84 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON. 



William H. Holmes, Director of Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 Washington, D. C. Grant No. 44. For obtaining evideyice rela- 

 tive to the history of early 7nan in America. (Abstract of first 

 report is in Year Book No. 2, p. xvi.) $2,000. 



Mr. Holmes has not prepared a report for publication, but has 

 placed the results of the preliminary survey in the hands of the 

 Institution in such shape that it may be available in case the investi- 

 gation is taken up later by the Carnegie Institution or by some other 

 organization. He reports that no trace was found in any of the cave 

 deposits of remains that can be safely attributed to a pre-Indian race 

 or to a state of culture different from that of the known peoples of 

 the region. The evidence as applied to the question of antiquity is 

 therefore negative, but is nevertheless important, and will have value 

 when we come to consider the history of the occupation of the Ameri- 

 can continent by primitive men. The collections made relate mainly 

 to the American Indian, and a few fossil remains are included. The 

 material collected has been deposited in the U. S. National Museum. 



ARCHEOLOGY. 



Frederick J. Bliss, New York, N. Y. Grant No. 99. For excava- 

 tions in Syria a7id Palestine. $1,500. 



Dr. Bliss did not begin work in the field until September, so that his 

 report is to the effect that he is in the field and ready to begin work. 



George F. Kunz, New York, N. Y. Grant No. 52. To investigate the 

 precio2is stones and minerals used in ancient Babylo?iia, in connec- 

 tion with the i7ivcstigation of Mr. William Hayes Ward. $500. 



Abstract of Report. — Mr. Kunz reports that his work thus far has 

 been that of collecting literature and preparing himself to conduct 

 the investigation when the work of Dr. William Hayes Ward is 

 about completed. 



W. Max Muller, Philadelphia, Pa. Grant No. 98. For investigating 

 7nomunents of Egypt and Nubia. $1 , 500. 



Before reaching Egypt Dr. Muller visited the museums at Eondou 

 and Oxford, England ; Brussels, Belgium ; Munich and Bonn, Ger- 

 many ; Vienna, Austria, and consulted with prominent Egyptologists. 

 On arrival at Cairo he spent six weeks studying the contents of the 

 great museum there. At Thebes two weeks were spent in making 

 important observations, but severe illness, resulting from sunstroke, 

 interfered greatly with the work which he expected to accomplish 

 during the remainder of the season. From the material collected 

 he expects to publish a volume which will be of much value. 



