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tional Museum in working over the collection made during 

 the excavations along the Piedra River. A portion of 

 this work included the restoration, from fragments found 

 in the various houses, of a number of unusually fine culi- 

 nary and storage jars and a series of decorated bowls. 



From January to June a 545-page manuscript on the 

 work in southwestern Colorado was prepared. Accom- 

 panying this report are 40 text figures drawn by Doctor 

 Roberts. The figures include 64 drawings, consisting of 

 maps of the San Juan archeological area and the Piedra 

 district, outlines of the various village and house groups, 

 restorations of the different forms of dwellings, details in 

 building construction, outline groups of pottery forms, 

 and designs from decorated ceramic containers. 



On May 11, 1929, Doctor Roberts left Washington for 

 Denver, Colo., where one week was spent in studying 

 museum specimens. Prom Denver he proceeded to Gal- 

 lup, N. Mex., where he outfitted for work in the region of 

 the Long H Ranch, eastern Arizona, 45 miles from the 

 Pueblo of Zuhi. After conducting a reconnaissance a site 

 was chosen on the Long H Ranch, 1 mile northwest of the 

 ranch buildings, and a series of excavations started. As 

 work progressed it was found that the site was one which 

 had been occupied by Basket Maker III and Pueblo I peo- 

 ples and that it showed the transition from the one period 

 to the other. At the end of June, eight fine examples of 

 pit houses had been uncovered. Excellent data on the 

 type and character of this form of structure were obtained 

 and several new features in the method of house group- 

 ings were observed. The burial mounds of three house 

 clusters were examined and 30 interments exhumed. The 

 latter were accompanied by mortuary offerings of pottery ; 

 bone and shell implements; shell beads, bracelets, and 

 pendants; and turquoise ornaments. With the various 

 objects found in the houses the total number of specimens 

 reaches 300. The work has furnished valuable informa- 

 tion on a little-known phase of the prehistoric sedentary 

 cultures of the Southwest. 



