SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



Frank H. H. Egberts, Jr., Direct o?' 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the field 

 researches, office work, and other operations of the Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Ethnology during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1958, conducted 

 in accordance with the act of Congress of April 10, 1928, as amended 

 August 22, 1949, which directs the Bureau "to continue independently 

 or in cooperation anthropological researches among the American 

 Indians and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection 

 of the United States and the excavation and preservation of archeo- 

 logic remains." 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 



(Prepared from data submitted by staff members.) 



Dr. M. W. Stirling, Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 from 1928 to 1947 and Director since 1947, retired on December 31, 

 1957. At that time he was appointed a research associate. During 

 the period from July 1 to December 31, 1957, Dr. Stirling devoted 

 most of his time to administrative duties and the preparation of a 

 manuscript pertaining to previous fieldwork in Panama and Ecuador. 

 Exective January 1, 1958, Dr. Frank H. H. Eoberts, Jr., Associate 

 Director, was appointed Director. He also continued to be in charge 

 of the River Basin Surveys. 



During the fiscal year Dr. Roberts devoted most of his time to the 

 management of the River Basin Surveys and subsequently to the 

 duties of the main Bureau office. In July and early August he made 

 an inspection trip to the Missouri Basin where he visited all the ex- 

 cavation parties of the River Basin Surveys and also several of those 

 from cooperating institutions. He was accompanied by Dr. Robert 

 L. Stephenson, chief of the Missouri Basin Project, Dr. John M. Cor- 

 bett, National Park Service archeologist, and Paul L. Beaubien, re- 

 gional archeologist for Region Two of the Service. Late in April 

 Dr. Roberts went to the field headquarters at Lincoln, Nebr., to assist 

 in preparing plans for the field season in the Missouri Basin. From 

 Lincoln, in company with several members of the Missouri Basin 

 Project staff, he went to Norman, Okla., to attend and participate in 

 the annual meeting of the Society for American Archeology. From 

 here the group proceeded to Russell ville, Ark., where it inspected the 



