ARCHEOLOGY — BRIGHAM, WARD. 1 7/ 



(&) The school published volume II of its Supplementary Papers in the 

 spring of 1908. The volume consists of four treatises, embodying important 

 results of original research conducted by members of the school. The four 

 treatises are as follows : 



The advancement of officers in the Roman army, by George H. Allen. 

 Roman monumental arches, by C. Densmore Curtis. 

 The palimpsest of Cicero De Re Publica, by Albert William Van Buren. 

 Inscriptions from Rome and Central Italy, by James C. Egbert. 



The scientific productivity of the school has become so considerable that 

 in editing this second volume it was possible only to make a selection out of 

 many papers. Some of the shorter papers have been published elsewhere, 

 as mentioned in the prefatory note to the second volume, but important 

 papers still remain for publication and others are in course of preparation. 



Brigham, William T., Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 Grant No. 341. Surveying, photographing, and describing the heiau, 

 or ancient stone temples of the Hawaiians, in connection zvith a treatise 

 on "Ancient Hawaiian Worship." (For previous reports see Year 

 Book No. 5, p. 58, and Year Book No. 6, p. 171.) $2,500. 



Dr. Brigham reports that he has been unable to complete his survey of the 

 old Hawaiian temples this year, owing to his inability to secure the necessary 

 assistance in the field work. He expected before the end of the year, how- 

 ever, to make a personal investigation of the probable site of a temple to 

 Pele, near the active volcano of Kilauea. Considerable work has been done 

 during the year in sifting the various legends, often conflicting, attaching to 

 the deserted temples. Dr. Brigham states that when he has before him the 

 plans of all the existing ruins he will need little time to formulate his final 

 report. 



Ward, William H., 130 Fulton Street, New York, New York. Grant No. 

 306. Completion of study of oriental art recorded on seal cylinders of 

 Western Asia and Egypt. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 

 2, 3, 4, and 5.) $250. 



During the year Dr. Ward has completed the study of the oriental seal 

 cylinders, and has transmitted to the Institution the manuscript of a large 

 volume with 1,300 drawings, mostly of cylinders, but a limited number of 

 them of other objects, such as bas-reliefs, for comparison. Of these about 

 half have never before been published. They add greatly to the material for 

 study, and much labor has been given to the interpretation of the scenes 

 figured and the identification of the gods. The seals are classified by age and 

 nationality, whether archaic, from a period as early as 3500 b. C, or of the 

 Middle Babylonian, or the later Assyrian and Persian periods, to a time as 



