34 ANlSrUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1954 



3 ; South Carolina, 1 ; South Dakota, 3 ; Texas, 7 ; Virginia, 1 ; Wash- 

 ington, 4 ; West Virginia, 1 ; and Wyoming, 2. The foregoing figures 

 include only the work of the River Basin Surveys or that in which 

 there was direct cooperation with local institutions. Projects that 

 were carried on by local institutions under agreements with the 

 National Park Service are not included because complete information 

 about them is not available. 



During the year the River Basin Surveys continued to receive help- 

 ful cooperation from the National Park Service, the Bureau of 

 Reclamation, Corps of Engineers, and various State and local insti- 

 tutions. Temporary office and laboratory space were provided at 

 some of the projects, transportation and guides were furnished at 

 others, and in several cases mechanical equipment was made available 

 by the construction agency. Detailed maps of the reservoirs under 

 investigation were supplied by the agency concerned. The field per- 

 sonnel of the various agencies was extremely cooperative in assisting 

 the River Basin Surveys men and because of that help much more 

 was accomplished than would have been possible otherwise. The 

 National Park Service continued to function as the liaison between 

 the various agencies both in Washington and in the field. It also 

 was responsible for the preparation of estimates and justifications and 

 the procurement of funds for carrying on the program. The co- 

 operation of Park Service personnel was a definite aid in all phases 

 of the operations. 



The main office in Washington directed and supervised the program 

 in the East and South while the field headquarters and laboratory in 

 Lincoln, Nebr., directed the work in the Missouri Basin. The mate- 

 rials collected by Missouri Basin parties were handled at the Lincoln 

 laboratory while those from the East and South were processed in 

 Washington. 



Washington Office. — Through the fiscal year the main headquarters 

 of the River Basin Surveys continued under the direction of Dr. 

 Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr. Carl F. Miller and Ralph S. Solecki were 

 based at that office although Mr. Solecki was on leave without pay 

 during most of the year. From July 1953 until May 12, 1954, Mr. 

 Solecki was in Iraq as a Fulbright Scholar, conducting excavations 

 financed jointly by the Iraq Government and the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. On May 12, 1954, he returned to active duty with the River 

 Basin Surveys and made a reconnaissance of two projects on the 

 Cumberland River in Tennessee. On June 28 he resigned to resume 

 his graduate studies in anthropology. 



Mr. Miller spent the greater part of the year in the office preparing 

 reports based upon field investigations made in previous years. In 

 August he completed a brief preliminary report of a rapid recon- 

 naissance of the Cheatham Lock and Dam, Old Hickory, and Carthage 



