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reason for the many ceremonies practiced. In connec- 

 tion with this work phonographic records were made of 

 66 songs, many of which have been transcribed by Miss 

 Frances Densmore, as described in her report. This in- 

 formation fills an important gap in our knowledge of the 

 oldest inhabited pueblo in the United States. 



Mr. Stirling spent the months of March and April in 

 Florida, where a survey was made of the mounds in the 

 vicinity of Tampa Bay. An interesting discovery was 

 made of a series of mounds composed of mixed sand and 

 shell, constructed at a distance of about 4 miles inland, 

 parallel to the shore, and in each instance directly back 

 of a large shell mound located on the salt water. Pre- 

 liminary excavations were made at Cockroach Point, 

 Palma Sola, and Safety Harbor. The shell mound at 

 Cockroach Point is the largest on the west coast of Florida 

 and is composed entirely of shell and bone, refuse from the 

 meals of the Indians who formerly occupied the site. 

 Collections of shells and bones were made in the different 

 levels of the mound, together with human artifacts asso- 

 ciated with them, with a view to establishing a culture 

 sequence. 



The site at Safety Harbor was determined to be of the 

 same culture as that excavated at Weeden Island during 

 the winters of 1923 and 1924. 



The large sand mound at Palma Sola proved to be of 

 exceptional interest and was selected as a site for intensive 

 excavation next winter. 



During the latter part of April Mr. Stirling visited Chi- 

 cago for the purpose of delivering lectures before the Geo- 

 graphic Society of Chicago and the anthropologists of Chi- 

 cago and vicinity. From Chicago he went to Memphis, 

 Tenn., where he attended the meeting of the Tennessee 

 Academy of Sciences and addressed the society at their 

 annual banquet. Proceeding from Memphis to Macon, 

 Ga., he visited the large mounds on the site of Old Ocmul- 

 gee Town, traditional founding place of the Creek Con- 

 federacy. 



