2 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, of 
New York City, the latter institution bearing most of the 
expense of the expedition, and assigning Mr. Alanson 
Skinner and Mr. E. F. Coffin to aid in the work. Authority 
for conducting the excavations was courteously granted by 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
The excavation of Hawikuh has as its chief object the 
study of a Zuni pueblo known to have been inhabited from 
prehistoric times well into the historic period, for the purpose 
of determining, so far as possible, the character and arts of 
the Zuni people in early times, as well as the effect of Spanish 
contact during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 
Hawikuh was one of the famed “Seven Cities of Cibola”’ of 
early Spanish narrative, and its history from the time of its 
discovery in 1539 until its abandonment in 1670 is quite well 
known. Consequently the information that the ruins may 
be expected to yield will in all probability shed considerable 
light on a phase of the culture of a branch of the Pueblo 
Indians at an important period in their life. 
It is not necessary in this brief report to present the 
results of the Hawikuh excavations, which were successful 
beyond anticipation in both a subjective and an objective 
way. It is expected that a summary report on the work, 
which was still in progress at the close of the fiscal year, will 
be presented for publication in the near future. 
The beginning of the fiscal year found Dr. J. Walter 
Fewkes, ethnologist, engaged in an archeological recon- 
noissance in the vicinity of Gallup, N. Mex. Early in July 
he proceeded to Mancos, Colo., examining ancient ruins en 
route and commencing intensive archeological work in the 
Mesa Verde National Park, where he remained until the close 
of September. These excavations, conducted with the co- 
operation of the Department of the Interior, were in continu- 
ation of the work initiated several years ago of uncovering 
and repairing the remains of the more important prehistoric 
ruins in that great area, thus making them available for 
study and adding to the park’s many attractions. 
The scene of Dr. Fewkes’s activities during this season 
was one of a cluster of 16 ruins known as the Mummy Lake 
