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[N. S. Vol. XXXII. No. 827 



THE FIELD SESSION OF THE SCHOOL OF 

 AMERICAN ARCHEOLOGY^ 



The School of American Archeology was 

 created in 1907 by the Council of the Archeo- 

 logical Institute of America, with the object 

 of organizing and giving direction to the 

 study in America of this and cognate 

 branches, constituting the science of man in 

 a broader sense — anthropology. It is con- 

 trolled by a managing committee appointed by 

 the institute, consisting of thirty-three prom- 

 inent citizens and scientists of Canada, the 

 United States and Mexico; and its field of ac- 

 tivity embraces those countries, with the addi- 

 tion of Central America. After canvass of 

 various localities the school was located at 

 Santa Fe, New Mexico, because it is in the 

 heart of a vast region of prehistoric cultures 

 upwards of 1,000 miles long by 800 miles wide, 

 extending from Utah to southern Chihuahua. 

 It thus dominates a typical field for the in- 

 vestigation of the character and probable 

 origin of the native races of this continent. 

 The advantage to the school of having such 

 an environment of original material for study 

 is obvious. 



As a further addition to the facilities of the 

 school, the territory of New Mexico estab- 

 lished at Santa Fe the Museum of New Mex- 

 ico, to be administered by the director of the 

 school, and for that purpose donated the his- 

 toric palace of the governors, one of the old- 

 est public buildings in the United States, with 

 an annual fund for its maintenance. This 

 has now been partially installed, and was 

 formally opened to the public August 20; it 

 will furnish collections, laboratories, lecture 

 and research rooms, for the current work of 

 the school. 



The general plan of the school contemplates 

 that a portion of each year's work shall be 

 done in the field, in direct contact with the 

 things to be studied. The first fully organ- 

 ized session under this plan was held during 

 the past summer, in the region tributary to 

 Santa Fe, under the personal direction of Dr. 

 Edgar L. Hewett, Director of American 



^Held near Santa Fe, N. M., June-September, 

 1910. 



Archeology, and of the school. Four months 

 were devoted to the general work, distributed 

 as follows: One month to field work in the 

 Ojo Caliente Valley; two months to school 

 and field work at the Eito de los Frijoles; one 

 month to field work in the Jemez Valley. 

 The United States Bureau of Ethnology col- 

 laborates with the school during four months 

 of field work and two months for prepara- 

 tion of reports, under the joint authority of 

 the chief of the bureau and the director of the 

 school. Mr. F. W. Hodge, chief of the bureau 

 under the title of ethnologist in charge, took 

 part in the work personally during the latter 

 part of the season. The bureau, however, has 

 nothing to do with the administration or 

 maintenance of the school — the collaboration 

 above mentioned being arranged for mutual 

 benefit, and to avoid duplication of work in 

 the field. 



The school is now permanently established. 

 Sessions will be held annually at different 

 points within the general region, to be desig- 

 nated from time to time according to the lo- 

 calities under investigation. As the session 

 recently held fairly illustrates the practical 

 working of the school as organized, some ac- 

 count of it will be of interest. 



The members of the Staff of Research and 

 Instruction were: Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, 

 director (University of Geneva) ; Mr. John 

 P. Harrington, ethnology and linguistics 

 (Stanford, Berlin, Leipzig) ; Mr. Sylvanus G. 

 Morley, archeology (Harvard). 



Special Assistants: Mr. Junius Henderson, 

 geology, zoology (University of Colorado) ; 

 Mr. W. W. Robbins, botany (University of 

 Colorado). 



Special lectures were given by Mr. Hodge, 

 chief of the Bureau of Ethnology, Professor 

 McCurdy, of Yale, and Mr. K. M. Chapman, 

 of the school. 



The actual working force consisted of the 

 director, Mr. Hodge and twelve assistants, in- 

 cluding the regular members of the school 

 stafE, and a number of teachers and students 

 from the universities of Utah, Colorado, Cor- 

 nell, Denver and Oxford, England. A well- 

 equipped library, with study and lecture tent 



