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Father St. John O'SuHivan of San Juan Mission gave invaluable 

 collaboration in a renewed study of the San Juan Indians. 



The Fred PI. Bixby ranch near Long Beach was identified as the 

 birthplace of the Indian prophet Chinigchinich. All obscure passages 

 in Boscana were completely cleared up as a result of this work and 

 much new ethnological data was secured. 



Scarcely a source of information that could be thought of was 

 left untried. Information was gathered by correspondence from 

 universities and professors in this country, Spain, Italy and Mexico. 

 The manuscript, comprising some 800 pages, was completed for 

 publication, and should be a standard source book for the ethnology 

 of southern California Indians. Thorough linguistic, ethnobotani- 

 cal, and historical studies were made to support the Boscana. 



The beginning of the year found Dr. F. H. H. Roberts, Jr., arche- 

 ologist, in camp 8)2 miles south of Allantown, Ariz., engaged in a 

 series of archeological excavations wliich had been started in June. 

 The work as a whole was a continuation of a program of researches 

 begun during the summer of 1931. In July 1932 a semisubterranean 

 structure of the Pueblo I pit-dwelling type was cleared of accumu- 

 lated debris. Eight granaries and two surface shelters accompanying 

 the pit remains were also uncovered. This group contributed valu- 

 able data on the habits and customs of the people of that horizon. 

 Specimens of the arts and industries obtained from the structures 

 aided materially in determining the culture pattern. 



Investigations were shifted to a Pueblo II site late in July, and a 

 6-room unit house with its adjacent ceremonial chamber or kiva was 

 excavated. Digging was also carried on in the nearby refuse mound. 

 Twenty burials were found and interesting information obtained con- 

 cerning mortuary customs. A representative collection of artifacts 

 was also made at this location. The investigations demonstrated that 

 the typical unit house was present in a region where it hitherto had 

 not been supposed to exist. 



Dr. Roberts returned to Washington in September and spent the 

 winter preparing plans, diagrams, and a report on the summer's 

 activities. 



Dr. Roberts left Washington at the end of May 1933 for Arizona. 

 En route he stopped at Norton, Kans., to inspect purported Indian 

 mounds. The formations proved to be entirely natural. 



In Arizona investigations were resumed at the site south of Allan- 

 town. The work consisted largely of checking notes made in previous 

 seasons and making preparations to abandon tlie site, the latter move 

 being necessitated by the lack of funds required to carry the researches 

 to a proper conclusion. 



From July 1 to 16, 1932, Dr. W. D. Strong, anthropologist, 

 continued his stratigraphic researches at Signal Butte in western 



