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archeological parties. The over-all total of reservoirs visited, includ- 

 ing those where archeological work still needs to be done, is 270. 



The reservoirs investigated for archeological remains as of June 30, 

 1951, have the following distribution by States: California, 20; Colo- 

 rado, 24; Georgia, 4; Idaho, 11; Illinois, 2; Iowa, 3; Kansas, 7; Ken- 

 tucky, 1 ; Louisiana, 1 ; Minnesota, 1 ; Montana, 14 ; Nebraska, 27 ; New 

 Mexico, 1 ; North Dakota, 13 ; Ohio, 2 ; Oklahoma, 7 ; Oregon, 26 ; Penn- 

 sylvania, 2; South Dakota, 9; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 15; Virginia, 2; 

 Washington, 11; West Virginia, 2; Wyoming, 19. Excavations since 

 the start of the program have been made in : California, 5 ; Colorado, 

 1; Georgia, 1; Kansas, 1; Montana, 1; Nebraska, 1; New Mexico, 1; 

 North Dakota, 4; Oklahoma, 2; Oregon, 3; South Dakota, 5; Texas, 7; 

 Virginia, 1; Wasliington, 8; Wyoming, 3. 



The River Basin Surveys received extensive cooperation during the 

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

 Corps of Engineers, and numerous State and local institutions. 

 Guides and transportation were furnished staff men in the field at a 

 number of projects, while at others office and laboratory space was 

 provided. In several cases labor and mechanical equipment were con- 

 tributed by the construction agency. Had it not been for the assist- 

 ance provided in that way, it would not have been possible for the 

 River Basin Surveys' men to accomplish as much as they did. As in 

 past years, the National Park Service served as the liaison between 

 the various agencies and provided the Smithsonian Institution with 

 the necessary information concerning the locations of the proposed 

 dams and reservoirs and also their priorities. In addition, the Na- 

 tional Park Service carried the responsibility for budgeting the costs 

 of the program and for procuring the funds. 



General supervision and direction of the work in California, Geor- 

 gia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Virginia were from the 

 main office in Washington. The program in the Columbia Basin was 

 directed from a field headquarters and laboratory at Eugene, Oreg. ; 

 that in the Missouri Basin was under the supervision of a field office 

 and laboratory at Lincoln, Nebr. ; and that in Texas was under the 

 field office at Austin. All the materials collected by the survey and 

 excavation parties in those three areas were processed at the field lab- 

 oratories. In addition, the collections made in Georgia were processed 

 at a laboratory at Athens. 



Washington office. — The main headquarters of the River Basin Sur- 

 veys continued under the direction of Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr. 

 Joseph R. Caldwell, Carl F. Miller, and Ralph S. Solecki, archeolo- 

 gists, were based on that office, although Caldwell spent the entire 

 year in Georgia, and Solecki took leave of absence to join an expedition 

 going to the Near East. Dr. Theodore E. White, paleontologist, di- 



