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has been organized and written since his connection with the latter 

 institution and also includes certain data obtained in the field during 

 the summers of 193 1 and 1932 under the same auspices. During the 

 latter summer, the Laboratory of Anthropology at Santa Fe cooper- 

 ated with the Bureau of American Ethnology in excavation work at 

 Signal Butte and in South Dakota. A condensed account of the major 

 results at Signal Butte appears in the present paper. 



At the University of Nebraska much valuable assistance has been 

 received from Drs. A. L. Lugn, Nels A. Bengtson, W. Van Royen. 

 Glenn W. Gray, Robert L. Reynolds, the latter now connected with 

 the University of Wisconsin, and Earl H. Bell, the present Director of 

 the University of Nebraska Archeological Survey. Among the large 

 number of students who assisted, both in the field and in the laboratory, 

 Michael O'Heeron, Frank Morrison, Bertrand Schultz, Loren Eiseley, 

 Lee Daniels, Newell Joyner, and Paul McGrew were especially help- 

 ful. Maurice E. Kirby, who served as engineer, draftsman, and ge- 

 ologist on the 1932 expedition, rendered invaluable services both in 

 the field and after our return. In Waldo Wedel the writer had a field 

 assistant who possessed an excellent archeological technique, a clear 

 grasp of essential problems, and a stimulating enthusiasm for the 

 work at hand. To Wedel was assigned the important task of dealing 

 with historic Pawnee archeology in Nebraska, which study, with 

 the indispensable aid of A. T. Hill, of Hastings, he has successfully 

 inaugurated. 



For criticism and advice on various ethnological and historical as- 

 pects of the present problem the author i.s grateful to Dr. John R. 

 Svvanton, of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and to Dr. Robert 

 H. Lowie, professor of anthropology at the University of California. 

 Frank H. Setzler, of the United States National Museum, and Dr. 

 Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr., of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 have also furnished valuable assistance and criticism. To Dr. A. 

 Wetmore, Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and Dr. C. L. Gazin, of the United 

 States National Museum, I am obligated for reports on the avian 

 and mammalian faunal remains from Signal Butte. Through the 

 kind permission of Dr. Frederick H. Sterns it has been possible to 

 incorporate herein certain facts and summaries contained in his ex- 

 tremely valuable unpublished paper on the "Archeology of Eastern 

 Nebraska ", now on file at the Harvard University Library. To Dr. 

 Sterns, and to the members of the anthropology department of Har- 

 vard University, the author is very grateful for the opportunity thus 

 afforded. Further technical assistance was furnished by Dr. Melvin 

 H. Gilmore, of the University of Michigan, and Dr. Frank C. Baker, 



