STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY.* 
National Re earch Council, Division of Anthropology and Psychology, 
1701 Massachusetts Ave... Washington, D. C. 
Introductory to the accompanying proposals for the establishment of 
archaeological surveys in the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri. 
it may be stated that the National Research Council is a cooperative body of 
scientific men associated in an organization in which the leading scientific 
societies of the United States are represented by voting members, elected 
annually. The Council operates under the charter of the National Academy 
of Sciences and maintains permanent offices in Washington. The function 
of the Council is not to engage in research on its own account but ‘‘to pro- 
mote cooperation in research, at home and abroad, in order to secure concen- 
tration of effort, minimize duplication, and stimulate progress ; but in all co- 
operative undertakings to give encouragement in individual initiative, as 
fundamentally important to the advancement of science.” 
One of the Divisions of the Council is charged with the problems. that 
arise concerning the different races of men, past and present. Under this 
head fall such problems as the archaeology of the several States in the 
United States. It being the belief of anthropologists connected with the 
Council that the institution of State Archaeological Surveys is timely and 
that the results of such surveys: would greatly advance archaeological 
knowledge, the Council offers to cooperate with the citizens of the several 
States and assist them, as it may, in organizing and promoting such service. 
It is in this spirit that the accompanying proposal is made. 
*Read before. the Academy of Science by Amos W. Butler. 
PROPOSED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATES OF 
ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA AND MISSOURI. 
4. Purpose. 
An intensive study of the prehistoric population of the Mississippi Valley. 
The initial approach to this problem is an archaeological survey of the 
states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri, with a view to determining 
the different types of the remains of the prehistoric population, together 
with their distribution, so that it may be possible to publish an Archaeolog- 
ical Atlas for each state, comparable with that issued for the State of Ohio. 
On the conclusion of the Survey it would be desirable to excavate, at least 
partially, two or three type sites in each state, to confirm conclusions as 
to cultural affiliations and chronological sequence derived from the data 
of the Survey. ; 
State Surveys have been instituted in the neighboring States of Ohio, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Those in Ohio and Wisconsin have 
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