﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  67 
  

  

  Pueblo 
  are 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  little-knoAvn 
  clifi' 
  ruins, 
  

   Kietsiel 
  and 
  Betatakin, 
  and 
  the 
  open-air 
  pueblos 
  situated 
  near 
  St. 
  

   George, 
  Utah. 
  The 
  pueblo 
  shows 
  aflhiities 
  with 
  a 
  culture 
  antecedent 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  Sikyatki 
  and 
  Homolobi, 
  the 
  former 
  being 
  late 
  prehistoric 
  

   and 
  the 
  latter 
  post-Columbian. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  graves 
  forming 
  a 
  cemetery 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

   Elden 
  Pueblo 
  were 
  found 
  subterranean 
  walled 
  depressions, 
  which 
  

   remind 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  post-Basket 
  Maker 
  rooms 
  or 
  megalithic 
  pit 
  

   houses 
  which 
  form 
  such 
  a 
  widespread 
  architectural 
  feature, 
  of 
  archaic 
  

   age, 
  in 
  the 
  Southwest. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  human 
  burials 
  were 
  discovered 
  in 
  cemeteries 
  situated 
  

   outside 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  northern 
  sides. 
  The 
  skeletons 
  were 
  not 
  flexed 
  

   but 
  lay 
  at 
  full 
  length, 
  their 
  heads 
  generally 
  turned 
  toward 
  the 
  

   east; 
  those 
  buried 
  at 
  the 
  greatest 
  depth 
  were 
  surrounded 
  by 
  burial 
  

   offerings, 
  in 
  one 
  instance 
  covered 
  with 
  adobe 
  or 
  hardened 
  clay. 
  

   About 
  500 
  complete 
  pottery 
  vessels 
  were 
  brought 
  back, 
  half 
  of 
  which 
  

   were 
  unbroken. 
  The 
  collection 
  also 
  contains 
  numerous 
  sherds 
  and 
  

   other 
  objects, 
  the 
  whole 
  forming 
  the 
  largest 
  collection 
  of 
  pre- 
  

   Puebloan 
  material 
  of 
  this 
  epoch 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  In 
  each 
  

   burial 
  was 
  found 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  five 
  to 
  six 
  ceramic 
  objects 
  such 
  as 
  

   bowls. 
  This 
  important 
  collection 
  is 
  timely 
  and, 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  

   pueblo 
  chronology, 
  is 
  much 
  better 
  than 
  pottery 
  fragments. 
  The 
  

   collection 
  contains 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  oldest 
  types 
  of 
  that 
  southwestern 
  

   pottery 
  which 
  was 
  manufactured 
  before 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  glazed 
  

   ware. 
  The 
  specimens 
  are 
  also 
  older 
  than 
  the 
  yellow-red-brown 
  type 
  

   found 
  at 
  Sikyatki 
  and 
  Homolobi. 
  It 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   bright 
  red 
  bowls 
  with 
  burnished 
  black 
  interiors 
  resembling 
  the 
  Pima 
  

   and 
  Papago 
  Avare 
  of 
  the 
  Lower 
  Gila 
  and 
  California. 
  

  

  In 
  June, 
  1927, 
  the 
  chief 
  undertook 
  a 
  short 
  reconnaissance 
  to 
  

   Greenville, 
  S. 
  C, 
  to 
  test 
  the 
  desirability 
  of 
  undertaking 
  field 
  work 
  

   in 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  region, 
  the 
  archeology 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  little 
  known. 
  

   Though 
  the 
  trip 
  was 
  a 
  short 
  one, 
  he 
  was 
  much 
  gratified 
  with 
  the 
  

   prospects 
  for 
  intensive 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  locality 
  and 
  hopes 
  in 
  the 
  

   autumn 
  to 
  begin 
  elaborate 
  field 
  investigations 
  there. 
  He 
  ex- 
  

   amined 
  several 
  fine 
  collections 
  containing 
  pottery, 
  stone, 
  and 
  clay 
  

   pipes, 
  and 
  other 
  objects, 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  figured 
  or 
  

   described. 
  He 
  made 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  excursions 
  into 
  the 
  surrounding 
  

   country 
  and 
  visited 
  several 
  mounds 
  in 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  region, 
  one 
  of 
  

   which 
  was 
  selected 
  for 
  subsequent 
  explorations. 
  Fragments 
  of 
  

   pottery 
  picked 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  a 
  Cherokee 
  origin. 
  

   A 
  fine 
  bowl 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Savannah 
  River 
  was 
  of 
  

   Middle 
  Mississippi 
  type 
  and 
  resembled 
  effigy 
  vases 
  from 
  Arkansas. 
  

   It 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  archeology 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  complex 
  and 
  

   would 
  well 
  repay 
  investigation, 
  especially 
  as 
  so 
  little 
  attention 
  has 
  

   thus 
  far 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  