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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  submitted 
  for 
  expert 
  opinion 
  or 
  for 
  translations 
  of 
  their 
  inscriptions, 
  

   besides 
  several 
  Chinese 
  and 
  Japanese 
  texts 
  sent 
  for 
  translation. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  important 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  con- 
  

   sisted 
  in 
  reconditioning 
  the 
  ceiling 
  of 
  the 
  Peacock 
  R.ooni. 
  The 
  

   library 
  was 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  37 
  books, 
  28 
  periodicals, 
  

   and 
  151 
  pamphlets. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  110,753. 
  Of 
  this 
  number, 
  

   367 
  came 
  for 
  special 
  study 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  and 
  storage 
  roojiis. 
  Over 
  

   a 
  thousand 
  photographs 
  and 
  as 
  many 
  gallery 
  publications 
  were 
  sold 
  

   during 
  the 
  year. 
  Special 
  mention 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  Biblical 
  

   manuscripts 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  gallery, 
  photographs 
  of 
  which 
  

   can 
  be 
  obtained 
  on 
  order. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  field 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  single 
  undertalving 
  was 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   liminary 
  excavation, 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Chi 
  Li, 
  of 
  a 
  

   prehistoric 
  site 
  in 
  Shansi 
  Province, 
  China, 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  large 
  

   amount 
  of 
  valuable 
  material 
  was 
  recovered. 
  A 
  full 
  report 
  of 
  this 
  

   work 
  is 
  being 
  prepared. 
  

  

  BUREAU 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY 
  

  

  The 
  bureau 
  has 
  continued 
  its 
  ethnological 
  researches 
  among 
  the 
  

   American 
  Indians 
  and 
  the 
  excavation 
  and 
  preservation 
  of 
  prehis- 
  

   toric 
  Indian 
  structures 
  as 
  authorized 
  by 
  act 
  of 
  Congress. 
  In 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  it 
  has 
  furnished 
  information 
  on 
  anthropological 
  and 
  archeologi- 
  

   cal 
  subjects 
  to 
  an 
  ever-increasing 
  circle 
  of 
  correspondents. 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  

   Walter 
  Fewkes, 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  bureau, 
  continued 
  his 
  systematic 
  

   researches 
  at 
  Elden 
  Pueblo 
  in 
  Arizona, 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  last 
  year's 
  

   report. 
  This 
  interesting 
  ruin 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  in 
  the 
  Flagstaff 
  region 
  

   and 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  both 
  in 
  masonry 
  and 
  ceramics 
  with 
  the 
  little- 
  

   known 
  cliff 
  ruins 
  in 
  northern 
  Arizona 
  and 
  the 
  open-air 
  pueblos 
  

   near 
  St. 
  George, 
  Utah. 
  In 
  the 
  cemeteries 
  east 
  and 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   ruin 
  many 
  skeletons 
  were 
  found, 
  those 
  buried 
  the 
  deepest 
  being 
  sur- 
  

   rounded 
  with 
  pottery 
  antedating 
  the 
  glazed 
  pottery 
  of 
  Arizona, 
  

   including 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  bright-red 
  bowls 
  with 
  burnished 
  black 
  

   interiors 
  resembling 
  the 
  ware 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  Gila 
  and 
  California. 
  A 
  

   large 
  collection 
  of 
  this 
  pre-Puebloan 
  material 
  was 
  made 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  In 
  June, 
  1927, 
  the 
  chief 
  made 
  a 
  short 
  reconnoissance 
  in 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood 
  of 
  Greenville, 
  S. 
  C, 
  which 
  convinced 
  him 
  that 
  the 
  archeol- 
  

   ogy 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  is 
  complex 
  and 
  would 
  well 
  repay 
  investigation. 
  He 
  

   selected 
  a 
  site 
  for 
  future 
  exploration 
  and 
  examined 
  several 
  fine 
  

   collections 
  containing 
  objects 
  of 
  pottery, 
  stone, 
  and 
  clay 
  that 
  have 
  

   never 
  been 
  figured 
  or 
  described. 
  He 
  obtained 
  photographs 
  of 
  several 
  

   unique 
  specimens. 
  

  

  