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for further checking. The paleontological party worked in 1 reser- 

 voir area in Montana, 1 in North Dakota, and 1 in South Dakota. It 

 also visited another project in North Dakota to examine a specimen 

 reported from the Upper Cretaceous deposits there. During July 

 and August 1952, 3 aerial photographic missions were flown over 12 

 reservoir areas. In all, 6,000 air miles were flown and 62 objectives 

 were photographed. The latter included excavated archeological 

 sites, sites to be excavated, dams and reservoir construction features, 

 and the general topography of the areas to be covered by the ground 

 surveys. The plane used was the personal property of one of the 

 staff archeologists and the pictures were taken by the staff photog- 

 rapher. 



The reservoir basins where reconnaissance work was carried on 

 were : The Kirwin, on the north fork of the Solomon River, where 4 

 additional archeological sites were located and recorded ; the Webster, 

 on the south fork of the Solomon, where 3 were found ; Tuttle Creek, 

 on the Big Blue River, with 118 ; Glen Elder, on the Solomon River, 

 with 17 ; and Wilson, on the Saline River, with 18. On the basis of the 

 evidence obtained, it is apparent that no additional studies will be 

 needed in the Kirwin and Webster areas. At Tuttle Creek, however, 

 there is important material and 10 of the sites have been recommended 

 for future excavation. Included in the 10 are 4 historic sites which 

 are of special significance with respect to the early exploration and 

 settlement of that section of the West. Of the 17 sites recorded for 

 the Glen Elder, 6 small ones gave evidence of being extremely im- 

 portant because they contain materials thus far not observed in the 

 area and they have been recommended for complete excavation. At 

 the Wilson Reservoir 6 of the 18 sites were found to be significant 

 from the standpoint of their relationship to one of the pre-Columbian 

 cultures which thus far is imperfectly known. Two of the sites are 

 caves, probably containing dry materials, and should yield types of 

 artifacts rarely preserved in open sites. One of the recommended 

 sites may prove to be of considerable importance because materials 

 there are eroding from a terrace bank and appear to belong to one of 

 the early occupations in the Plains area. Parties working in the Fort 

 Randall Reservoir basin in South Dakota located 2 new sites, while 

 those operating in the Oahe basin in the same State found 180. At 

 the Jamestown Reservoir in North Dakota 3 new sites were found. 

 The total of new sites observed and recorded in the Missouri Basin 

 during the fiscal year was 339. 



In the Garrison Reservoir basin on the main stem of the Missouri 

 River above Bismarck, N. Dak., 2 field parties conducted archeological 

 excavations in 3 of the 147 known there. During July and August 

 and part of September one party dug in the remains of Fort Berthold 

 II. The work at that location falls into the historic category, but it 



