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staffed during much of the year, it was necessary for Mr. Gumming 

 to perform tasks which should have been done by laboratory workers. 

 Tiiis condition was relieved somewhat during the last few weeks of 

 the fiscal year when several part-time workers were added to the staff. 

 This enabled Mr. Gumming to devote more time to the teclinical 

 aspects of the laboratory problem. 



Jack T. Hughes, archeologist, was appointed to the Missouri Basin 

 staff on July 15, 194G. From then until August 4 he assisted in the 

 prei^arations for field work and received instructions as to the manner 

 in which the surveys were to be conducted. On August 4 he left 

 Lincoln with Wesley L. Bliss for a preliminary reconnaissance of 

 Bureau of Keclamation reservoir sites in Wyoming and Montana. He 

 returned to Lincoln on September 22 after having assisted in the ex- 

 amination of the 10 reservoirs previously mentioned in the discussion 

 of the work of Mr. Bliss. During the period from September 22, 

 1946, to May 3, 1947, Mr. Hughes engaged in library research, labora- 

 tory analysis of specimens, and the preparation of reports. Prelimi- 

 nary appraisals were written for the Glendo, Kortes, Boysen, Anchor, 

 Lake Solitude, and Oregon Basin Reservoirs in Wyoming, the Yellow- 

 tail Reservoir in Wyoming and Montana, and the Ganyon Ferry Res- 

 ervoir in Montana. Technical reports were also written for Glendo, 

 Kortes, Boysen, Anchor, Oregon Basin, and Yellowtail. From May 

 3 to May 12, 1947, Mr. Hughes participated with Marvin F. Kivett, 

 in a brief reconnaissance of seven proposed reservoir sites in the Lower 

 Platte Basin of Nebraska. After his return to Lincoln, he assisted 

 in the preparation of the preliminary appraisal of the archeological 

 resources of this group of reservoirs in the Lower Platte Basin of 

 Nebraska. On June 10 he left Lincoln with the field party under Wes- 

 ley L. Bliss and spent the remainder of the month at the Glendo 

 Reservoir in eastern Wyoming. 



Marvin F. Kivett joined the Surveys staff on July 15, 1946, as arche- 

 ologist. On August 2 he left Lincoln to make a reconnaissance of eight 

 reservoir areas in Kansas, Nebraska, and Golorado. This work con- 

 tinued until September 20, 1946, when he returned to Lincoln. In the 

 course of 7 weeks spent in the field, a total of 75 archeological sites were 

 recorded in the 8 reservoir areas; 60 of these sites were unreported 

 prior to the reconnaissance. On October 10 Mr. Kivett went to the 

 Harlan Gounty Reservoir, Nebr., where he carried on an extensive 

 survey until November 23. This included excavation in a prehistoric 

 ossuary and limited test excavations in four occupational areas. This 

 work produced much information on the nature of the archeological 

 remains in the area. From November 24, 1946, to May 2, 1947, Mr. 

 Kivett worked at headquarters in Lincoln writing preliminary ap- 

 praisals of the resources of the eight reservoirs visited during the 



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