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ern Plains,” the latter in collaboration with Harry E. Weakly. In 
April he presented a paper at the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 
meeting entitled “Comments on ‘Method and Theory in American Ar- 
cheology,’” which was published in abstract in the Proceedings of the 
Academy. On April 30 and May 1-2, he participated in the annual 
meetings of the Society for American Archaeology in Salt Lake City, 
Utah, and presented a paper entitled “The Middle Prehistoric Period 
in the Central Plains,” which was published in abstract in the Ab- 
stracts of Papers of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for 
American Archaeology. During the year he collaborated with 
Charles H. McNutt, as previously mentioned, in an article that was 
published in American Antiquity. On May 80 he terminated his em- 
ployment with the Missouri Basin project and transferred to the 
National Park Service, joining the Wetherill Mesa project at Mesa 
Verde National Park. 
COOPERATING INSTITUTIONS 
A number of institutions and agencies cooperated in the Inter- 
Agency Salvage Program in several areas throughout the United 
States. In addition to those previously mentioned in the sections on 
the Missouri Basin and the State of Kansas, there were 19 working 
under agreements with the National Park Service. The University of 
Georgia continued its investigations at the Hartwell Reservoir on the 
Tugaloo River and conducted excavations in the Oliver and Walter F. 
George projects on the Chattahoochee River. The University of Ken- 
tucky made surveys and did some digging in the Barkley Reservoir 
area on the Cumberland River and the Nolin Reservoir Basin on the 
Nolin River. The New Jersey Museum did salvage work on Tock’s 
Island, N.J. The University of Michigan carried on investigations 
along the Saginaw River in Michigan. The State University of Iowa 
did survey and test digging at the Rathbun project on the Chariton 
River in Iowa. The University of Oklahoma did some further work 
at Fort Gibson on the Grand River and at the Oolagah Reservoir on the 
Verdigris River. The University of Texas continued its operations in 
the Ferrell’s Bridge area on Cypress Creek in eastern Texas and in 
the Diablo Reservoir region along the Rio Grande. Texas Western 
University also worked in the Diablo district. The School of American 
Research continued its studies in the Navaho Reservoir area along the 
San Juan River in northern New Mexico. The University of Utah 
and the Museum of Northern Arizona completed surveys in the Glen 
Canyon Reservoir area on the Upper Colorado River and started a 
series of excavations in a number of sites. The University of Utah 
completed its investigation of the Flaming Gorge project, also on the 
Upper Colorado. The University of Arizona conducted investigations 
along the Gila River above the Painted Rocks Reservoir area. In 
