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mentioned in last year's report. This work, financed by outside funds, 

 is of great importance as an aid to teaching. 



Colombia. — Cooperation with the Institute Etnologico of the Uni- 

 versity of Cauca in Popayan began December 1, 194G. The Institute of 

 Social Anthropology is represented by Dr. John H. Rowe who is en- 

 gaged in cooperating with local personnel in the organization of this 

 new institution and in giving three courses in anthropology to stu- 

 dents. A short survey of the habitat of the Guambiano Indians has 

 indicated that this is a satisfactory region for field work, which begins 

 on a cooperative basis during the summer of 1947, with the participa- 

 tion' of Colombian professors and students. 



Mexico. — Cooperation with the Escuela Nacional de Antropologia, 

 a dependency of the JNIinistry of Education, began June 1, 1944. Dr. 

 George M. Foster, social anthropologist, was replaced by Dr. Isabel 

 Kelly, when the former was transferred to Washington. Dr. Stanley 

 S. Newman, linguist, and Dr. Robert C. West, cultural geographer, 

 are the other two Institute of Social Anthropology representatives in 

 Mexico. 



During the fiscal year 1947 these scientists have given five courses in 

 social anthropology, linguistics, and cultural geography. The scene 

 of field research was shifted in January 1947 from the Tarascan area, 

 described in last year's report, to the Totonac Indian area east of 

 Mexico City. Two monograph-length papers dealing with the Taras- 

 cans have been submitted by Smithsonian personnel for publication 

 in the series of the Institute of Social Anthropology. A number of 

 student papers have appeared in Mexican sources, and longer mono- 

 graphs in Spanish are ready for publication. 



Peru. — Work began in Peru in January 1944, when that country had 

 no institution devoted essentially to social science teaching and re- 

 search. Subsequently a national center of social science, the Institute 

 de Estudios Etnologicos, of the Ministry of Education, has been es- 

 tablished. Institute of Social Anthropology personnel cooperate with 

 this Institute. During 1947 the Institute of Social Anthropology was 

 represented in Peru by F. Webster McBryde, cultural geographer, 

 and Dr. Allan Holmberg, social anthropologist, who arrived in July 

 1946 to succeed Dr. Harry Tschopik, Jr. 



A party of six students and one professor accompanied Institute of 

 Social Anthropology personnel to the Viru Valley in northern Peru 

 for ethnographical and geographical field work during the months 

 January to April 1947. Under the guidance of the Smithsonian scien- 

 tists this material is now being prepared for publication. Courses 

 also are being given in the Institute de Estudios Etnologicos. In ad- 

 dition, the cultural geographer has aided in the reorganization of the 



