THE RANDALL PHASE COMPONENT AT THE DIRT LODGE VILLAGE SITE, SPINK COUNTY, SOUTH-DAKOTA - LATE WOODLAND EARLY PLAINS VILLAGE TRANSITIONS ON THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS

The Randall phase dates to about AD 1150 and represents a regional Lat e Woodland cultural expression in the southern portion of the Northeas tern Plains. It shows similarities to Great Oasis and Initial Middle M issouri variant sites of the Plains Village tradition. Data from the l ate Plains Woodland component at the Dirt Lodge Village site (39SP11) are used to define Randall phase. The Rose Hill Village site (39HD4), the Wolf Creek Mounds site (39HT30), and the Randall phase component a t the Scalp Creek site (39GR1) all appear to be assignable to the Rand all phase.