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The Randall Component

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Wesley R. Hurt
Wesley R. Hurt*
Affiliation:
W. H. Over MuseumUniversity of South DakotaVermillion, S.D.
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In a review of the Scalp Creek report (Hurt 1952) Donald J. Lehmer questions the evidence which would warrant the denning of a Randall component at the Scalp Creek site (39GR1), Gregory County, South Dakota (Lehmer 1954). In addition, Lehmer makes this statement, “However, when a subsequent report by Hurt tentatively derives the St. Helena focus of the Upper Republican aspect from a component established on the basis of 39 potsherds, it becomes a matter of somewhat more concern.” The writer wishes to summarize the evidence which led him to define a Randall component, since it is not fully covered in the review, and also to disclaim any adherence to the hypothesis quoted by Lehmer.

The writer defined 3 components at the Scalp Creek site. The lowermost component was assigned to the Loseke Creek focus of the Plains Woodland tradition. The Randall component occupied a midplace in stratigraphy and contained, in addition to the Loseke Creek ceramic types, 39 sherds classified Ellis Plain and Randall Incised (Hurt 1952, Fig. 16, 1-6).

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American Antiquity , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , January 1955 , pp. 280 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1954

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Hurt, Wesley R. 1952 Report of the Investigation of the Scalp Creek Site, 39GR1, and the Ellis Creek Site, 39GR2, Gregory County, South Dakota, 1941, 1951. South Dakota Archaeological Commission, Archaeological Studies, Circular No. 4. Pierre.Google Scholar
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