﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  61 
  

  

  Risser, 
  Miss 
  Janet 
  Tietjens, 
  Miss 
  Winifred 
  Stamm, 
  Mr. 
  Reginald 
  

   Fisher, 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  students. 
  The 
  results 
  are 
  ready 
  for 
  publi- 
  

   cation, 
  including 
  the 
  kymographic 
  alphabet, 
  which 
  is 
  mounted 
  and 
  

   ready 
  for 
  the 
  engraver. 
  

  

  The 
  months 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  1928, 
  were 
  spent 
  by 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  H. 
  H. 
  

   Roberts, 
  jr., 
  archeologist, 
  in 
  completing 
  archeological 
  investiga- 
  

   tions 
  along 
  the 
  Piedra 
  River 
  in 
  southwestern 
  Colorado. 
  During 
  

   that 
  time 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  50 
  houses 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  period 
  

   of 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  Pueblo 
  peoples 
  were 
  excavated 
  and 
  examined. 
  

   As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  those 
  researches 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  to 
  determine 
  a 
  3-stage 
  

   chronoldgical 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  types 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  to 
  postulate 
  very 
  definite 
  reconstructions 
  of 
  the 
  dwellings. 
  An 
  

   additional 
  discovery 
  was 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  structures 
  

   the 
  builders 
  had 
  developed 
  the 
  prototype 
  of 
  the 
  unit 
  house 
  which 
  

   was 
  the 
  characteristic 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  stage, 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  II 
  

   period. 
  Besides 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  house 
  remains, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  burial 
  

   mounds 
  were 
  explored 
  and 
  many 
  skeletons 
  and 
  objects 
  of 
  the 
  mate- 
  

   rial 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  were 
  obtained. 
  The 
  latter 
  include 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  and 
  variety 
  of 
  pottery 
  specimens, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  repre- 
  

   sent 
  an 
  entirely 
  new 
  feature 
  in 
  the 
  ceramic 
  industry, 
  bone 
  and 
  

   stone 
  implements, 
  and 
  ornaments. 
  The 
  work 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  gives 
  a 
  

   clear-cut 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  and 
  conditions 
  prevailing 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  

   of 
  instability 
  and 
  disturbance 
  due 
  to 
  an 
  influx 
  of 
  new 
  peoples, 
  with 
  

   its 
  attendant 
  cultural 
  transition. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  along 
  the 
  Piedra 
  River 
  one 
  week 
  

   was 
  spent 
  in 
  a 
  reconnaissance 
  of 
  the 
  Governador 
  district 
  in 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  The 
  Governador 
  region 
  includes 
  the 
  Governador, 
  

   Burns, 
  La 
  Jara, 
  and 
  Frances 
  Canyons. 
  The 
  latter 
  are 
  of 
  special 
  

   archeological 
  and 
  ethnological 
  interest, 
  because 
  it 
  was 
  to 
  that 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  group 
  of 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  Indians 
  from 
  the 
  Jemez 
  

   villages 
  fled 
  after 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  disastrously 
  defeated 
  in 
  the 
  Battle 
  

   of 
  San 
  Diego 
  Canyon 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June, 
  1696, 
  by 
  Spanish 
  

   forces 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  reconquest 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest. 
  The 
  ruins 
  of 
  

   the 
  dwellings 
  built 
  by 
  the 
  refugees 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  state 
  of 
  preserva- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  furnish 
  excellent 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  methods 
  and 
  styles 
  of 
  

   house 
  building 
  prevalent 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  Gov- 
  

   ernador 
  explorations 
  Doctor 
  Roberts 
  returned 
  to 
  Washington, 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  there 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  September. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  autumn 
  illustrations 
  were 
  prepared 
  to 
  accompany 
  a 
  

   manuscript 
  entitled 
  " 
  Recent 
  Archeological 
  Developments 
  in 
  the 
  

   Vicinity 
  of 
  El 
  Paso, 
  Tex.," 
  which 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  January, 
  1929, 
  

   as 
  volume 
  81, 
  No. 
  7, 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Miscellaneous 
  Collections. 
  

   Proof 
  of 
  another 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  Shabik'eshchee 
  Village, 
  A 
  Late 
  

   Basket 
  Maker 
  Site 
  iii 
  the 
  Chaco 
  Canyon, 
  New 
  Mexico," 
  was 
  corrected, 
  

  

  