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a circular outline of a cache pit became apparent. ‘The cache was 
cored and its measurements are given below: 
Top diameter : 3 feet 31% inches north to south 
3 feet 41% inches east to west. 
Bottom diameter : 3 feet 5 inches north to south 
3 feet 514 inches east to west. 
Depth : 19 inches. 
The base of the cache sloped slightly downward toward the center and 
there was some belling-out of the walls in the first 5 inches above the 
floor. 
Although a definite outline of the cache pit did not show up above 
the 2-foot-5-inch level, there was a difference in the soil texture and 
a concentration of cultural material almost up to the plow zone. 
This suggests that the upper section of the cache pit may have been 
destroyed purposely or by natural forces and that the portion re- 
maining is only part of the original pit. A total of 166 potsherds, 
3 bison scapulae, 1 grainer, 2 incised bison dorsal spine paddles, nu- 
merous bone fragments, 7 stone scrapers, 1 beveled stone knife, un- 
worked flint chips, charred wood, a charred corn kernel and corncob, 
and 1 chalk ball were recovered from the cache. AJ] the material was 
mixed with ash, charcoal specks, and burned earth. 
During excavation of test pit 5, cultural material was recovered 
from a large portion of the square. At 22 inches below the surface, 
a meandering outline, extending northwest to southeast, became defi- 
nite. When the entire square was enlarged, an hourglass outline was 
revealed which suggested that one cache pit had been intruded upon 
another. At 33 inches below the surface the outline of two distinct 
cache pits became apparent. 
The southeasterly cache, Feature 15, was then cored and measured. 
Top diameter: 4 feet 
Bottom diameter: 4 feet 8 inches north to south 
4 feet 2 inches east to west 
Depth: 2 feet 5 inches 
The floor of the cache slanted slightly downward toward the center 
and joined the walls at a sharp angle. The walls were straight and 
slanted inward at about a 10° angle toward the mouth. ‘Two basin- 
shaped pocket caches were located on the floor next to the walls of 
a large pit, each covered with a single bison scapula. Two other 
bison scapulae were lying on the floor near the center of the cache. 
Pocket cache 1 measured 1 foot 114 inches east-west ; 9 inches north— 
south, and had a maximum depth of 3 inches. Pocket cache 2 was 
1 foot east-west, 1 foot 5 inches north-south, and had a maximum 
depth of 4 inches. Both contained neatly stacked flint knives, chop- 
pers, and stone cores. 
