17, 1955, a third survey 
was made by a field party consisting of Carl F. Miller, John Ander- 
son, and Mrs. Ruth W. Miller. Their purpose was to check on the 
condition of the sites and to test intensively any which warranted 
such testing. Two additional men, Lee G. Madison and Tyler 
Bastian, were added to the party during the last week of the period. 
Anderson and Bastian were student helpers, while Madison was from 
the Lincoln office of the River Basin Surveys. 
At that time it was found that most of the Toole County sites had 
been destroyed either by stream cutting or slumping, and only a few 
remained to be investigated. The Galata site, 24T1L26, was considered 
by the earlier parties to be the outstanding example within the basin. 
When visited by the present survey, only a remnant still existed. 
Consequently it was decided to make intensive tests in order to salvage 
what little archeological material remained. 
