EXPEDITIONS AND FIELD TRIPS IN 1957 



The Museum conducted sixteen expeditions and field trips in 1957. 

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

 scientific departments (see page references below) . 



Expeditions and field trips of 1957 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 40); Southwest Archaeological Expe- 

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

 page 37 and following) 



Department of Botany — Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park Field 

 Trip (Dr. Theodor Just, Chief Curator of Botany, see page 47); 

 Illinois Botanical Field Trips (Dr. John W. Thieret, Curator of Eco- 

 nomic Botany, see page 48) 



Department of Geology — Central America Volcanological Expedi- 

 tion (Dr. Sharat K. Roy, Chief Curator of Geology, see page 52); 

 Indiana Paleontological Field Trips (Dr. Rainer Zangerl, Curator of 

 Fossil Reptiles, see page 55); Montana Invertebrate Paleontological 

 Field Trip (Dr. Eugene S. Richardson, Jr., Curator of Fossil Inverte- 

 brates, see page 56) ; New York State Paleontological Field Trip (Dr. 

 Robert H. Denison, Curator of Fossil Fishes, see page 53); Wyoming 

 Paleontological Expedition (William D. Tumbull, Assistant Curator 

 of Fossil Mammals, see page 53) ^ 



Department of Zoology — Colombia Zoological Expedition (Kjell 

 von Sneidem, see page 60); Co-operative Field Work with United 

 States Fish and Wildlife Service in Equatorial Atlantic and Co-opera- 

 tive Field Work with United States Fish and Wildlife Serivce in Western 

 Caribbean (Loren P. Woods, Curator of Fishes, see page 60) ; North- 

 west Pacific Coast Zoological Field Trip (Henry S. Dybas, Associate 

 Curator of Insects, see page 60) ; Peru Zoological Expedition, 1 956-57 

 (Celestino Kalinowski, see page 60); Philippine Zoological Field 

 Work, 1956-57 (D. S. Rabor, Field Associate, see page 60); Western 

 States Zoological Field Trip (Rupert L. Wenzel, Curator of Insects, 

 see page 60) 



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