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point is triangular, thick cross-section, slightly excurvate sides, with 

 baseline either straight, slightly concave, or slightly convex. The 

 assemblage, seemingly a manifestation late in the Deptford Period, 

 with some early traits of the Swift Creek complex appearing, most 

 closely parallels that fomid in the submound and primary mounds 

 at the Stark's Clay Landing site, 9 CLA 1 ("Mandeville Mound," 

 University of Georgia), and the Mound at the Upper Francis Land- 

 ing, 1 BK 15 ("Shorter Site," University of Alabama), and the 

 Early Woodland level at the Kussell Cave. 



Idaho-Oregon, — ^Under an agreement with the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, the Idaho State University Museum imdertook archeological 

 reconnaissance and excavations in the Hells Canyon Keservoir on the 

 Snake Eiver between Idaho and Oregon. Fieldwork began on March 

 25, 1963, and concluded June 20, 1963. The project was under the 

 general supervision of Dr. Earl H. Swanson, director of the museum. 

 Max G. Pavesic, a graduate student at the University of Colorado, 

 directed the fieldwork and was assisted by Roger Nance, Washing- 

 ton State University, and by David Wyatt, University of Wash- 

 ington. 



Field headquarters were maintained at Oxbow Dam, where the 

 Idaho Power Co. generously made available a trailer for residence 

 and for laboratory work. Additional assistance during the excavation 

 was given by the Morrison-Knudsen Corp., which provided the field 

 party with a bulldozer. Grateful acknowledgment is also due to 

 Jess Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Camp, Dan Cole, Ross Parker, Ralph 

 Page, and Rudy Lanning for the help they gave. 



The field studies were conducted throughout by three men whose 

 work included intensive reconnaissance and excavation at an impor- 

 tant village site (No. 10-AM-l). Ten archeological sites were lo- 

 cated which were not reported in the original survey of Hells Canyon 

 (Columbia Basin Project, River Basin Surveys, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 1951). These include three rockshelters, seven camp sites, 

 and numerous rock cairns. Five cairns were excavated. The first 

 was excavated entirely by hand because these appear to be a type 

 of archeological feature. Cairns of this nature are constructed of 

 large boulders, which sometimes weigh several tons and which are 

 covered by earth. Reports of burials beneath the cairns were given 

 to the crew, but no archeological materials or data were obtained 

 from them and they remain unexplained at this time. 



An important village site was given careful attention by the field 

 party. Two adjacent housepits, as well as the area between, were in- 

 tensively examined by excavation. These lie on a north-south axis 

 parallel to the river. The largest structure is approximately 25 feet 

 in diameter, while the smaller measures approximately 12 feet across. 



