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  INSTITUTION, 
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  3 
  

  

  thoroughly 
  excavated 
  and 
  detailed 
  studies 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  material. 
  The 
  

   site 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  William 
  Spencer, 
  of 
  Spencer, 
  Wyo., 
  and 
  was 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  by 
  Robert 
  E. 
  Frison, 
  deputy 
  

   game 
  warden, 
  Wyoming 
  State 
  Game 
  and 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  of 
  New- 
  

   castle. 
  Permission 
  for 
  the 
  investigations 
  was 
  granted 
  by 
  Leonard 
  

   E. 
  Davis, 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  land. 
  

  

  Leaving 
  Newcastle, 
  Wyo., 
  on 
  August 
  1, 
  Dr. 
  Roberts 
  proceeded 
  to 
  

   Tucumcari 
  and 
  San 
  Jon, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  disposing 
  of 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  equipment 
  stored 
  there 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  1941 
  season 
  and 
  ar- 
  

   ranging 
  for 
  storage 
  of 
  the 
  remainder 
  for 
  the 
  duration. 
  

  

  On 
  his 
  return 
  to 
  Washington, 
  Dr. 
  Roberts 
  resumed 
  his 
  office 
  activi- 
  

   ties. 
  Galley 
  and 
  page 
  proofs 
  were 
  read 
  for 
  his 
  report, 
  "Archeologi- 
  

   cal 
  and 
  Geological 
  Investigations 
  in 
  the 
  San 
  Jon 
  District, 
  Eastern 
  

   New 
  Mexico," 
  which 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Miscellaneous 
  

   Collections, 
  volume 
  103, 
  No. 
  4. 
  Manuscript 
  was 
  prepared 
  and 
  galley 
  

   and 
  page 
  proofs 
  were 
  read 
  for 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  "Egypt 
  and 
  the 
  Suez 
  

   Canal," 
  which 
  was 
  published 
  as 
  No. 
  11 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institu- 
  

   tion 
  War 
  Background 
  Studies. 
  By 
  request, 
  an 
  article, 
  "Evidence 
  for 
  

   a 
  Paleo-Indian 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  World," 
  was 
  written 
  for 
  the 
  Acta 
  Ameri- 
  

   cana, 
  an 
  international 
  quarterly 
  review 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Inter- 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Society 
  of 
  Anthropology 
  and 
  Geography. 
  During 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  

   October 
  1 
  to 
  June 
  30 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  survival 
  articles 
  was 
  prepared 
  from 
  

   data 
  furnished 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  staff. 
  These 
  articles 
  

   were 
  made 
  available 
  to 
  the 
  armed 
  forces 
  through 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ethnogeographic 
  Board. 
  Dr. 
  Roberts 
  devoted 
  considerable 
  time 
  to 
  

   the 
  task 
  of 
  gathering 
  this 
  information 
  from 
  the 
  Institution's 
  authori- 
  

   ties 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  fields 
  of 
  science 
  and 
  working 
  it 
  into 
  articles 
  for 
  

   general 
  reading. 
  He 
  also 
  furnished 
  information 
  on 
  various 
  subjects 
  

   in 
  response 
  to 
  requests 
  from 
  numerous 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  armed 
  services. 
  

   At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  he 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  assisting 
  in 
  the 
  prepa- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  a 
  survival 
  manual 
  for 
  the 
  Ethnogeographic 
  Board. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  1, 
  1943, 
  Dr. 
  Roberts 
  was 
  designated 
  as 
  Acting 
  Chief 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  whenever 
  the 
  Chief, 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  

   absence, 
  illness, 
  or 
  other 
  cause, 
  is 
  unable 
  to 
  discharge 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  his 
  

   position. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Julian 
  H. 
  Steward, 
  anthropologist, 
  continued 
  his 
  activities 
  as 
  

   editor 
  of 
  the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  South 
  American 
  Indians, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  projects 
  conducted 
  under 
  funds 
  transferred 
  from 
  the 
  State 
  

   Department 
  for 
  "Cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  American 
  Republics." 
  He 
  also 
  

   prepared 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  articles 
  for 
  publication 
  in 
  the 
  Handbook. 
  The 
  

   Handbook, 
  which 
  is 
  three-fourths 
  completed, 
  will 
  consist 
  of 
  four 
  

   volumes 
  of 
  text 
  and 
  a 
  two-volume 
  bibliography. 
  Material 
  has 
  been 
  

   contributed 
  to 
  it 
  by 
  100 
  specialists 
  on 
  the 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  of 
  Central 
  

   and 
  South 
  America 
  and 
  the 
  Antilles. 
  

  

  