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mens characteristic of the Upper Gila region to the south. The 

 summer's investigations demonstrate that the village on the Zuni 

 Reservation belongs to the great period of the prehistoric pueblos, 

 that designated as Pueblo III in southwestern chronology. The 

 evidence obtained also indicates that there was a fusion of two groups 

 of people at this location: One, the first to arrive, came from the 

 Chaco area in the north, and the other from the Upper Gila villages 

 in the south. Charred timbers obtained from the ruins enabled Dr. 

 A. E. Douglass, of the University of Arizona, to give the dates 

 1000 to 1030 A. D. for the life of the community. 



Upon the completion of the above work one week was spent in 

 making an archeological survey on the Zuni reservation and in the 

 region west and northwest from that district. As a result of the 

 reconnaissance, a promising site for further investigations was 

 found. Following this, a trip was made to Cortez, Colo., for the 

 purpose of inspecting ruins being excavated by Lee Dawson near 

 the opening into McElmo Canyon, 4 miles southwest from Cortez, 

 It was found that Mr. Dawson had an unusually interesting group 

 of unit-type houses on his property. Of particular interest were the 

 kivas or ceremonial chambers associated with these structures. In 

 many of them the walls had been ornamented with a series of paint- 

 ings placed in bands encircling the walls. From Cortez the writer 

 went to Denver and from there returned to Washington the middle 

 of October. 



During the winter months, galley, page, and final proofs were read 

 on Bulletin 100, a report on work conducted during the summer of 

 1929, entitled ".The Ruins of Kiatuthlanna, Eastern Arizona." In 

 addition, the specimens brought in from the summer field work were 

 studied. Drawings and photographs were made of them for use in 

 a report on the work. Six hundred pages of manuscript, entitled 

 "The Village of the Great Kivas on the Zuni Reservation, New 

 Mexico." was prepared. Thirty text figures were drawn to accom- 

 pany this manuscript. 



Doctor Roberts left Washington May 14, 1931, for Denver, Cole, 

 for the purpose of inspecting and studying the specimens obtained 

 by the Smithsonian Institution-University of Denver Cooperative 

 Expedition in the summer of 1930 and also for the purpose of 

 examining collections in the Colorado State Museum. He left Denver 

 on May 25 for Santa Fe, N. Mex. At the latter place two days were 

 spent in studying the collections at the Laboratory of Anthropology 

 and at the Museum of New Mexico. From Santa Fe he proceeded 

 to Gallup, N. Mex., where supplies were obtained for a field camp. 

 From Gallup this material was taken to a site 31/4. miles south of 

 Allantown, Ariz., where a camp was established and excavations 



