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tide, "Archeological Survey of Whitney Basin," which was published 

 in volume 18 of the Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleonto- 

 logical Society. 



During the course of his investigations Mr. Stephenson located 

 and recorded 61 sites in the Whitney Basin. These consist of 14 rock 

 shelters and 47 occupational areas in the open. Two fossil localities 

 were also located. He recommended 32 sites for further testing and 

 excavation. Such work should produce important evidence on the 

 cultural complexes of that portion of Texas. 



Mr. Stephenson left Austin on November 26 and went to Lincoln, 

 Nebr., where he studied the field and laboratory methods being used 

 by the Missouri Basin Survey group. While at Lincoln he also attend- 

 ed the Fifth Conference for Plains Archeology and presented a paper 

 on the work which he had been doing in Texas. He returned to Aus- 

 tin on December 5 and on the 9th left to begin a survey of the Dam "B" 

 Reservoir basin on the middle Neches River in the eastern part of the 

 State. This work was completed on January 18, 1948, having been 

 interrupted by a trip to the Wliitney Reservoir where 3 days were 

 spent in showing Dr. Theodore E. White, paleontologist, the bone 

 deposits located earlier. While on this trip Mr. Stephenson located a 

 large mound and accompanying village remains on the upper Neches 

 River near Palestine, Tex. From Dam "B" he proceeded to the McGee 

 Bend Reservoir on the lower Angelina River. Inclement weather, 

 however, interfered with active work in the field, and most of the time 

 until February 16 was devoted to studying local collections of arti- 

 facts, working on field notes, and on the report on the results of the 

 Dam *'B" investigations. During this interval he also went to Galves- 

 ton, Tex., for a 3-day conference at the office of the District Engineer, 

 Corps of Engineers, regarding the dates of beginning and completion 

 of reservoir projects in all parts of Texas. The period from February 

 16 to April 15, except for 3 days (March 5-7) spent at Nacogdoches 

 studying old records to obtain data on the early history of the area, was 

 devoted to reconnaissance of the McGee Bend basin. When the survey 

 was finished Mr. Stephenson returned to Austin and was occupied until 

 the end of the year in preparing his reports on the Dam "B" and 

 McGee Bend investigations. 



In the survey of the Dam "B" area 12 sites were located, but none 

 gave indication of being of sufficient importance to warrant further 

 examination. Comparable material occurs both in the McGee Bend 

 Basin and elsewhere in the region. Unless construction work should 

 reveal subsurface deposits of archeological significance no additional 

 work will be required at this reservoir and none was recommended. 

 At McGee Bend 80 sites were located and recorded. Of this number, 

 8 are early and contain no pottery, 34 are early pottery sites of the 

 Alto Focus (ca. A. D. 1000 to 1300) , 22 are late pottery sites of Bossier, 



