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Nelson, who spent some time in France acquiring the latest 

 European methods. 



In our Museum halls may be found the visible results of this 

 archaeological exploration. First, there is a renewed examina- 

 tion of the Pueblo Bonito of northern New Mexico, which was 

 explored chiefly through the generosity of Messrs. F. E. and 

 B. T. B. Hyde during the years 1895 to 1903. Second, there 

 is the revelation of the still more important ancient pueblo site 

 near the town of Aztec, New Mexico ; the first year's excava- 

 tion at Aztec shows that this promises to be one of the most 

 important, if not the most important, ancient site which has 

 been discovered in the Southwest. 



It is expected that as a result of these prolonged intensive 

 studies the chronology of the entire southwestern United 

 States will be connected with that of Mexico and Central 

 America, which has been firmly established by the researches 

 of Dr. Herbert J. Spinden of our staff. 



The anthropological exhibitions have been made far more 

 attractive to the people through the rearrangement of the ex- 

 hibition halls, and through the interpretation of the ancient 

 life of the peoples by the admirable mural paintings of Mr. W. 

 S. Taylor and by the group work of Messrs. Howard McCor- 

 mick and Mahonri M. Young. 



The Museum has continued its three great lines of explora- 

 tion in South America : 



First, the Roosevelt Expedition has con- 

 Exploration in tinued its exploration, under Mr. George K. 

 Central and < Cherrie, in the' pantanales of upper Paraguay 

 and Brazil. Mr. Cherrie devoted the greater 

 part of his time to securing notes on the life histories of birds 

 and mammals, rather than to making large collections of speci- 

 mens. 



Second, the survey of the Andean region, under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. Frank M. Chapman, begun in Colombia six years 

 ago, has been continued by Messrs. Leo E. Miller and Howarth 

 S. Boyle, who made an extended tour through Colombia, Bo- 

 livia, Peru, Argentina and Brazil. Dr. Chapman visited Ecua- 

 dor, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil in the spring 



