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over supervision of the Texas project. He spent most of the remainder 

 of the year in the field at the Lavon and Garza-Little Elm excavations. 

 He prepared a "Field Manual for Beginners in Central Texas Arche- 

 ology," which was mimeographed and distributed to amateur archeolo- 

 gists who had requested guidance. As a result of historical research 

 undertaken to supplement archeological investigation at the Stans- 

 bury site in the Whitney Reservoir, he prepared a paper, "Indians of 

 the Central Brazos Area," which was presented at the annual meeting 

 of the Texas Historical Association on April 27. 



E. O. Miller and E. H. Moorman served as field and laboratory assist- 

 ants throughout the year. They participated in the investigations in 

 the Lavon and Garza-Little Elm Reservoirs, began and completed the 

 excavations in the Belton Reservoir, and carried on the survey of 

 Ferrell's Bridge Reservoir. The remainder of their time was spent in 

 the laboratory in Austin cataloging and tabulating the materials from 

 the various field projects and preparing a report on their survey of 

 the Ferrell's Bridge Reservoir. 



As a result of the financial status of the River Basin Surveys' work 

 in the Texas area, the Austin office was closed on June 30. 



Virginia. — Field work in Virginia during the year included the 

 survey of one reservoir area and the excavation of a number of sites 

 in another. On July 1, Carl F. Miller was digging at a site immediately 

 east of Clarksville, Va., on the east bank of the Roanoke River in 

 the Buggs Island Reservoir. Stripping operations there had destroyed 

 a large part of the site before information was received about tlie 

 work under way. Consequently, it was possible to salvage material 

 from only two small portions of the site. From those areas 77 burials 

 with their accompanying artifacts were recovered, and various midden 

 pits, as well as the remains of a rectangular structure, were uncovered. 

 That project was completed early in August. On February 28, excava- 

 tions in the Buggs Island area were resumed, and from then until 

 June 20, digging was carried on at nine different sites. At one there 

 was stratification showing that it was first occupied during the pre- 

 ceramic times and had continued in use until about the middle of the 

 ceramic period, when it was abandoned. Two of the sites investi- 

 gated were on Occaneechi Island near Clarksville. One of them con- 

 tained heavy cultural deposits consisting of both Indian and European 

 materials. Unfortunately, there had been so much disturbance by the 

 later occupation that it was difficult to obtain satisfactory evidence 

 from it, although a good series of artifacts was found. The second 

 site on the island was one of the largest thus far examined in the basin. 

 Forty-four burials were found there representing all tyi)es from fully 

 flexed to partial cremation. The burned floor area of a large rec- 

 tangular structure measuring 35 by 15 feet was uncovered. The house 

 had five distinct floor levels interspersed with layers of clean sand. 



