so Proc('((liii(/s of l,i(]i(iii<i AcikIciiij/ of Science. 



Ix'cii Idiii,' siistaiiicil with llic siiiiiioil of stroiiii Stale a rcliiteological societies. 

 The jmblicatioiis and scientific acliieveiueiits of tliese oriiaiiizations are well 

 kiiowu. It remains now for the States mentioned above to work up their 

 territory to give us a comprehensive view of prehistoric man in the upper 

 Mississippi Valley. 



II. Organization. 



It is proposed (1) that the Legislature of the several States be requested 

 to appropriate the necessary funds for the Survey and for the issuing of the 

 State Archaeological Atlas and Report; (2) that the interest and coopera- 

 tion of citizens, appropriate scientific and historical organizations within 

 the several States be enlisted: {'.',) that in tlio absence of a more suitable 

 agency within a given State, the Survey be organized under the Direction 

 of the State Geological Survey; (4) that in order to .secure a uniformity of 

 results and to insure a requisite scientific standard in the work of 

 the different State Surveys, the National Research Council will, if invited 

 to do so, appoint a committee from its personnel to cooperate with such 

 agencies as the State may designate, to carry out its specific survey, it 

 being understood that such a committee is to act in an advisory capacity 

 only. 



III. Method. 



The survey for each State is to be made by counties, all sites, mounds, 

 etc., to be located upon the standard county maps. Descriptive data for each 

 site or mound is to be compiled, and examinations made of all available col- 

 lections of specimens in the possession of local students, farmers, etc.. to list 

 the type weapons, tools, pottery, and other artifacts, these data to be com- 

 piled in the report of the Survey. 



IV. Personnel. 



A single investigator should carry out the work for each State, but should 

 be aided by one or more assistants. The investigator should be iin archae- 

 ologist with some training and field experience. Local collectors and 

 persons interested will be invited to participate. The salaried participants 

 of the Survey should be employes of the State's agent, presumably the 

 State Geologist. On all of these subjects, however, the National Research 

 Coimeil stands ready to act in an advisory capacity, if its advice should be 

 requested. 



V. Reasons Why State Surrens Are Desirahle. 



Your State is rich in mounds, earthworks, hill forts, etc.. the remains 

 of vanished peoples. How rich your State is in this respect, no one can say, 

 for lack of a systematic inventory. Ohio and Wisconsin, for example, have 

 become famous for their antiquities because they made systematic surveys 

 and published the facts. This alone should be sufficient justification for the 

 Survey, but there are many specific reasons why the State should provide 

 for an inventory of its antiquities. Some of these are : 



(1) The Mound Builders and other prehistoric peoples are subjects of 

 great universal interest. They appeal particularly to farmers and owners 

 of agricultural land who are. by reason of their daily occupation, brought 



