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Bamba. This ware is also found in north- 

 ern Ecuador and southern Columbia. The 

 valuable collections made by Professor 

 Saville belong to Mr. George G. Heye, of 

 New York, who bore the expenses of the 

 expedition. The report on Manabi will be 

 published privately very soon. 



In 'Notes on the Occurrence of the Min- 

 eral Utahlite as a Prehistoric Gem,' Pro- 

 fessor Henry Montgomery described the 

 mineral as a hydrous phosphate of alumi- 

 num somewhat similar to turquoise and 

 capable of being highly polished. Al- 

 though rare, its occurrence has been noted 

 in certain prehistoric ruins. 



Mr. Edgar L. Hewett's two papers were 

 on ' The Art of Glazing among the Ancient 

 Pueblos' and 'The Relation of Pueblo In- 

 dians of the Rio Grande Valley to the 

 Ancient Cliff Dwellers of the Adjacent 

 Plateaus.' As regards the art of glazing 

 in pre-Columbian times, so many speci- 

 mens have been found that they can not be 

 considered as intrusive. The ruins in ques- 

 tion are certainly pre-Spanish. The glaze 

 has been examined by Washington chemists 

 and found to be saline. It may have orig- 

 inated accidentally about salt works. Im- 

 mediate firing after applying a saturated 

 solution would produce the glaze, which 

 seems to have been used for decorative pur- 

 poses solely. The Jemez Plateau is the 

 chief center for glazed ware. Mr. Hewett's 

 second paper is printed in TTie American, 

 Anthropologist. 



'Recent Areheologie Work in Missouri' 

 was the title of Dr. W J McGee's second 

 paper. During 1905 Mr. D. I. Bushnell, 

 of St. Louis, with two or three associates 

 explored certain mounds on the Illinois 

 side of the Mississippi which yielded abun- 

 dant relics described in a special publica- 

 tion; later in the season the same gentle- 

 man had a number of additional mounds, 

 also in Illinois, excavated by Mr. Gerard 



Fowke, who found moderately abundant 

 relics not yet fully described. During the 

 summer of 1906 Dr. C. A. Peterson, presi- 

 dent of the Missouri Historical Society, 

 with several members of the association 

 (including the writer) made a number of 

 areheologie reconnaissances in both Mis- 

 souri and Illinois, in the course of which 

 certain caves and mounds were examined — 

 one of the trips being to an alleged aborig- 

 inal mound larger than Cahokia or Etowah, 

 near Mascoutah, Illinois, which was found 

 to be a paha with a few small earthworks 

 on its summit. The most noteworthy event 

 of the year was the creation of the St. 

 Louis Society of the Areheological Insti- 

 tute of America with W. K. Bixby as presi- 

 dent and Professor F. W. Shipley as secre- 

 tary, which resulted in the commencement 

 of a systematic survey of the antiquities of 

 the state. Under the auspices of this so- 

 ciety (including a subsidy from the insti- 

 tute and a special contribution by President 

 Bixby), Mr. Gerard Fowke reconnoitered 

 the lower valleys of the Gasconade and 

 Osage with a portion of the valley of the 

 Missouri in the central part of the state — 

 the territory comprising what may be 

 known as the Osage district; subsequently 

 detailed surveys were made and over sixty 

 mounds were excavated. In general the 

 mounds are poor in artifacts though rich 

 in much-decomposed osseous remains; the 

 most notable type of artifact is represented 

 by vaults or chambers of well-laid stone, 

 found in a number of mounds. 



Professor George H. Perkins showed a 

 number of specimens to illustrate his paper 

 on 'Pottery and Bone Objects found in 

 Vermont.' Entire jars have very rarely 

 been found in New England, and of the 

 half dozen- or so which are now in existence 

 the three largest and finest were found in 

 Vermont and are in the museum of the 

 university at Burlington. Photographs of 



