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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  19 
  2 
  9 
  

  

  and 
  this 
  appeared 
  in 
  June, 
  1929, 
  as 
  Bulletin 
  92 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   American 
  Ethnology. 
  

  

  Considerable 
  time 
  was 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  

   American 
  archeology 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  in 
  

   working 
  over 
  the 
  collection 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  excavations 
  along 
  the 
  

   Piedra 
  Kiver. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  included 
  the 
  restoration, 
  from 
  

   fragments 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  houses, 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  unusually 
  

   fine 
  culinary 
  and 
  storage 
  jars 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  decorated 
  bowls. 
  

  

  From 
  January 
  to 
  June 
  a 
  545-page 
  manuscript 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  

   southwestern 
  Colorado 
  was 
  prepared. 
  Accompanying 
  this 
  report 
  

   are 
  40 
  text 
  figures 
  drawn 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Koberts. 
  The 
  figures 
  include 
  64 
  

   drawings, 
  consisting 
  of 
  maps 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  archeological 
  area 
  

   and 
  the 
  Piedra 
  district, 
  outlines 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  village 
  and 
  house 
  

   groups, 
  restorations 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  forms 
  of 
  dwellings, 
  details 
  in 
  

   building 
  construction, 
  outline 
  groups 
  of 
  pottery 
  forms, 
  and 
  designs 
  

   from 
  decorated 
  ceramic 
  containers. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  11, 
  1929, 
  Doctor 
  Roberts 
  left 
  Washington 
  for 
  Denver, 
  

   Colo., 
  where 
  one 
  week 
  was 
  spent 
  in 
  studying 
  museum 
  specimens. 
  

   From 
  Denver 
  he 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Gallup, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  where 
  he 
  outfitted 
  

   for 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Long 
  H 
  Ranch, 
  eastern 
  Arizona, 
  45 
  

   miles 
  from 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  of 
  Zuiii. 
  After 
  conducting 
  a 
  reconnaissance 
  

   a 
  site 
  was 
  chosen 
  on 
  the 
  Long 
  H 
  Ranch, 
  1 
  mile 
  northwest 
  of 
  the 
  

   ranch 
  buildings, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  excavations 
  started. 
  As 
  work 
  pro- 
  

   gressed 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  site 
  was 
  one 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   Basket 
  Maker 
  III 
  and 
  Pueblo 
  I 
  peoples 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  showed 
  the 
  transi- 
  

   tion 
  from 
  the 
  one 
  period 
  to 
  the 
  other. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  June, 
  eight 
  fine 
  

   examples 
  of 
  pit 
  houses 
  had 
  been 
  uncovered. 
  Excellent 
  data 
  on 
  the 
  

   type 
  and 
  character 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  structure 
  were 
  obtained 
  and 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  new 
  features 
  in 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  house 
  grouping 
  were 
  observed. 
  

   The 
  burial 
  mounds 
  of 
  three 
  house 
  clusters 
  were 
  examined 
  and 
  30 
  

   interments 
  exhumed. 
  The 
  latter 
  were 
  accompanied 
  by 
  mortuary 
  

   offerings 
  of 
  pottery; 
  bone 
  and 
  shell 
  implements; 
  shell 
  beads, 
  brace- 
  

   lets, 
  and 
  pendants; 
  and 
  turquoise 
  ornaments. 
  With 
  the 
  various 
  ob- 
  

   jects 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  houses 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  reaches 
  300. 
  

   The 
  work 
  has 
  furnished 
  valuable 
  information 
  on 
  a 
  little-known 
  phase 
  

   of 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  sedentary 
  cultures 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  B. 
  Hewitt, 
  ethnologist, 
  continued 
  his 
  

   studies 
  on 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  In 
  1900 
  and 
  immediately 
  subsequent 
  years 
  

   Mr. 
  Hewitt 
  undertook 
  seriously 
  to 
  record 
  in 
  native 
  texts 
  the 
  extant 
  

   rituals, 
  ordinances, 
  and 
  laws 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  institutions 
  and 
  struc- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  League 
  or 
  Confederation 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  (later 
  Six) 
  Tribes 
  

   or 
  Nations 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  there 
  

   were 
  still 
  living 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  men 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  of 
  Canada 
  

   who 
  grasped 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  fully 
  the 
  intent 
  and 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

  

  