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a site. Preliminary appraisal reports have been issued for all the 

 reservoirs surveyed, and in cases where additional reconnaissance has 

 resulted in the finding of other sites supplemental reports have been 

 prepared. During the last fiscal year four such reports were written 

 and were distributed in a single mimeographed pamphlet. Through- 

 out the years since the initiation of the program 181 reports have been 

 distributed. The discrepancy between that figure and the total num- 

 ber of reservoirs visited is due to the fact that in several instances 

 the information obtained from a whole series of proposed reservoir 

 projects occurring in a basin or subbasin has been included in a single 

 report. 



By the end of the fiscal year 329 sites in 46 reservoir basins scattered 

 over 17 different States had either been tested or partially dug. Only 

 a single site was excavated in some of the reservoir areas, while in 

 others a whole series was studied. Thus far at least one example of 

 each type of site recorded in the preliminary surveys has been ex- 

 amined. The results of certain phases of the excavations have ap- 

 peared in various scientific journals and in the bulletins of the Bureau 

 of American Ethnology and the Miscellaneous Collections of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. During the year River Basin Surveys Paper 

 No. 8, which is to be Bulletin 166 of the Bureau of American Ethnol- 

 ogy, was sent to the printer, and at the close of the year galley proofs 

 of the publication were being read by the author. Two detailed tech- 

 nical reports on the results of earlier work were completed during the 

 year and are ready for publication. 



The reservoir projects that have been surveyed for archeological 

 remains as of June 30, 1956, were distributed as follows : Alabama, 

 1; California, 20; Colorado, 24; Georgia, 5; Idaho, 11; Illinois, 2; 

 Kansas, 10 ; Kentucky, 2 ; Louisiana, 2 ; Minnesota, 1 ; Mississippi, 1 ; 

 Montana, 16 ; Nebraska, 28 ; New Mexico, 1 ; North Dakota, 13 ; Ohio, 

 2; Oklahoma, 7; Oregon, 27; Pennsylvania, 2; South Dakota, 10; 

 Tennessee, 4 ; Texas, 19 ; Virginia, 2 ; Washington, 11 ; West Virginia, 

 2 ; and Wyoming, 22. 



Excavations have been made or were under way in reservoir basins 

 in : California, 5 ; Colorado, 1 ; Georgia, 4 ; Kansas, 4 ; Montana, 1 ; 

 Nebraska, 1 ; New Mexico, 1 ; North Dakota, 4 ; Oklahoma, 2 ; Oregon, 

 4 ; South Carolina, 1 ; South Dakota, 4 ; Texas, 7 ; Virginia, 1 ; Wash- 

 ington, 4 ; West Virginia, 1 ; and Wyoming, 2. The foregoing figures 

 include only the work of the River Basin Surveys or that in wliich 

 there was direct cooperation with local institutions. Pro j ects that were 

 carried on by local institutions under agreements with the National 

 Park Service are not included because complete information about 

 them is not available. 



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