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tioned as acting chief. During the summer months the work consisted 

 mainl}'^ of excavations. Analyses and preparation of reports received 

 the major attention throughout the remainder of the year. The special 

 chronology program, begun in January 1958, was continued through- 

 out fiscal 1963. 



At the beginning of the year the permanent staff, in addition to the 

 chief, consisted of five archeologists, one administrative clerk, one 

 administrative assistant, one secretary, one clerk-typist, one scientific 

 illustrator, one photographer, and four museum aides. The tempo- 

 rary staff included 4 archeologists, 5 field assistants, 3 cooks, and 83 

 field crewmen. 



During July and August seven field crewmen were added to the 

 temporary staff. By the end of the first week in August, the employ- 

 ment of all the field crewmen and cooks had been terminated. Other 

 terminations of temporary employees were made shortly thereafter. 

 Four of the temporary archeologists and field assistants were trans- 

 ferred to the permanent staff as archeologists. 



At the end of the fiscal year the permanent staff consisted of 21 

 persons. These were, in addition to the chief, nine archeologists, one 

 administrative assistant, one secretary, one administrative clerk, two 

 clerk-typists, one scientific illustrator, one photographer, and four 

 museum aides. The temporary staff consisted of 71 persons : 3 arche- 

 ologists, 2 physical anthropologists, 4 cooks, and 62 field crewmen. 



During the year there were 25 Smithsonian Institution Eiver Basm 

 Surveys field parties at work in the Missouri Basin. During July 

 and August four parties were working in the Oahe Eeservoir area 

 and four parties were working in the Big Bend Eeservoir area of 

 South Dakota ; two parties were working in the Yellowtail Eeservoir 

 area of Montana and Wyoming ; one crew was working in the Tuttle 

 Creek Eeservoir area in Kansas ; and one party was surveying the Mis- 

 souri Breaks area between Fort Peck and Fort Benton in Montana. In 

 October a small crew was collecting pollen samples in western Ne- 

 braska. In May, a small crew worked in the Fort Eandall Eeservoir 

 area of South Dakota and a survey party conducted a reconnaissance of 

 six proposed reservoirs in Kansas and Nebraska. During June, a crew 

 was excavating in the Pony Creek area of Iowa; another crew had 

 begun work on the James Diversion Project in South Dakota; one 

 crew was at work in the Yellowtail Eeservoir of Montana and Wyo- 

 ming; three parties were working in the Oahe Eeservoir; and four 

 groups were excavating in the Big Bend Eeservoir, South Dakota. 

 One special crew was not in the field but was at work during June in 

 the laboratory at Lawrence, Kans., studying the skeletal remains from 

 sites in the Oahe Eeservoir. 



