ase) LOVEWELL RESERVOIR—-NEUMAN 263 
WHITE ROCK SITE (14JW1) 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SITH AND EXCAVATIONS 
This site lies on the top of, and extends down the southwest slope 
of, a broad, low ridge at an elevation of about 1,590 feet above mean 
sea level. The legal description of the location is SW1, sec. 3, T.2 S., 
R. 7 W., sixth principal meridian. It is bounded on the south by 
White Rock Creek and on the northeast by an unnamed intermittent 
stream (pl. 46, a). The land has been cultivated since the 1880’s, and 
the ridge slopes show a high degree of erosion. A reddish-orange 
soil, mixed with limestone concretions, covers the surface, and a hard 
claypan exists immediately below the plow zone. When exposed, 
the subsoil becomes dry and is extremely difficult to dig. Scattered 
about the surface were potsherds, flint chips, and a few bone frag- 
ments; also, numerous pieces of burned Niobrara Chalk were quite 
noticeable. 
Previous excavations were carried on at the White Rock site by 
Paul L. Cooper and George Lamb in 1937 as a part of the WPA- 
University of Nebraska archeological program. Details of these 
investigations have been reported (Rusco, 1960), and are summarized 
below in order to clarify the complete record of archeological work 
at the site. 
Nine excavation units were completed and have been numbered 
X1 through X9. The first excavation, conducted to investigate Fea- 
ture 13, identified as a house structure, revealed a layer of dark soil 
mixed with charcoal, burned earth, pottery sherds, three corn kernels, 
and worked and unworked bone fragments extending from the surface 
to the level of the fireplace. “This dark mixed soil was removed in 
an area 26 feet east and west by 26.5 feet north and south, . . . At the 
edges of the excavation, dark soil was found to a depth of 1.1 feet 
below the surface, becoming gradually deeper toward the fireplace, 
where it was 1.7 feet below the surface. No distinct outline which 
might mark the house edge was observed. The soil was lighter, and 
fewer artifacts were found at the edges of the excavation than at the 
center” (Rusco, 1960). Ten postholes were located; their locations 
from the fireplace are as follows: 
6.5 feet northwest 7.5 feet east 
8.0 feet northwest 7.0 feet southeast 
5.8 feet northwest 7.5 feet south 
4.8 feet northeast 6.0 feet south 
12.0 feet east 6.8 feet southwest 
Five small basin-shaped pits were excavated. All were filled with 
dark soil containing potsherds, unworked stone fragments, pieces of 
