XL ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



Wisconsin; and from Mr. II. W. Hakes, fragments of pottery 

 from Broome County, New York. 



By purchase or part purchase the Bureau has obtained from 

 Mr. J. A. McNiel one hundred and seventy pieces of ancient 

 pottery from Chiriqui, Panama, besides some very interesting 

 objects of stone. From Mr. Ward Bachelor it has acquired a 

 fine collection of earthen and stone objects from Mexico. From 

 Dr. K. Boban a few fine samples of Mexican pottery were ob 

 tained. All these have been catalogued and turned over to 

 the National Museum. 



Mr. L. B. Case, of Richmond, Indiana, has presented to the 

 Bureau the records of the State Archeologic Association of In 

 diana, which fell into his hands as secretary at the discontin 

 uance of the society several years ago. 



Valuable photographs of archeologic subjects have been re 

 ceived from Prof. Anastasio Alfaro, secretary of the National 

 Museum of Costa Rica; also, from Mr. C. F. Low, of Cincin 

 nati ; from Mr. A. F. Sears, of Portland, Oregon ; and from 

 Mr. 1). S. Sears, of Cuba, Illinois. 



Mr. VICTOR MINDELEFF was engaged during the first two 

 months of the fiscal year upon a report on the architecture of 

 the Cibola and Tusayan groups of pueblos, in New Mexico 

 and Arizona. Subsequent to his return from the field, on 

 March 18, that report was resumed, but it was not completed 

 at the end of the fiscal year. The additional data secured 

 from the Tusayan district during the field season are being pre 

 pared for incorporation into the same report. 



Mr. COSMOS MINDELEFF was occupied during the early part 

 of the year upon that portion of the report on pueblo archi 

 tecture which had been assigned to him. On his return 

 from the field, on February 23, he resumed work upon that 

 report, but it was suspended in order to take up the prepara 

 tion of an exhibit to be made by the Bureau at the Cincinnati 

 Centennial Exposition. An exhibit to cover nearly 2,000 

 square feet of floor space was prepared, but, as the space was 

 limited, only the field work of the Bureau in one special region, 

 viz, the pueblo country, was illustrated, though a small amoiint 

 of other material was added for purposes of comparison. This 

 work was not completed at the close of the fiscal year. 



