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Work was continuing at this site at the end of the year. The field 

 parties of Irving, Neuman, and Deetz shared a joint field camp near 

 the Medicine Crow site. 



The fourth River Basin Surveys field party in the Big Bend Reser- 

 voir area in June was composed of a crew of 13 directed by Dr. War- 

 ren W. Caldwell. It began work on June 10 at the Black Partizan 

 site in an effort to complete excavations started last season. By the 

 end of the year a circular (or more exactly an octagonal) earth lodge 

 had been completely excavated and a midden area trenched. 



The fifth River Basin Surveys party in the Big Bend Reservoir 

 area consisted of a crew of seven led by Bernard Golden. It began 

 work on June 10 at the Hickey Brothers site (39LM4) and spent the 

 remainder of the year excavating midden deposits and one circular 

 depression that appeared to be an earth-lodge ruin. Artifact inven- 

 tory was small as of the end of the year. The Caldwell and Golden 

 parties shared a joint camp at the Black Partizan site. 



In the Oahe Reservoir area, four River Basin Surveys parties were 

 in the field during the month of June and a fifth party was scheduled 

 to begin work early in the next fiscal year. The first party in the 

 area had a crew of 10 under the direction of Charles H. McNutt. 

 This group began on June 16, and spent the rest of the month con- 

 tinuing excavations begun last season at the Sully School site 

 (39SL7). There, a long expanse of the fortification stockade was 

 uncovered, and work was well under way toward excavation of cir- 

 cular earth-lodge structures. 



The second River Basin Surveys party in the Oahe Reservoir area 

 in June consisted of a crew of 23 under the direction of Dr. Robert 

 L. Stephenson, with Lee G. Madison as assistant. They began work 

 on June 16 on the Sully site (39SL4) and by the end of the year had 

 exposed the floors and other features of three circular earth-lodge 

 structures. Artifact inventories were abundant in all 3, and an area 

 surrounding 3 sides of each of 2 of the houses was being exposed in 

 order to learn the nature of materials outside the houses. 



The third River Basin Surveys party at work in the Oahe Reservoir 

 area by the end of the year was that of Richard P. Wheeler. It con- 

 sisted of a crew of eight and was working on the Fort Bennett site 

 (39ST12), on the right bank of the Missouri River near Old Fort 

 Bennett in Stanley County, S. Dak. That party began work on June 

 19, and by the end of the year had started the clearing of three circular 

 earth-lodge structures. 



On the last day of the year, a fourth River Basin Surveys party 

 started work in the Oahe Reservoir area. It was comprised of a crew 

 of six, under the direction of William M. Bass III, and was to excavate 

 the extensive burial area at the Sully site (39SL4:) . 



