﻿APPENDIX 
  4 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  BUREAU 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  field 
  

   researches, 
  office 
  work, 
  and 
  other 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Ethnology 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1927, 
  conducted 
  

   in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  approved 
  April 
  22, 
  1926. 
  

   The 
  act 
  referred 
  to 
  contains 
  the 
  following 
  item 
  : 
  

  

  American 
  Ethnology: 
  For 
  continuing 
  etlmological 
  researches 
  among 
  the 
  

   American 
  Indians 
  and 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  Hawaii, 
  the 
  excavation 
  and 
  preservation 
  

   of 
  archseologic 
  remains 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

   including 
  necessary 
  employees, 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  manuscripts, 
  drawings, 
  illus- 
  

   trations, 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  necessaiy 
  books 
  and 
  periodicals, 
  and 
  traveling 
  ex- 
  

   penses, 
  $57,160, 
  of 
  which 
  amount 
  not 
  to 
  exceed 
  $46,000 
  may 
  be 
  expended 
  for 
  

   personal 
  services 
  in 
  the 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia. 
  

  

  The 
  chief, 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  has 
  endeavored 
  to 
  use 
  this 
  apjDropria- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  economically 
  as 
  possible, 
  being 
  always 
  conscious 
  that 
  the 
  

   amount 
  available 
  is 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  very 
  extensive 
  

   field 
  work. 
  His 
  major 
  aim 
  is 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  money 
  go 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  

   in 
  the 
  advancement 
  of 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Indian, 
  and 
  the 
  diffusion 
  

   of 
  the 
  information 
  acquired. 
  

  

  Popular 
  interest 
  in 
  anthropology, 
  especially 
  archeology, 
  has 
  in- 
  

   creased 
  greatly 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  decade, 
  and 
  each 
  year 
  replies 
  to 
  

   queries 
  occupy 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  our 
  staff. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  limited 
  

   appropriation, 
  the 
  bureau 
  has 
  had 
  more 
  investigators 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  similar 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  regime. 
  

  

  The 
  systematic 
  researches 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  at 
  Elden 
  Pueblo, 
  begun 
  in 
  

   the 
  last 
  fiscal 
  year 
  and 
  treated 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  1925-26, 
  were 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  through 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  walls 
  and 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  rooms 
  were 
  completely 
  excavated, 
  the 
  rough 
  

   stone 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  showing 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  rectangular 
  in 
  out- 
  

   line 
  and 
  included 
  dwellings, 
  storage 
  rooms, 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  kiva. 
  It 
  

   extended 
  over 
  a 
  space 
  measuring 
  145 
  by 
  125 
  feet, 
  oriented 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  north 
  and 
  south. 
  The 
  standing 
  walls 
  range 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  7 
  feet 
  

   in 
  height. 
  Elden 
  Pueblo 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  ruin 
  yet 
  excavated 
  in 
  the 
  

   Flagstaff 
  region, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  

   character 
  still 
  hidden 
  from 
  the 
  light 
  and 
  demanding 
  attention. 
  

   Although 
  the 
  masonry 
  is 
  crude, 
  the 
  pottery 
  of 
  Elden 
  Pueblo 
  is 
  well 
  

   made, 
  well 
  decorated, 
  and 
  often 
  highly 
  polished, 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  cases 
  

   closely 
  recalling 
  glazed 
  ware 
  which 
  was 
  rarely 
  manufactured 
  in 
  

   prehistoric 
  Arizona. 
  Both 
  the 
  masonry 
  and 
  the 
  ceramics 
  of 
  Elden 
  

   66 
  

  

  