ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XIII 



FIELD RESEARCH AND EXFLORxVTION 



At the be<iimiiiii;- of the fiscal veiir the Direetor was eii<>-ao-ed 

 in an examination of certain shell mounds on the coast of 

 JMaine reconnoitei'ed ditring' the ])recedin<i- season. Limited 

 collections were made, and the associations were noted with care 

 and compared with those characteristic of the Indians still liv- 

 ing in the vicinity. The work resulted in the complete iden- 

 tification of the mound-builders with the tribes found on the 

 same coast by white men early in the settlement of this country. 



During- July Mr F. W. Hodge re[)aired to Arizona, joining 

 Dr Fewkes during the excavation of the ruins near SnowHake, 

 south of Holbrook, and later accompanying him to Tusayan 

 for the pui'pose of gaining further insight into the summer 

 ceremonies of the Hopi Indians and additional knowledge of 

 the ruins of their former villages. Leaving Dr Fewkes and 

 his party late in August, he visited the remarkable, but little 

 known, ruins on the mesas surrounding Cebollita valley, about 

 35 miles south of Grant, New Mexico, making photographs of 

 noteworthy features and grovmd plans of some of the more 

 interesting structures. After spending several days in this 

 work, Mr Hodge A'isited the i)neblos of Lagnna and Acoma, 

 witnessing at the latter village the interesting Fiesta de San 

 Estevan, and on September 3 lie proceeded witli his p;irty to 

 the widely known Mesa Encantada, some three miles from 

 Acoma, the traditional home of the Indians of the pueblo tluring 

 prehistoric times. The precipitous height was climbed, the 

 night was spent on the summit, and after carefully examining 

 its entire surface Mr Hodge succeeded in finding traces of Indian 

 occupancy at a remote period. He also found traces of an 

 ancient pathway leading toward the summit and (piantities of 

 prehistoric ware in the talus, to which it had evidently been 

 washed from the summit of the mesa; accordingly, he was able 

 to substantiate the essential features of an Acoma tradition. 



The beginning of the year found Dr .). Walter Fewkes 

 occupied in collecting aboriginal material from a prehistoric 

 ruin known as Kintiel, or Pui-l)lo Grande, locatcil on an upper 

 wash of the Colorado Clii(|uito, lietween Navaho station and 

 Ganado, in eastern central Arizona. Situatcil midway 



