(2) a concern with the occurrence of facts and events and when 

 these took place — in other words, a historical approach. The 

 primary interest — devising formulae that might have predictive 

 value in suggesting where man is bound — cannot be undertaken 

 without the particularizing, detailed, historical analyses of particular 

 areas or culture types. Thus the work of the Southwest Archaeo- 

 logical Expedition is infinitely more than a search for sites, specimens, 

 or treasures, although each has intrinsic interest. 



During the first months of the year Assistant Curator Rinaldo 

 prepared a report on excavations during the summer of 1955 in 

 Foote Canyon Pueblo, a large pueblo-village on the Blue River in 

 extreme eastern Arizona, and supervised preparation of drawings 

 and illustrations for the report. From time to time he did research 

 in archaeology of Southwestern Indians for preparation of exhibits 

 in Hall 7 (Ancient and Modern Indians of the Southwestern United 

 States), which still is incomplete. 



Dr. Donald Collier, Curator of South American Archaeology 

 and Ethnology, spent six months in Peru making explorations and 

 excavations in the Casma Valley on the coast two hundred miles 

 north of Lima. He was assisted by Donald E. Thompson, a graduate 

 student at Harvard University. The expedition was made possible 

 by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Before this 

 year's work the Casma Valley has been one of the least-known 

 archaeologically of the coastal valleys. For this reason an attempt 

 was made to study all parts of the valley to determine the number, 

 character, and age of the prehistoric settlements and other ruins. 

 Detailed studies, including mapping, photography, and making 

 surface collections, were carried out at fifty-three sites, and test 

 excavations were made at ten of these. Of particular interest to 

 the expedition were two large towns laid out in rectangular grid- 

 pattern, each covering nearly a square mile. They dated from the 

 Tiahuanaco period, about A.D. 1000. The expedition's collection 

 of ceramics, fragments of textiles, organic materials from refuse 

 deposits (animal bones, shells, and vegetable materials), and wood 

 samples for radiocarbon dating soon will be shipped to the Museum 

 from Peru. After his return to the Museum in August, Curator 

 Collier devoted his time to study of data gathered in Peru and to 

 designing and installing new exhibits in Hall 8 (Ancient and Modern 

 Indians of Mexico and Central America). 



M. Kenneth Starr, Curator of Asiatic Archaeology and Eth- 

 nology, continued his study of the archaeology and general culture- 

 history of south China during the Chou period (traditionally, 

 1122-221 B.C.). The emphasis has been on the cultures of the 



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