EXPEDITIONS AND FIELD TRIPS IN 1959 



The Museum conducted fifteen expeditions and field trips in 1959. 

 Their work is described in this Report under the headings of the 

 scientific departments (see page references below). 



Expeditions and field trips and their leaders are: 



Department of Anthropology — Great Lakes Area Archaeological 

 Field Trips (George I. Quimby, Curator of North American Archae- 

 ology and Ethnology, see page 44); Southwest Archaeological Expe- 

 dition (Dr. Paul S. Martin, Chief Curator of Anthropology, see 

 page 41 and following) 



Department of Botany — Northern Great Plains Botanical Field Trip 

 (Dr. John W. Thieret, Curator of Economic Botany, see page 54 

 and illustration on page 52) 



Department of Geology — Idaho Paleontological Field Trip (Dr. 

 Robert H. Denison, Curator of Fossil Fishes, and Orville L. Gilpin, 

 Chief Preparator of Fossils, see page 60); Indiana Paleontological 

 Field Trips (Dr. Ranier Zangerl, Curator of Fossil Reptiles, and Dr. 

 Eugene S. Richardson, Jr., Curator of Fossil Invertebrates, see 

 page 59); Southwest Mineralogical Field Trip (Albert W. Forslev, 

 Associate Curator of Mineralogy, see page 62); Wyoming Paleonto- 

 logical Field Trip (William D. Turnbull, Assistant Curator of Fossil 

 Mammals, see page 60) 



Department of Zoology — Belgian Congo Zoological Expedition 

 (Dr. Robert F. Inger, Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles, see 

 page 68) ; Colombia Zoological Expedition (Kjell von Sneidern, see page 

 67); Co-operative Field Work with United States Fish and Wildlife 

 Service in the West Indies (Loren P. Woods, Curator of Fishes, see 

 page 68) ; Egypt Zoological Field Trip (Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., Asso- 

 ciate Curator of Birds, (see page 68); Great Plains Zoological Field 

 Trip (Rupert L. Wenzel, Curator of Insects, see page 67); Great 

 Smokies Zoological Field Trip (Dr. Fritz Haas, Curator Emeritus of 

 Lower Invertebrates, see page 67); Malaya Zoological Field Trip 

 (D. Dwight Davis, Curator of Vertebrate Anatomy, see page 68); 

 Panama Zoological Field Trip (Henry S. Dybas, Associate Curator 

 of Insects, and Dr. Alan Solem, Curator of Lower Invertebrates, 

 see page 67 and illustrations on page 66) 



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