54 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1961 



and Fort Randall Eeservoir areas in North and South Dakota. Bulle- 

 tin 179, containing River Basin Surveys Papers Nos. 21-24, a series 

 of reports on work in Texas, Iowa, and along the Columbia River, is 

 in proof form and should be distributed in the early part of the next 

 fiscal year. The papers in that Bulletin were listed in the report for 

 1959-60 and need no further comment here. During the year, River 

 Basin Surveys Paper No. 25, a report on the "Archeology of the John 

 H. Kerr Reservoir Basin, Roanoke River, Virginia-North Carolina," 

 by Carl F. Miller, was sent to the printer and will appear as Bulletin 

 182. Another series of River Basin Surveys Papers, Nos. 26-32, to 

 comprise Bulletin 185, was edited and sent to the printer in June. 

 These reports are: "Small Sites in and about Fort Berthold Indian 

 Reservation, Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota" and "Star Village: 

 A Fortified Historic Arikara Site in Mercer County, North Dakota," 

 by George Metcalf ; "The Dance Hall of the Santee Bottoms on the 

 Fort Berthold Reservation, Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota," by 

 Donald D. Hartle; "Crow-Flies-High (32MZ1), a Historic Hidatsa 

 Village in the Garrison Reservoir Area, North Dakota," by Carling 

 Malouf ; "The Stutsman Focus: An Aboriginal Culture Complex in 

 the Jamestown Reservoir Area, North Dakota," by Richard P. 

 Wheeler; "Archeological Manifestations in the Toole County Section 

 of the Tiber Reservoir Basin, Montana," by Carl F. Miller; "Archeo- 

 logical Salvage Investigations in the Lovewell Reservoir Area, Kan- 

 sas," by Robert W. Neuman. 



The figures showing the distribution of reservoir projects through- 

 out the country and those in which excavations have been made did not 

 change during the current fiscal year and for that reason need not be 

 repeated. Readers desiring that information can obtain it by re- 

 ferring to the Bureau's 77th Annual Report, for the fiscal year 1959- 

 60. The excavations conducted during the present fiscal year were 

 all in reservoir areas previously listed. Figures pertaining to the 

 work done by State and local institutions under agreements with the 

 National Park Service have not been included in recent reports be- 

 cause complete information about them is not available in the River 

 Basin Surveys office. 



The River Basin Surveys received helpful cooperation throughout 

 the year from the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, 

 the Corps of Engineers and other army personnel, and from various 

 State and local institutions. The field personnel of all the cooperat- 

 ing agencies assisted the party leaders in numerous ways, and in all 

 areas the relationship was excellent. Both in Washington and in 

 the field the National Park Service continued to serve as a liaison 

 between the various agencies. It also was responsible for the prepa- 

 ration of estimates and justifications for the funds needed to carry 

 on the salvage program. The Commanding Officer at Fort Benning 



