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very substantial progress has been made 
in the solution of the problem, and that 
in so far as the Rio Grande Basin is 
concerned, a definite conclusion has been 
attained. 
As the work now stands the ethno- 
logical survey of the Rio Grande vil- 
lages (by Dr. Herbert J. Spinden) has 
been nearly completed. In this work 
especial attention was given to material 
culture and art, since these are the two 
phases of culture that survive and leave 
their indices in archeological collections. 
Investigation of the less sedentary 
peoples (by Dr. Pliny E. Goddard) has 
from which a chronological or historical classifica- 
tion of them can be made. Dr. Robert L. Lowie 
visited the Hopi pueblos to study their social 
organization and_ relationship systems. The 
specific problem here is to see whether any im- 
portant Shoshonean traits of culture still survive 
among the Hopi, since they are a Shoshone- 
speaking people, Mr. Nelson again worked in the 
Galisteo Basin and made surface surveys south- 
westward to the vicinity of Zuni. In co6dperation 
with the University of Colorado an expedition 
among the cliff ruins of Southern Colorado was 
carried on. 
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progressed satisfactorily so that we now 
have fairly complete studies for several 
divisions of the Apache. It remains for 
the future to extend the work to the 
Navajo. The archeological work (by 
Mr. N. C. Nelson) was begun in 1912 
and as far as the northern part of the 
Rio Grande Valley is concerned is now 
nearly complete. The net result of this 
work has been to make clear the chrono- 
logical relations of the various ruins in 
the vicinity, which in turn enables us to 
determine their historic relation to the 
living peoples. 
It is planned that the work shall con- 
tinue more intensively during the next 
few years than heretofore, since the way 
is now clear to a chronological classifica- 
tion of many groups of ruins. Thou- 
sands of dollars have been contributed to 
unearth the ancient civilizations of Egypt 
and the East, while here within our very 
borders are crumbling ruins of a past 
that has an intimate relation to our 
national history. 
Image of a ‘‘panther,”’ sculptured in volcanic tufa, found lying in the center of a ruined circular 
shrine on top of Potrero de los Idolos, a short distance west of the Rio Grande and the Tano habitat 
proper, ‘The shrine is said to be still visited by the Indians of Pueblo Cochiti whose ancestors are 
supposed to have built the place 
