﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  IO,I2 
  45 
  

  

  VIII 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  ARCHEOLOGIST 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  archeology 
  section, 
  as 
  of 
  all 
  other 
  sections 
  of 
  

   the 
  Museum, 
  has 
  this 
  year 
  been 
  modified 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  extent 
  

   by 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  preparing 
  to 
  move 
  its 
  collections 
  and 
  office 
  

   quarters 
  into 
  the 
  Education 
  Building. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  191 
  1 
  the 
  Archeologist 
  had 
  

   about 
  completed 
  the 
  preliminary 
  work 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  Hunter 
  group, 
  in 
  the 
  ethnological 
  series. 
  A 
  

   photograph 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  was 
  reproduced 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  last 
  year. 
  

   With 
  the 
  assured 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  plan 
  for 
  this 
  series 
  of 
  groups 
  

   depicting 
  Iroquois 
  culture, 
  steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  complete 
  all 
  the 
  

   preliminary 
  work 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  plan. 
  

  

  The 
  field 
  painting 
  of 
  the 
  Nichol's 
  pond 
  site 
  was 
  enlarged 
  by 
  Mr 
  

   D. 
  C. 
  Lithgow, 
  whose 
  artistic 
  ability 
  and 
  skill 
  have 
  been 
  use- 
  

   ful. 
  This 
  painting 
  now 
  complete 
  is 
  nearly 
  fifty 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  

   eighteen 
  feet 
  high 
  and, 
  like 
  all 
  others, 
  is 
  designed 
  as 
  a 
  back- 
  

   ground 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  groups. 
  Further 
  mention 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  will 
  

   be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  succeeding 
  pages. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  Archeologist's 
  quarters 
  in 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   versalist 
  Church 
  building 
  were 
  packed 
  and 
  prepared 
  for 
  moving. 
  

   It 
  has 
  therefore 
  been 
  impossible 
  to 
  make 
  any 
  further 
  study 
  of 
  

   this 
  material. 
  

  

  ARCHEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY 
  

   In 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ethnology, 
  

   this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  has 
  sent 
  out 
  

   several 
  thousand 
  requests 
  for 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  sites 
  

   and 
  remains 
  of 
  former 
  aboriginal 
  occupancy. 
  Reply 
  envelops 
  

   and 
  blank 
  forms 
  for 
  filling 
  out 
  were 
  sent 
  and 
  about 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  

   were 
  returned 
  with 
  data 
  filled 
  in. 
  In 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  cases, 
  these 
  

   request 
  forms 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  presidents 
  of 
  local 
  boards 
  of 
  

   education, 
  to 
  library 
  presidents, 
  to 
  county 
  clerks 
  and 
  to 
  collect- 
  

   ors, 
  and 
  thus 
  to 
  citizens 
  who 
  were 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  localities 
  in 
  

   which 
  they 
  lived. 
  Several 
  hundred 
  new 
  sites 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  

   long 
  list 
  already 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  

   properly 
  tabulated. 
  This 
  information 
  will 
  not 
  only 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  

   highest 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  but 
  will 
  form 
  the 
  body 
  

   of 
  the 
  material 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ethnology 
  in 
  its 
  " 
  Hand- 
  

   book 
  of 
  Aboriginal 
  Sites 
  and 
  Remains." 
  

  

  