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grant of $12,000 from the Idaho Power Co., made late in the spring of 

 1956 for archeological investigations along the Snake River in Idaho- 

 Oregon in the districts to be flooded by the Brownlee, Oxbow, and 

 Hells Canyon dams, was available for the field season beginning July 1, 

 and that, with the new Federal money, gave a total of $30,500 for 

 several reservoir basins in scattered portions of the country. The 

 Missouri Basin Project had a carryover of $24,954 on July 1 and that, 

 with the new appropriation, provided a total of $114,954 for work in 

 that area. The grand total of funds available for the Eiver Basin 

 Surveys for 1956-57 was $145,454. 



Field investigations during the year consisted of both surveys and 

 excavations, although the major efforts were directed to the excavation 

 of sites. On July 1, 1956, six parties were in the field — five engaged 

 in digging, the sixth doing preliminary survey and testing. Three 

 of the excavating parties were working in the Oahe Reservoir area in 

 South Dakota, one w^as in the Lovewxll Reservoir area in Kansas, and 

 one was opening sites along the Snake River near Robinette, Oreg. 

 The survey-testing party was devoting its entire attention to the Big 

 Bend Reservoir area in South Dakota. Shortly after the first of July 

 another party proceeded to a large site in the Oahe Reservoir area, also 

 in South Dakota, and began a program of mapping and testing at the 

 remains of the largest known earth-lodge village on the upper Missouri 

 River. All these parties remained in the field until September. Late 

 in August a party proceeded to the Coralville Reservoir on the Iowa 

 River in Iowa and carried on a series of excavations in fxve sites, work- 

 ing until mid-October. A survey- testing party worked in the Toronto 

 Reservoir area in Kansas from September 22 to October 28. Late in 

 October excavations were started at a large mound in the Hartwell 

 Reservoir area on the Savannah River in Georgia. They were con- 

 tinued until March, when the study of the mound was completed. 

 During March and April a preliminary survey was made of the 

 Dardanelle Reservoir area on the Arkansas River in Arkansas. Dur- 

 ing xlpril another party made a preliminary survey of the Warrior 

 Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River in Alabama. On May 

 15 an excavating party proceeded to the Toronto Reservoir on the 

 Verdigris River in Kansas, and on June 29 it completed the investiga- 

 tions in that area. Early in June four excavating parties started 

 digging at sites in the Oahe Reservoir area in South Dakota and were 

 continuing their investigations at the end of the fiscal year. At the 

 same time an additional four field parties moved into the Big Bend 

 Reservoir basin in South Dakota and began excavating sites in that 

 area. They were continuing their operations at the end of the year. 

 Late in June a survey- testing party moved to the Big Bend area and 

 was just beginning its work on June 29. During the fiscal year nine 

 parties from cooperating institutions also conducted excavations in 



