then, we have no explanation. Square stone-lined firepits were 

 found in almost every room. Petroglyphs of animals and men 

 were pecked into the walls of some rooms. 



Three kivas were found: two were excavated, but the largest 

 was left untouched. 



The smaller of the two excavated was paved with well-fitted 

 slabs. In the mouth of the ventilator tunnel (at the edge of the 

 bench) was a horseshoe-shaped slab. The ventilator shaft was 

 small and placed, like a round chimney, between the faces of a 

 wall. A bench occupied about a third of the kiva on the west side. 

 This kiva was about 4 meters square. The larger kiva also had a 

 bench, but on the south side. In the unpaved floor just south of 

 center was a stone-lined rectangular firepit and an ash pit, north 

 of that a stone vault, and just beyond that a kachina kihu in the 

 north wall of the structure. On the southern platform was a large 

 stone bowl. This kiva measured 6.5 meters by 4.4 meters. 



Approximately 14,000 sherds and 1,000 tools of stone and bone 

 were recovered from the Hooper ranch site. From the 14,000 sherds 

 twenty-five restorable vessels have been located and are being 

 mended. The most abundant painted pottery type (about 14 per 

 cent of the total) was Tularosa black-on-white. Following that 

 type and in descending order of frequency are several polychrome 

 types. The Hooper ranch site has not been definitely dated but the 

 conjectured time of occupation of the pueblo must have been about 

 a.d. 1300 to 1375. 



Dr. Donald Collier, Curator of South American Archaeology 

 and Ethnology, carried on studies of materials collected in 1956 

 during the archaeological expedition to Peru and supervised the 

 drawing of maps and plans for a projected publication on this re- 

 search. His work with Dr. A. L. Kroeber, Research Associate in 

 American Archaeology, on Nazca pottery from Peru was brought 

 near completion. Curator Collier did research in Mexican archae- 

 ology in connection with the reinstallation of Hall 8 (Ancient and 

 Modern Indians of Mexico and Central America) and prepared a 

 paper on agriculture and civilization in Peru for presentation at 

 the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association 

 (see page 91). 



George I. Quimby, Curator of North American Archaeology and 

 Ethnology, continued his research on problems of archaeology and 

 environment in the Upper Great Lakes region. He made study 

 trips to museums and universities in Michigan, examined collec- 

 tions owned by individuals, and conducted field research in various 

 areas of upper and lower Michigan (see page 36). 



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