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member, and a meeting of Florida archeologists held early in August 
at Daytona Beach. He has also served as assistant editor to Ameri- 
can Antiquity, to the Handbook of Latin American Studies, and to 
the Journal of American Archaeology. For all these journals his work 
has entailed the covering of recent South American archeological lit- 
erature. 
In the Bureau he has acted as consultant during the final editing 
of the third and fourth volumes of the Handbook of South American 
Indians. 
The following articles were prepared by Dr. Willey for publication 
during the year 1947-48: “Culture Sequence for the Manatee Region 
of West Florida,” American Antiquity, vol. 13, No. 3; “The Cultural 
Context of the Crystal River Negative Painted Style,” American An- 
tiquity, vol. 18, No. 4; “A Proto-type of the Southern Cult,” Ameri- 
can Antiquity, vol. 13, No. 4. 
SPECIAL RESEARCHES 
Miss Frances Densmore, collaborator of the Bureau, conducted spe- 
cial research on music among the South American Indians and sub- 
mitted a manuscript entitled “Musical Customs of the Southern Hunter 
Indians of South America” as compiled from the Handbook of South 
American Indians. 
INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 
The Institute of Social Anthropology was created in 1943 as an 
autonomous unit of the Bureau of American Ethnology to carry out 
cooperative training in anthropological teaching and research with the 
other American republics. During the past year it was financed by 
transfers from the Department of State, totaling $94,882, from the 
appropriation “Cooperation with the American Republics, 1948.” 
The major activities of the Institute of Social Anthropology during 
the fiscal year 1948 are as follows: 
Washington office—Dr. George M. Foster continued as director of 
the Institute of Social Anthropology. He traveled to six South Amer- 
ican countries during the period February 14 to April 12, 1948, visiting 
Institute of Social Anthropology field stations in Popayan, Colombia, 
Lima, Peri, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. In addition, courtesy calls were 
made on anthropologists in Barranquilla and Medellin, Colombia, 
Quito, Ecuador, Cusco, Pert, La Paz, Bolivia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 
and Caracas, Venezuela. Dr. Foster also spent 8 weeks in México 
(November 25—December 15, 1947) reading final proof on Publication 
No. 6 of the Institute of Social Anthropology. 
Brazil.—Drs. Donald Pierson and Kalervo Oberg continued their 
work in Sao Paulo in cooperation with the Escola Livre de Sociologia 
