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of anthropology of the University of Kentucky, who made a study 

 of the physical anthropology and pathology of the skeletons from 

 the Norris Basin. The results of his study are included as a valu- 

 able addition to this report. 



Acknowledgment is made of the proficient manner in which Dr. 

 James B. Griffin, of the University of Michigan, has undertaken a 

 study of the potsherds from the Norris Basin. Dr. Griffin made a 

 trip to the University of Tennessee for a hasty survey of the material 

 from the basin, and has spent several months working over the large 

 number of sample sherds which were sent to the ceramic repository 

 of the University of Michigan. He has made a comprehensive study 

 of this material and his report, as published herein, contains a wealth 

 of information relative to the ceramic arts of the prehistoric peoples 

 of the Norris Basin. 



Perhaps the outstanding accomplishment during the survey was 

 the demonstration, by Dr. Florence M. Hawley, that the science of 

 dendrochronology can be applied to the trees of southeastern United 

 States. Dr. Hawley made a 2 weeks' study of growing trees in the 

 Norris Basin in the spring of 1934. As a result of that study she 

 concluded that it would be possible to set up a dendrochronological 

 chart for this area if a sufficient number of tree samples could be 

 found. Due to the painstaking effort of Mr. Clarence C. Prosise, 

 foreman in the Basin Clearance Section of the Tennessee Valley 

 Authority, growing cedar trees were found which had some six 

 hundred rings or more. Dr. Hawley has continued her study at the 

 University of New Mexico and has made progress in developing a 

 dendrochronological chart for this region. 



It is a pleasure to make grateful acknowledgment of this advance 

 in southeastern archaeology. Her report on the progress of this 

 work is included in this survey and represents the first attempt in 

 the southeastern United States to aid the study of prehistory by this 

 method. 



In every archaeological survey in which the preservation of infor- 

 mation is a major objective, efficient field photography is a first 

 consideration. The author desires to express his appreciation of the 

 excellent service of Mr. E. E. Newkom and Mr. Granville Hunt, of 

 the Tennessee Valley Authority photographic staff, who by their 

 ability and industry procured many excellent pictures of the field 

 work in progress. The author also desires to express his gratitude 

 to Mr. M. G. Thompson and Mr. B. N. Glenn for their prompt and 

 careful handling of the photographic work of this survey in the 



