58 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1957 



There were over 30 members who visited the laboratory. During the 

 annual meeting of the American Association of Museums held in 

 Lincoln, May 21-25, the Missouri Basin Project served as one of the 

 local host organizations. Staff members participated throughout 

 the meetings. 



Dr. Eobert L. Stephenson, chief, when not in charge of field parties, 

 devoted most of his time to managing the office and laboratory in 

 Lincoln and preparing plans for the 1957 summer field season. He 

 spent some time working on a summary report of the Missouri Basin 

 Salvage Program for the calendar years 1952-55 and wrote several 

 short papers for presentation before scientific groups. In January 

 he attended and participated in the annual meeting of the Committee 

 for the Recovery of Archeological Remains held in Washington, D. C. 

 On April 9 he spoke before the Kansas City Archeological Society 

 on the "Progress of Salvage Archeology in the Missouri Basin." On 

 April 12 he went to Mitchell, S. Dak., where he was moderator for 

 the afternoon session of the annual meeting of the South Dakota So- 

 cial Sciences Association. The main topic under consideration was 

 "South Dakota Prehistory" and at the end of the session Dr. Stephen- 

 son summarized the discussions and emphasized the needs of salvage 

 archeology in the area. He served as chairman of the Anthropologi- 

 cal Section of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences at its annual meeting 

 held in Lincoln on April 27. At that time he also presented a paper 

 on "Emerging Problems in Missouri Basin Archeology." On May 1, 

 by special invitation, he presented a paper, "How Has Archeology 

 Contributed to Our Historical Knowledge?" before one of the ses- 

 sions of the Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee which was 

 meeting in Lincoln. When the annual meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Museums was held in Lincoln May 21-25, Dr. Stephenson 

 served as a co-host and also was chairman for a program of Indian 

 dances presented at an evening gathering. At one of the regular 

 sessions, he spoke on the subject "Archeological Salvage Field Trips." 



Dr. Warren W. Caldwell, archeologist, joined the staff of the 

 Missouri Basin Project on August 22 and, as previously mentioned, 

 was detailed for work at the Coralville Reservoir in Iowa. During 

 the fall and winter months after his return from the field, he prepared 

 a report on the work he had done along the Snake River just prior to 

 joining the Missouri Basin Project, and completed a report on the 

 results of his investigations in Iowa. He participated in several 

 scientific meetings, presenting papers before sessions of the 14th 

 Plains Conference for Archeology and the Nebraska Academy of 

 Sciences. During the year two papers, of which he was a coauthor, 

 were published : "A Burial Cache from the Spokane Region," Ameri- 

 can Antiquity, vol. 22, No. 1, and "The Problem of Northwest Coastal 

 Interior Relationships as Seen from Seattle," American Antiquity, 



