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.\;ili<.n;il Uc c'.-in-li ("(.iiiicil. Kivisioii ..f Aiil liro|.(ilofiy ;inil I'-ycliolofiy. 

 17(11 .Mjiss.icliiisclls Ave. \\;isliiiii;l(Mi. I ). C. 



Iiili-(.(lii(l(iry to the ;ir(uiiip:iiiyiiiii pi(ii»<is:ils lor the est jil.lisliinciil of 

 ;ircli:ic(.l(),i,'ic:il suivcys in Ilu- Shilcs of Illinois. IiidiaiiM. lowii, aiid .Missouri, 

 il may he slated that the National l{cscai-cli Council is a cooiicrativc liody (d' 

 scicidilic nicn assuciatcd in an oi uani/.al ion in which the Icadiiiji scicntilic 

 socitdics (d' the lintcd States are reincsented hy votiiij,' nu'iulxTS, elected 

 annually. The Council oiteia!e> under the cliai'ter of the Xatioual Academy 

 (d' Sciences and maintains peiinaneid ollices in Washiuf^ton. The function 

 of tlio Cdiiucil is not to enjia.Lie in i-e-eaich on its own account hut "to pro- 

 mote cooperation in research, at home and ahroad. in order to secure concon- 

 triition of effort, minimize duplicalion. and stimulate progress: hut in all co- 

 operative uiKlertal\in.us to ,ui\c encouraiicment in individual iiutiative, as 

 fundamentally imitortaid to the aihancement of science." 



Oue of the Divisions of the Council is chariieil with the ].rohlems thai 

 arise ecmcerninf; the different races (d men. past and present. Cnder this 

 head fall such problems as the archaeology of the several States in the 

 I'liited States. It heinj; the belief of authroixdotcists connected with the 

 Council that the institution of State Archaeological Surveys is timely and 

 that the results of such surveys would .greatly advance archaeological 

 knowledge, the Council offers to cooperate with the citizens of the several 

 States and assist them, as it may. in organizing and promoting such service. 

 It is in this spirit that the accompanying proposal is made. 



•Read before the Academy of Science by Aiims W. Butler. 



PROPOSED ARCHAEOLO(}ICAI. SURVEY <^F THE STATES OF 

 ILLINOIS. INDIANA. IOWA AND :SIISSOrRI. 



1. Purpose. 



An intensive study of the prehistoric population of the Mississippi Valley. 



The initial approach to this problem is an archaeological survey of the 

 states of Illinois. Indiana. Iowa and Missouri, with a view to determining 

 the different types of the remains of the prehistoric i>opulation. togetlier 

 with their distribution, so that it may be possible to publish an Arcliaeolog- 

 ical Atlas for each state, comparable with tluit issued for the State of Ohio. 

 On the conclusion of the Survey it would be (lesiral)Ie to exciivate. at least 

 partially, two or three tyix' sites in each state, to confirm conclusions as 

 to cidtnral attiliations and clironological se(|U(>nce derived from the data 

 of the Survey. 



State Surveys have been instituted in the neighboring States of Ohio. 

 Michigan. Wisconsin, and Miiuiesota. Those in Ohio and Wisconsin liave 



