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during the maritime fur trade a century earlier. On finishing this 
report, he completed an archeological monograph, “La Venta, 
Tabasco: A Study of Olmec Ceramics and Art,” which summarizes the 
principal results of the studies made by the Smithsonian Institution- 
National Geographic Society expeditions to southern Veracruz and 
Tabasco, Mexico. In addition, he prepared two short papers for 
publication—‘Preliminary Account of Archeological Reconnaissance 
on the Chiapas Coast,” and one entitled “The Antiquity of the North- 
west Coast Totem Pole”—as well as summary reports for the Director, 
River Basin Surveys, on the results of investigations of 14 reservoir 
areas in the Columbia Basin and of 10 in California during the pre- 
ceding field season. 
On May 2 Dr. Drucker proceeded to Boston and Salem, Mass., to 
examine collections of manuscript materials and museum collections 
from the period of the maritime fur trade on the Northwest Coast, 
in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society and in the 
Peabody Museum, Salem. Through the courtesy of officials of those 
institutions, he was given access to the collections and was able to 
assemble a considerable amount of unpublished data relating to the 
problem of culture change due to early European influences. On 
May 9 he returned to Washington. 
On May 13 he was again detailed to the River Basin Surveys and 
left for the Pacific Coast, to resume charge of the River Basin Sur- 
veys work there. He was occupied with these duties at the end of 
the fiscal year. 
Dr. Gordon R. Willey was detailed to the River Basin Surveys for 
the period August 15 to October 1, 1947, for work in Tennessee. 
In the month of October Dr. Willey was occupied in writing addi- 
tional sections of a report, “Ancon and Supe: Formative Period Sites 
of the Central Peruvian Coast.” This paper is being prepared in 
conjunction with J. M. Corbett and L. M. O’Neale and is to be pub- 
lished under the auspices of Columbia University. In November and 
December full time was devoted to a long monograph “Archeology 
of the Florida Gulf Coast.” This involved both writing and a mu- 
seum survey in late November. Collections were examined in Cam- 
bridge, Andover, and New York. 
On January 1, Dr. Willey accompanied Dr. Stirling to western 
Panama for 314 months of archeological excavations in Herrera Prov- 
ince. Four sites were examined and stratigraphic tests made in the 
most promising locations of each. May and June, following the re- 
turn from Panama, were occupied with writing the “Archeology of 
the Florida Gulf Coast.” This report should be completed early in 
September 1948. 
In addition to regular research duties, Dr. Willey has attended 
two meetings of the Institute of Andean Research, of which he is a 
