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done, but there remains such a vast field that many men could engage 

 in the work for a long period, and still there would be room for more. 



We are satisfied that the dwellings in the cliffs and mountain fast- 

 nesses were occupied by some of the ancestors of the people who now 

 dwell in the Rio Grande valle}^ and the contiguous country. Ample 

 legendary information is at hand; the similarity of artifacts found, 

 and those still in use in the villages, go to prove their relationship. 

 Inter-marriage with other peoples, and Spanish influences, have pro- 

 duced differences which are very apparent, but granting all of these, 

 the pre-Columbian people did not differ a great deal from the present- 

 day Pueblo. 



There are three distinct types of dwellings on the Plateau: (i) 

 the cavate lodge, (2) the large communal house, and (3) the small 

 structures of only a few rooms which are supposed to have been the 

 earliest habitations. 



The pottery found in the ruins presents a great variety of form and 

 design, but it is unlike that of other areas. Occasionally we find 

 outside influences creeping in and occurring in a local product, but, 

 as a rule, the pottery is pronounced and distinct. 



There is every reason to say that the old peoples originally came into 

 the Rio Grande country from the north, possibly from the Mesa Verde 

 region of southwestern Colorado. The knowledge of place names in 

 the Montezuma Valley by the Tewa Indians is only one of the indi- 

 cations that the Rio Grande people came from the north. There are 

 many other reasons. (Author's abstract.) 



547TH MEETING 



The 547th regular meeting (41st annual meeting) of the Anthro- 

 pological Society of Washington was held at the National Museum 

 at 4.45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, 1920. The meeting was devoted 

 to reports and election of officers. 



The Secretary reported that while during the year 191 8 the greater 

 part of the lectures had dealt with the races of the Near and Far East, 

 the program for 191 9 was entirely devoted to papers dealing with 

 anthropology and prehistoric archaeology. An innovation was pro- 

 vided in the first three meetings, which were devoted to field experi- 

 ences of those members of the Society who had been on active field 

 work during the preceding year. The Society lost no members by 

 resignation or death and four new members were elected. 



Officers for the season 1920-21 were elected as follows: President, 

 C. Hart Merriam; Vice-President, Neil M. Judd; Secretary, J. P. 

 Harrington; Treasurer, J. N. B. Hewitt. 



Felix Neumann, Secretary. 



