ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK IN NORTHEASTERN ARI- 

 ZONA. THE MUSEUM-GATES EXPEDITION OF .901. 



By Walter Hough. 

 Assistant Curator, Department of Anthropology. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Early in the spring of 1901 the writer was ordered into the field to 

 conduct ethnological and archeological investigations in northeastern 

 Arizona. (See Plate 1.) The plan settled upon embraced two distinct 

 explorations, the first during the month of May, for the United States 

 National Museum alone, and the second from June 1 to August 30, 

 for the Museum in conjunction with Mr. Peter Goddard Gates, of 

 Pasadena, California, whose interest in the exploration of the South- 

 west has been productive of excellent results for science. 



Field work began on May 3, and making Holbrook, Arizona, the 

 base, the McDonalds Canyon ruins to the southeast of that place 

 were visited and explored. The remainder of the month was spent at 

 the Canyon Butte ruins east of Holbrook in a thorough reconnoissance 

 of the Petrified Forest Reserve and a visit to the ruins north of Hol- 

 brook. These groups of ruins are new to science, and the results of 

 the explorations are very satisfactory. 



On June 1 the Museum-Gates expedition took the field, selecting 

 for exploration a large ruin a few miles east of the Petrified Forest. 

 On the completion of this work the party returned to Holbrook and 

 went south into the White Mountains, reaching, on June 19, the ruin 

 at Linden. On June 26 the party camped on the great Forestdale 

 ruin on the White Mountain Apache Reservation. On July 9 a small 

 ruin at Interior Sawmill was investigated, and after a visit to Fort 

 Apache the expedition returned to Showlow, working for a day or 

 two a large ruin on the ranch of Mr. Henry Huning. Returning 

 north, ruins at Shumway, Snowflake, and Woodruff were examined. 

 Holbrook being reached on July 17. 



Here the party renewed its supplies and was joined by Mr. A. C. 

 Vroman, the well-known photographer of Pasadena, who remained 

 taking many views till the close of the season. 



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