Corrugated jar found in the corner of a room in 
the oldest section of the San Pedro Viejo ruin. 
Note the solid adobe floor on level with the top 
of the vessel but dug away except at the rear 
most likely to have been the chief center 
of Pueblo culture as we now know it, and 
because there were to be found there 
numerous ruins which according to 
Bandelier, belonged to the immediate 
ancestors of the living people. The 
studies of the living races were to in- 
clude not only the sedentary natives of 
the Rio Grande Valley, but also the less 
sedentary people of the same area, in 
particular the various groups of Apache 
and the Navajo. It was contemplated 
that when the historical problem in this 
particular area had been brought to a 
fair completion, the work would be 
extended westward into Arizona so as 
gradually to unravel the historical puzzle 
of the Southwest. While this was a 
very ambitious undertaking, the reports 
of our several field parties! show that 
1 Schedule of Field-Work, 1909-1915: 
1909 — Dr. P. E. Goddard first began work 
among the Apache of Arizona and New Mexico 
and Dr. H. J. Spinden began his investigation of the 
Rio Grande Pueblo peoples. Dr. Clark Wissler 
spent a considerable part of this year and 1910 ina 
general survey of the field to the end that more 
systematic detailed plans might be developed. 
1910 — Dr. Goddard continued work among 
the Apache tribes and the Navajo and Dr. Spinden 
continued the investigation of the Rio Grande 
pueblos. Miss M. L. Kissell made a special 
investigation of the textile arts among the Papago 
and Pima tribes. 
Excavated room at Pueblo Tunque, showing a 
small enclosure framed with stone slabs and with- 
in which a meiate is fixed in place for grinding 
maize ia Te 
1911 — Dr. Goddard made a special investiga- 
tion of the Kiowa-Apache; Dr. Spinden con- 
tinued his work among the Rio Grande pueblos. 
1912 — Dr. Wissler made a second general 
survey of the field especially in connection with 
the contemplated archeological work by Mr. N. 
C. Nelson. Mr. Nelson made a general surface 
survey of the whole Rio Grande Valley from El 
Paso north, and later in the season began the 
systematic investigation of pueblos in the Galisteo 
Basin. This included the thorough excavation 
of Pueblo Kotyiti, a site whose history was fully 
known but which had been in ruins for more than 
two hundred years. Dr. Spinden continued his 
work among the Rio Grande pueblos. 
1913 — Dr. Spinden completed his work among 
the Rio Grande pueblos. Mr. Nelson continued 
his archeological work in the Galisteo Basin. : 
1914 — Dr. Goddard was again investigating 
the Apache and was accompanied by Mr. Howard 
McCormick to secure sketches and photographic 
material for exhibition purposes. Mr. Nelson 
continued excavations in the Galisteo Basin. 
1915 — Professor A. L. Kroeber of the Uni- 
versity of California volunteered to spend the 
summer at Zuni Pueblo where he secured a large 
collection for our exhibition halls and made a 
special study of Zuni social organization, and in 
addition gathered data on the ruins in the vicinity 
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