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valley bottoms on the south side of the creek. Although each site is 
rather extensive, there is a general lack of depth to the cultural 
deposits. Little in the way of cultural material was recovered below 
the plow zone, except in the case of storage caches or firepits. 
From the excavations conducted, it is impossible to demonstrate 
any architectural tradition. Two features were designated as house 
structures at the White Rock site, but conclusive evidence is lacking 
in both instances. At the Intermill site, Excavation Unit 1 revealed 
an area 20 by 40 feet containing 162 small postmolds. ‘These were 
randomly distributed and divulged little regarding their function. 
Fire or roasting pits were located at all the sites. The pits were 
generally shallow, not exceeding 1 foot in depth, and basin-shaped. 
They contained charcoal, ash, and camp refuse. The majority of these 
features were located at the White Rock site. The other two sites 
revealed one pit each. Storage caches were excavated at the White 
Rock and Warne sites. All the caches at the White Rock site were 
bell-shaped. Those at the Warne site were widest in diameter at the 
bottom, but their overall shapes varied considerably. Four of the 
pits had slightly convex sides, one had concave sides, and two were 
straight-sided. AJ] had flat to slightly convex or concave bottoms, 
except Feature 13, which had an irregular base with a high ridge 
extending across the center. The pits contained a mixture of charcoal, 
ash, burned earth, and fragmentary remains of artifacts. Only 
occasionally was an unbroken specimen recovered from the fill. 
Pottery from the three sites is approximately the same, Walnut 
Decorated Lip being the dominant type. Owing to a characteristic 
of the pottery to break into minute pieces, many of the sherds were 
too small for positive identification. The majority of the body sherds 
have been simple-stamped and then smoothed. Necks of all the 
vessels are plain, but all vessels are decorated on the lip or on the 
rim interior at the lip. The same decorative pattern of two or more 
parallel trailed lines on the shoulder area appears most frequently 
at all the sites. One lug and two strap handles were recovered, but 
they appear to belong to miniature vessels. 
A second group of pottery has been designated Group B. These 
sherds are shell-tempered and similar to Oneota pottery. A total of 
18 rims, 145 body sherds, and 4 appendages is represented. The ma- 
jority of these sherds, 15 rim sherds and 183 body sherds, were re- 
covered from the Warne site. The form and decorative techniques are 
closely allied to those appearing with Walnut Decorated Lip pottery. 
Eleven rims and twenty-six body sherds collected from the surface 
at 14JW2 and 14.) W202 have been classified as Miscellaneous. They 
are intrusive and do not seem to have a bearing on the main occupa- 
tion of the villages. 
