ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT LV 



Signals, and satisfactory progress has been made in the com- 

 pletion of the text of this monograph, and the execution of 

 illustrations has been forwarded with energy, over fifty impor- 

 tant drawings having been made. 



During the month the printed sheets of the monograph on 

 pictography were received from the printing office for the 

 purpose of placing the plates. 



Work in Indian hieroglyphs — Early in the luonth Dr Cvrus 

 Thomas finished the revision of proofs of the bulletin on the 

 Maya year. The remainder of the month was occupied in 

 the preparation of a memoir on the signification of the sym- 

 bols and names of days and months in the Central American 

 calendar. The task has proved of unexpected magnitude, and 

 extended comparisons and studies have been found necessary. 

 This work is approaching completion. 



Work in eastern archeolofiji — Professor W. H. Holmes has 

 continued the preparation of monographs on the fictile ware 

 and stone art of eastern United States, and both works are 

 approaching completion, a large number of illustrations, both 

 photographic and drawn in pen and ink, having been ^irepared 

 and arranged. In addition, some time lias been devoted to the 

 arrangement of material in the National Museum, siich material 

 being in part newly collected and in part that returned from 

 the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Also he revised 

 and prepared an introduction for a bulletin by Gerard Fowke 

 on "Archeologic Investigations in James and Potomac Val- 

 leys." Furthermore, some days were spent iu the field at the 

 Clifton soapstone quan-y. 



Mr Dinwiddle was occupied throughout the month in clearing 

 the Clifton soapstone quarry noted in the last report, in study- 

 ing the methods employed by the aboriginal quarrymen, in 

 making- photographs of the quarry, etc. The localitv proves 

 to be of great interest. By reason of the abundance of mate- 

 rial in the form of implements, partiallv completed or imperfect 

 vessels, tog'ether with pitted surfaces from which the Idanks 

 were taken, the quarry may be regarded as a tvpe. The remark- 

 ably rich collection of objects will greatly enhance tlie material 

 relating to aboriginal industry already in the National Museum. 



