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was unbroken and the walls were plastered white with a wain- 

 scoting of dull red. It is by far the most beautiful room so 

 far opened. That it was used as a sanctuary is evident from 

 the presence of an altar. Another curious feature is that the 

 entrance to the room had been closed, or sealed, before the 

 ruin became uninhabited. Steps have been taken to protect 

 this room, and later a reproduction of it will be erected in the 

 Museum. 



During the summer a number of new sites were located on 

 the Navajo Reservation and preliminary explorations begun 

 under a special permit. The sites of some twenty small build- 

 ings were located and several adjoining cemeteries. Excava- 

 tions to date have revealed a great wealth of pottery and other 

 objects. So far as the data go, this site appears to belong 

 to a culture antecedent to that of the great community dwell- 

 ings like the one at Aztec, and thus represents a stage in the 

 development of Pueblo culture. 



The tree-ring investigations of Professor A. E. Douglass, 

 mentioned in earlier reports, while still in the preliminary 

 stage, have proven so promising as a means of estimating the 

 relative ages of ruins, that a special extension of this research 

 is contemplated. 



Early in the year an arrangement was entered into with the 

 Bishop Museum in Honolulu for a joint investigation of racial 



problems in Hawaii. Assistant Curator Sullivan 

 Polynesian we nt to Honolulu last April, where he was joined 



by the Curator in July and August. Attention 

 was first given to the Hawaiian problem. To date, all parts 

 of the Islands have been visited and studies made of the most 

 available types. Measurements, photographs, and plaster casts 

 have been collected for exhibition use and the data organized 

 to present and adequately describe the somatic types encoun- 

 tered. The question of race mixture was also considered, 

 particularly as shown, among children in the public schools. 



While in Honolulu the Curator and Mr. Sullivan participated 

 in the Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress as representatives of the 

 Museum. At this conference plans for future exploration were 

 proposed in which this Department hopes to participate. The 



