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were trenched and the third was half excavated. Central hearths 

 were found in all cases. Three additional tests were made on the 

 site. Artifact recovery was fair, but architectural data were poorly 

 represented, owing to the shallow depth of fill above house floors 

 and the clayey nature of the soil. The houses were probably circular 

 and the pottery in the La Roche tradition. 



The Zimmerman site (39SL41), located on the same terrace as the 

 Nolz site, consisted of a village area marked by about 40 large round- 

 to-oval depressions. One rectangular house was excavated com- 

 pletely, and half the fill of a second was removed. A midden area and 

 12 cache pits were also excavated. There was no indication of the 

 presence of any other component. Three exploratory trenches were 

 dug, in an effort to find a fortification ditch, but no satisfactory ditch 

 profile was discovered. The total data indicate that this was a single- 

 component site, characterized by long-rectangular houses and Thomas 

 Eiggs pottery. 



The Glasshoff site (39SL42) was situated on the Zimmerman-Nolz 

 terrace below the west end of the Sully site. According to an in- 

 formant, the area was once used for cavalry exercises by Fort Sully 

 personnel. In the past, sherds were collected from the surface there, 

 and one test excavation (1953) had provided additional evidence 

 of aboriginal occupation. No well-defined house depressions were 

 apparent, but several surface anomalies were visible. Wherever tested, 

 they proved to be the result of activities attributable to the occupa- 

 tion of Fort Sully in the late 19th century. Trenching during the 

 1958 season yielded historic specimens, a cache pit, and a part of an 

 aboriginal dwelling. The latter was found on the last day of the 

 field season. Artifact recovery was fair, and although some archi- 

 tectural features were well preserved, few details were discernible. 

 Pottery is simple-stamped and somewhat like the Thomas Eiggs 

 materials, but it appears to be a distinctive variant. 



Site 39SL27, a large, unnamed site on Telegraph Flat, 1 mile east 

 of the Sully site, has several visible but shallow "house" depressions. 

 Three small pits dug in the centers of depressions yielded neither 

 artifacts nor architectural features. Additional work is needed at 

 this site. 



The Whistling Hawk site (39SL39) comprised a large area along 

 the edge of Telegraph Flat terrace, east of 39SL27. A single pit 

 excavated into a deep (house?) depression yielded no artifacts or 

 architecture, although the Bass party excavated rock-caim burials 

 at the site. 



Two sites not situated in Fielder Bottom were also tested. Site 

 39SL19 was a low-lying area in the Little Bend region, 18 miles 

 upstream from the Sully site. Two small, shallow pits were dug to 



