by the Smithsonian Institution Press. The volume summarizes the environment, 

 prehistory, languages, and environmental relations of the native peoples of coastal 

 Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and southeast Alaska. 



September 



Research: Analysis at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory of ceramic crucible 

 fragments recovered from excavations of an ancient mine, Kestel, dating to the third 

 millenium B.C. and located in south central Turkey confirmed that this mine probably 

 was a source for the much-sought-after tin of the Bronze Age. 



September 



Grant: The Office of Telecommunications received a funding commitment from Kajima 

 Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., and American Family Life Assurance Company for 

 production of a $1.2 million film for American audiences on Japanese gardens. 



September 



New Project: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs launched the 

 Smithsonian's Rainforest Project with the Fidelity Fund for conservation and research 

 debt-for-nature swaps. 



September 



Meeting: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Smithsonian held a 

 roundtable meeting on environmental research. 



September 4 



Appointment: Bonita Perry was appointed as Smithsonian Institution Libraries' assistant 

 director, research services, heading a division composed of 14 branch libraries. 



September 4-17 



Foreign Study Tour: National Air and Space Museum Senior Advisor Don Lopez and 

 Air Vice Marshal Ron Dick (RAF, Ret.) accompanied 70 Associates to England for a 

 Battle of Britain 50th anniversary tour. London's commemorative "flypast" and the 

 Farnborough International Air Show were among the highlights of this special tour. 



September 6-8 



Symposium: "Seeds of Industry: Transformations of Indigenous Technology in the 

 Americas" was the final in a series of three Quincentenary symposia sponsored by the 

 Office of Folklife Programs. Held in Morelos, Mexico, under the auspices of the Centro 

 de Investigacion y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social and the Instituto Nacional 



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