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bone, ash, burned earth, and charcoal. Their dimensions are given 
below: 
Number Diameter at top Diameter at bottom | Depth at center 
Feet Feet Feet 
INGE S 4 Fes BPG ae Pe oe Shue SEF Ley Tee INOIGa tae ee 0.7. 
DEUS h See SE oer ne ae ene PF: eee eee a Oe sees ae ee 220 
BNO eae Ne ne Rn PS ee” 1h (ee Maret te de ete be Nord ates neet 
Dio A SUSU ALONG Sie te Re Sct eed Coe A TERE eS INoVdatal sear ne 
5 er ee ee er INoidatasee soe 2 INoVdataa= sae No data 
Two bell-shaped cache pits were excavated. They contained burned 
earth, charcoal, potsherds, worked and unworked stone, and unworked 
bone. Their dimensions areas follows: 
Number Diameter at top Diameter at bottom Depth at center 
Feet Feet Feet 
DOLE: Cl gir ha aa Sere SER eM) 8 By dl 3. 9 : 
Xp ier ewe. = 24 he RG ae 25'S By (5) 320 
X6 was identified as the remains of a house structure. Five post- 
holes were excavated, and their distance and direction from what 
appeared to be a fireplace was recorded. There was no indication 
of the house edge. The distance and direction of the postholes from 
the fireplace are given below: 
4.5 feet northwest 4.0 feet southwest 
3.5 feet northeast 8.3 feet northwest 
3.3 feet southeast 
During the summer of 1956 test excavations were conducted at, 
the site by a field party of the Missouri Basin Project. Seven 5X5 
foot test pits were dug wherever there appeared to be a concentra- 
tion of cultural detritus. The soil was removed by 6-inch levels. 
Written records and photographs were used to verify features. 
Squares 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 were excavated to a depth of 18 inches below 
the surface. Ciliar al material was almost totally lacking below the 
loose topsoil or plow zone, which extended downward to about 6 
inches below the surface. At 5 inches below the surface, a semicir- 
cular soil discoloration, Feature 8, began to appear toward one side 
of test square 5. In order to follow the extent of the soil stains, test 
square 7 was laid out adjacent to No. 5 and excavated down to the 
same level. At first, Feature 8 appeared to be a small circular fire 
basin, but while trying to determine its actual dimensions, it soon 
one apparent that the feature was a cache pit. Soil within this 
cache pit was stained with specks of charcoal and was darker than 
the surrounding earth. The cache contained a large amount of bison 
bones in a very poor state of preservation, a few potsherds, pieces 
