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in 1957 prior to his joining the Museum’s staff as an associate curator 
in Old World archeology. Dr. Stewart, invited by the Iraqian Gov- 
ernment to repair and restore the skuli and postcranial skeleton, not 
only found it more complex than anticipated but also discovered that 
owing to an injury of the brachial plexus the right shoulder and arm 
of the 45,000-year-old Neanderthaler had been paralyzed. This 
paralysis caused the right humerus to atrophy. The distal end and 
forearm were missing. After completing this difficult task of restor- 
ing a badly broken skull, Dr. Stewart made a mold and plaster casts. 
He was permitted by the Iraqian Government to bring one of the 
casts to the Smithsonian Institution, the first to reach this country. 
On his return trip to Washington he visited with physical anthropolo- 
gists in Turkey, Rome, France, and England, all of whom were 
pleased to examine the cast of the Shanidar skull. 
In connection with his long-range research program of compara- 
tive studies of Micronesian material culture, Dr. S. H. Riesenberg, 
acting curator of ethnology, spent two weeks examining and studying 
the Micronesian collections at the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass.; 
Dartmouth Museum, Hanover, N. H.; and Fairbanks Museum, St. 
Johnsbury, Vt. The Peabody Museum collections include some of 
the objects collected by the first Europeans to explore these islands. 
While in Chicago during Christmas week he made a similar survey 
of Micronesian artifacts at the Chicago Natural History Museum. 
This trip enabled him to interview several specialists in African eth- 
nology in respect to the appointment of an associate curator for his 
division. 
While attending meetings of the American Anthropological As- 
sociation in Chicago during Christmas week, Dr. Clifford Evans, as- 
sociate curator in archeology, examined the archeological collections 
excavated at Cuenca in the highlands of Ecuador by Dr. Donald 
Collier and found pottery types similar to those excavated on the 
Rio Babahoyo along the coast of Ecuador. From May 11 through 
17 Dr. Evans visited Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass., the 
American Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of the 
American Indian, New York City, to compare the pottery he and Dr. 
Meggers excavated on the Rio Napo in Ecuador, and from sites on 
the middle Amazon excavated by Peter P. Hilbert, with that from 
sites in eastern Peru. This constitutes one phase of a long-range 
program of archeological research in South America. 
Dr. M. T. Newman, associate curator of physical anthropology, 
spent two days at Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa., 
conferring with Drs. H. Schraer and P. Baker of the Bone Density 
Research and Evaluation Center in connection with the data he 
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