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much more rapidly than contemplated and that there was no possibility 

 for archeological work. From the Cascade Reservoir he returned to 

 the McNary Reservoir to inspect the sites where work was to be done 

 during the summer field season. 



Richard Daugherty joined the River Basin Surveys staff as arche 

 ologist on June 12 and proceeded to the O'SuUivan Reservoir, near 

 Moses Lake, Wash. Excavations were carried on at the O'Sullivan 

 Reservoir in the summer of 1948 by Mr. Daugherty and the investi- 

 gations this year were a continuation of the previous program. Daugh- 

 erty began work in a village site and at the close of the fiscal year had 

 excavated the remains of several pit houses and accompanying midden 

 deposits. 



Douglas Osborne rejoined the River Basin Surveys on June 15 as 

 a consulting archeologist and took charge of the general excavation 

 program in the Columbia Basin. He proceeded with George Cheney 

 and S. J. Tobin, who joined the Surveys on June 16 as archeologists, 

 and their parties to the Chief Joseph and Equalizing Reservoirs in 

 Washington. Cheney began work at the Chief Joseph Reservoir on 

 June 19 and from then until the close of the fiscal year was occupied 

 in the excavation of village sites. Tobin's party at the Equalizing 

 Reservoir began the excavation of a large cave on the same date. The 

 cave, although its floor was littered with huge blocks that had fallen 

 from the ceiling, gave evidence of considerable occupation, and numer- 

 ous specimens of netting, cordage, basketry, and other perishable 

 material were found there. Osborne returned to Eugene, and then 

 proceeded with a party to the McNary Reservoir, where he began a 

 series of excavations in sites lying farther upstream from those investi- 

 gated during previous seasons. At the close of the fiscal year his 

 party was busy digging house pits and midden deposits. 



A survey party consisting of George Coale, Stewart Peck, and 

 Charles Farrell began a reconnaissance of the John Day Reservoir on 

 the Columbia River June 27 and at the close of the fiscal year had 

 located a number of important sites. 



Georgia. — The bulk of the work done in Georgia was at the Allatoona 

 Reservoir on the Etowah River, near Cartersville. During the period 

 from July to February, Joseph R. Caldwell excavated 6 sites and 

 tested 10 others. From July to December, Carl F. Miller excavated 

 5 sites and tested 9 others. As a result of the investigations, it is 

 now possible to outline a new sequence of cultural stages in the 

 Etowah River area. At least 10, and probably 11, different periods 

 were identified, extending from the historic Cherokee of about 1755 

 back to a pre-pottery period when the people depended for the most 

 part on hunting and food gathering for their sustenance. The various 

 periods as outlined on the basis of the investigations have been named 



