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Reservoirs in Tennessee. He completed one manuscript pertaining 

 to the Siouan occupation of the Roanoke River area in southern Vir- 

 ginia. This research was an outgrowth of his studies in connection 

 with the results of his excavations at the John H. Kerr (Buggs 

 Island) Reservoir. In addition Mr. Miller worked on his detailed 

 technical report for the John H. Kerr Reservoir, completing the 

 analysis, classification, and comparison of specimens obtained from 

 a number of different sites. In May 1954, Mr. Miller made a brief 

 trip to a site along the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Sharps- 

 burg, Md., where traces of an Indian occupation were being uncovered 

 by erosion. On that trip Mr. Miller accompanied Dr. John M. Cor- 

 bett and John L. Cotter of the Archeological Branch, History Di- 

 vision, National Park Service. At the close of the fiscal year Mr. 

 Miller was busy working on his John H. Kerr report. 



Missouri Basin. — The Missouri Basin Project continued to operate 

 throughout fiscal 1954 from the field headquarters at the University 

 of Nebraska and the laboratory in the business section of Lincoln, 

 Nebr. Robert L. Stephenson served as acting chief of the project 

 from July 1 to June 14 when he was promoted to chief. Activities 

 throughout the year were greatly reduced because of the lack of funds. 

 The permanent staff had been cut from 21 to 11 on July 1 and during 

 the year was further reduced to 8. Consequently field activities were 

 on a much smaller scale. However, all four phases of the salvage pro- 

 gram as originally drawn up were in progress. Some reconnaissance 

 work was done consisting of intensive survey and testing of archeo- 

 logical sites in two reservoirs and reconnaissance of a portion of a 

 third reservoir. The second phase, the excavation of selected sites, 

 continued at three sites in three reservoir areas while a fourth field 

 party did some digging at four sites in a single reservoir area. The 

 third phase of the program, the processing of the collections obtained 

 from the digging, the analysis and study of the materials, and the prep- 

 aration of general and technical manuscripts on the results, was car- 

 ried on actively by the members of the staff. Phase four, the 

 publication and dissemination of scientific and popular reports, 

 showed some accomplishment. Several short papers were published 

 during the year and one long report was in the final stages of printing 

 at the Government Printing Office. By the end of the fiscal year 10 

 manuscripts had been completed and submitted for publication. 



During the year six River Basin Surveys field jiarties operated in the 

 Missouri Basin. In July, August, and September one party visited 57 

 previously located sites in the Fort Randall Reservoir and carried on 

 test excavations in 18 of them. Test pits were dug and surface collec- 

 tions of artifacts were made at the other 39 sites. Many of them were 

 actually in the process of being inundated by the rising waters of the 

 reservoir at the time the party visited them. A total of 5 previously 



