﻿ADMINISTRATIVE 
  REPORT 
  11 
  

  

  Florida, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  examining 
  several 
  localities 
  where 
  

   fossil 
  human 
  bones, 
  apparently 
  indicating 
  great 
  age, 
  have 
  

   been 
  discovered. 
  The 
  evidence 
  obtained 
  is 
  adverse 
  to 
  the 
  

   theory 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  antiquity 
  of 
  the 
  remains, 
  but 
  the 
  

   observations 
  made 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Hrdlicka 
  and 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  Wayland 
  

   Vaughan, 
  who 
  accompanied 
  him 
  as 
  a 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Survey, 
  on 
  the 
  unusual 
  activity 
  of 
  fossilizing 
  

   agencies 
  in 
  the 
  locality, 
  are 
  of 
  extreme 
  interest. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Walter 
  Hough, 
  of 
  the 
  Xational 
  Museum, 
  who 
  has 
  taken 
  

   a 
  prominent 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  antiquities 
  of 
  

   the 
  Southwest, 
  has 
  in 
  preparation 
  for 
  the 
  Bureau 
  series 
  a 
  

   bulletin 
  on 
  the 
  antiquities 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Gila 
  valley. 
  

  

  PERMITS 
  GRANTED 
  FOR 
  EXPLORATIONS 
  ON 
  

   PUBLIC 
  LANDS 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  applications 
  for 
  permits 
  to 
  conduct 
  explo- 
  

   rations 
  on 
  the 
  public 
  lands 
  and 
  reservations 
  of 
  the 
  South- 
  

   west 
  were 
  acted 
  on 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  (1) 
  In 
  September, 
  1905, 
  the 
  Southwest 
  Society 
  of 
  the 
  

   Archaeological 
  Institute 
  of 
  America 
  applied 
  for 
  permission 
  to 
  

   conduct 
  archeological 
  explorations 
  on 
  Indian 
  reservations 
  

   and 
  forest 
  reserves 
  in 
  the 
  Southwest, 
  the 
  work 
  to 
  begin 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring 
  of 
  1906. 
  Later, 
  permission 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  preliminary 
  

   reconnaissance 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  1905 
  was 
  asked. 
  

   Recommended 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau; 
  granted 
  by 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  

   Indian 
  Affairs 
  and 
  the 
  Forest 
  Service. 
  

  

  (2) 
  In 
  January, 
  1906, 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Ethnology 
  for 
  authority 
  to 
  prosecute 
  ethnological 
  

   researches 
  in 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  particularly 
  at 
  Taos, 
  was 
  favor- 
  

   ably 
  acted 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Indian 
  Affairs. 
  

  

  (3) 
  In 
  April, 
  1906, 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History, 
  through 
  Dr. 
  ( 
  'lark 
  Wissler, 
  Curator 
  of 
  Anthropology 
  

   in 
  that 
  institution, 
  requested 
  permission 
  to 
  conduct 
  explora- 
  

   tions 
  on 
  Indian 
  reservations 
  in 
  southern 
  California. 
  Recom- 
  

   mended 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau; 
  granted 
  by 
  the 
  Indian 
  ( 
  )ffice. 
  

  

  One 
  application 
  for 
  a 
  permit 
  was 
  denied, 
  one 
  was 
  with- 
  

   drawn, 
  and 
  one 
  was 
  pending 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  