68 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
22. After Dr. Drucker’s departure from Eugene, Homer Douglas 
Osborne, archeologist, was appointed acting field director and placed 
in charge of the office there. He continued in that capacity through- 
out the remainder of the year. 
From July to early September, two parties consisting of two men 
each, were engaged in the investigation of reservoir areas in the 
Columbia Basin. During that time they explored 15 reservoir basins, 
6 of which are Corps of Engineers projects, and 9 of which are projects 
of the Bureau of Reclamation. The Corps of Engineers projects in- 
clude the 4 navigational reservoirs on the lower Snake River in Wash- 
ington, Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower 
Granite. In addition Lucky Peak Reservoir basin in Idaho was 
examined, and the results of the survey of Chief Joseph (Foster Creek) 
Reservoir in east-central Washington initiated some years ago by the 
University of Washington were checked and the survey was com- 
pleted. The work done in Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs involved 
the examination of sites in the Deschutes project, Benham Falls and 
Prineville Reservoirs, and checks of the proposed enlargement of 
Wickiup and Crane Prairie Reservoirs. In addition a series of small 
reservoirs in eastern Oregon and central Idaho were surveyed. They 
were: Mason, Ryan Creek, and Bully Creek in northeastern Oregon; 
and Lost Valley Enlargement and Horse Flat Reservoirs in Idaho. 
Within the boundaries of those 15 reservoir basins a total of 128 
archeological sites were found and recorded. 
Excavation projects were carried out in the McNary Reservoir 
area, Oregon-Washington, and in the O’Sullivan (Potholes) Reservoir, 
Washington. The work at McNary was a cooperative undertaking 
between the River Basin Surveys and the University of Oregon, while 
that at O’Sullivan was a joint venture between the Surveys and the 
University of Washington. 
Investigations at McNary were carried on from August 5 to Sep- 
tember 11 under the direction of Homer Douglas Osborne. The 
digging was done by students from various west coast universities. 
Extensive tests were made in two sites on Berrian Island, Wash., 
which had been designated as a source of aggregate for dam construc- 
tion, and at an important one on the Oregon side of the river. In 
addition to previously unknown information about local Indian vil- 
lage and house patterns, the excavations produced 48 burials and 
1,870 artifacts. The skeletal material provides one of the largest 
series thus far available for study and should throw considerable light 
on the physical characteristics and relationships of the people. The 
artifacts will give a good cross section of the material culture prevail- 
ing at the time of first contact with European influence. 
The O’Sullivan project was well under way at the start of the fiscal 
