Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ers at thesite. No human skeletal material was found. This was disappointing,inasmuch as all interested in the subject are anxious to know whatthe people are like who made the implements. Fragments of charcoaland scattered ashes were plentiful, but no indications of a shelter orhabitation were observed. The presence of hammerstones accompa-nied by chips and flakes was noted at a number of places. These sug-gested that one or more individuals had been seated there while shap-ing tools out of rough stone nodules. Pieces of several projectilepoints, as well
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ers at thesite. No human skeletal material was found. This was disappointing,inasmuch as all interested in the subject are anxious to know whatthe people are like who made the implements. Fragments of charcoaland scattered ashes were plentiful, but no indications of a shelter orhabitation were observed. The presence of hammerstones accompa-nied by chips and flakes was noted at a number of places. These sug-gested that one or more individuals had been seated there while shap-ing tools out of rough stone nodules. Pieces of several projectilepoints, as well as other implements, that had been broken in the makingwere obtained from one such spot. By fitting the fragments togetherand restoring the flakes it is possible to gain good evidence concerningthe technique used in manufacturing the tools. Dr. Kirk Bryan, of the division of geology, Harvard University,assisted by Franklin McCann and John T. Hack, spent the month of Roberts, 1935. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 95, No. 10. THE UNDENMEIER SITE , T. 12 N., , 61^! COUNTY. COLORADO Fohom campsite /nvestigated by expedition from Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, under direction of Frant< H. H. Roberts, Jr. 2 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 95 July in studying the geology of the district. As a part of their investi-gations they prepared a map of a portion of the terrain lying to theeast of the archeological site. To facilitate their work, a level was runfrom a United States Geological Survey bench-mark (located on theline between sec. 19, T. 12 N., R. 68 W., and sec. 24, T. 12 N., W., sixth principal meridian) and an accurate bench-mark basedon mean sea level datum established at the site. E. G. Cassedy, illustra-tor for the Bureau of American Ethnology, joined the party in Augustand made a survey of the site proper, and some of the outlying areanot mapped by Bryan. Mr. Cassedy has combined his and Bryanssu
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