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  ANNUAL 
  r.EPOIlT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  an 
  investigation 
  of 
  certain 
  caves 
  near 
  El 
  Paso, 
  Tex. 
  On 
  May 
  13, 
  

   1927, 
  lie 
  left 
  El 
  Paso 
  for 
  Chaco 
  Canyon, 
  in 
  northwestern 
  New 
  

   Mexico, 
  where 
  excavation 
  was 
  begun 
  on 
  some 
  slab 
  houses. 
  Between 
  

   May 
  17 
  and 
  June 
  30, 
  12 
  houses, 
  20 
  storage 
  cists, 
  and 
  1 
  large 
  kiva 
  

   were 
  excavated. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  houses 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  semisubterranean, 
  

   single-room 
  type, 
  rectangular 
  or 
  oval 
  in 
  shape, 
  usually 
  about 
  15 
  feet 
  

   long 
  and 
  10 
  feet 
  wide. 
  

  

  Miss 
  Frances 
  Densmorc 
  conducted 
  her 
  researches 
  on 
  Indian 
  music 
  

   in 
  a 
  wider 
  field 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  year 
  preceding. 
  She 
  spent 
  five 
  weeks 
  

   in 
  Neah 
  Bay, 
  Wash., 
  where 
  more 
  than 
  140 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  Makah 
  

   Indians 
  were 
  recorded. 
  From 
  Neah 
  Bay 
  she 
  went 
  to 
  Chilli 
  wack, 
  

   British 
  Columbia, 
  where 
  Indians 
  from 
  a 
  wide 
  territory 
  arc 
  annually 
  

   employed 
  as 
  pickers 
  in 
  the 
  hop 
  fields. 
  More 
  than 
  125 
  songs 
  were 
  

   recorded. 
  Seven 
  manuscripts 
  on 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  field 
  work 
  were 
  

   submitted 
  to 
  the 
  bureau 
  for 
  publication. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Ales 
  Hrdlicka, 
  curator 
  of 
  physical 
  anthropology 
  in 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum, 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  summer 
  of 
  1926 
  made 
  a 
  

   comprehensive 
  anthropological 
  and 
  archeological 
  survey 
  in 
  Alaska 
  

   under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  bureau. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  many 
  difficulties 
  

   encountered, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  transportation, 
  the 
  trip 
  

   was 
  very 
  successful. 
  The 
  scientific 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  important 
  survey, 
  

   bearing 
  on 
  the 
  antiquity 
  of 
  man 
  and 
  the 
  archeology 
  of 
  the 
  Eskimos, 
  

   are 
  given 
  briefly 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  bureau. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Walter 
  Hough, 
  head 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  anthro- 
  

   pology. 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  was 
  detailed 
  to 
  examine 
  

   recent 
  excavations 
  at 
  Indian 
  Mound, 
  Tenn., 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  Hon. 
  

   Joseph 
  W. 
  Byrns. 
  Excavations 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  burial 
  

   mound 
  which 
  gives 
  the 
  town 
  its 
  name 
  disclosed 
  several 
  slab-box 
  

   burials, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  skeletons, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  artifacts. 
  Dr. 
  Hough 
  also 
  

   visited 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  village 
  sites, 
  burial 
  mounds, 
  and 
  flint 
  cpiarries 
  

   in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  and 
  collected 
  numerous 
  specimens. 
  

  

  The 
  bureau 
  published 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  Bulletins 
  82 
  and 
  83 
  and 
  a 
  

   list 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  bureau. 
  There 
  were 
  distributed 
  10,711 
  

   copies 
  of 
  bureau 
  publications. 
  

  

  INTERNATIONAL 
  EXCHANGES 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  resources 
  lor 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  exchange 
  service 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  were 
  $52,507, 
  including 
  the 
  congressional 
  appropriation 
  

   of 
  $46,260. 
  With 
  this 
  sum 
  there 
  were 
  handled 
  by 
  the 
  service 
  a 
  

   total 
  of 
  590,879 
  packages 
  of 
  governmental, 
  scientific, 
  and 
  literary 
  

   publications, 
  including 
  those 
  received 
  from 
  correspondents 
  in 
  this 
  

   country 
  for 
  distribution 
  abroad, 
  and 
  those 
  received 
  from 
  foreign 
  

   countries 
  for 
  distribution 
  to 
  addresses 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  This 
  

   number 
  represents 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  110,103 
  packages 
  over 
  last 
  year's 
  

  

  