ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 3 
merous 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 south- 
western pottery which was manufactured before the intro- 
duction of glazed ware. The specimens are also older 
than the yellow-red-brown type found at Sikyatki and 
Homolobi. The collection also contains a larger number 
of bright red bowls with burnished black interiors resem- 
bling the Pima and Papago ware of the Lower Gila and 
California. 
In June, 1927, the chief undertook a short reconnais- 
sance to Greenville, 8. C., to test the desirability of under- 
taking 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 examined 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 sur- 
rounding country and visited several mounds in the Pied- 
mont region, one of which was selected for subsequent. 
explorations. Fragments of pottery picked up on the sur- 
face 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 Ar- 
kansas. 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. 
The chief obtained many excellent photographs of arche- 
ological objects in the collection of Messrs. Thackston and 
Schwing, of Greenville, to whom, as well as to other citi- 
zens of the section, he wishes to express here his thanks for 
the many kindnesses which he received. The photographs, 
