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at Norman, Okla., and took part in the discussions held there. At the 

 close of the fiscal year he was occupied with the excavations at the 

 Lavon Reservoir. 



Edward B. Jelks was appointed temporary assistant at the labora- 

 tory in October and in February was made assistant field archeologist. 

 He helped Mr. Stephenson in the processing of specimens until March 

 6, when he proceeded with the party to the Whitney Reservoir and 

 assisted in the excavation program throughout the course of the work. 

 During such times as Mr. Stephenson was not with the party, Mr. 

 Jelks was in full charge. On June 12 he was appointed archeologist 

 and proceeded to the Lavon Reservoir, where he was at work at the 

 end of the fiscal year. 



Cooperating institutions. — As in previous years, numerous State and 

 local institutions cooperated with the River Basin Surveys. Space for 

 field offices and laboratories for units of the Surveys were provided by 

 the Universities of Georgia, Nebraska, Oregon, and Texas. The 

 Universities of Oregon and Washington and Washington State College 

 joined forces with the Surveys both in reconnaissance work and in 

 excavations at the McNary, O'Sullivan, Equalizing, and Chief Joseph 

 Reservoirs in the Columbia Basin, while the University of Georgia took 

 over the responsibility for the excavation of one large site in the 

 Allatoona Reservoir in Georgia, and for a series of surveys as well as 

 excavations along the Flint River in the southern part of that State. 

 The University of Missouri and the Missouri Archeological Society 

 continued their cooperation in making surveys in a number of proposed 

 reservoir areas and in conducting some excavations. During the 

 early months of the fiscal year, the Museum of Natural History of the 

 University of Kansas, the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Univer- 

 sity of Nebraska, the State Museum of the University of Nebraska, 

 and the Nebraska State Historical Society continued excavation 

 projects that had been started toward the close of the preceding year. 

 The University of Oklahoma continued work in the Fort Gibson 

 Reservoir in the summer of 1949, and in June of 1950 returned to the 

 area for further work. 



Late in the fiscal year a program developed by the National Park 

 Service, whereby various scientific agencies would caiTy on salvage 

 work in proposed reservoir areas, got under way. On the basis of 

 agreements between the National Park Service and the agencies 

 concerned, certain funds were made available to the latter to help 

 cover the expense of the investigations. The River Basin Surveys 

 participated in that program in a consultative capacity only. The 

 final results of the work accomplished, however, will be correlated with 

 those of the Surveys. 



