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some time working on a summary report of the Missouri Basin Sal- 

 vage Program for the calendar years 1952-56 and wrote several short 

 papers for presentation before scientific groups. He also worked on a 

 manuscript on the "Archeological Investigations in the Whitney Res- 

 ervoir, Texas," and prepared text, pictures, and captions for a photo- 

 graphic booklet, "The Inter-Agency Archeological Salvage Program, 

 After Twelve Years." During the second half of the year, he served 

 as chairman of the Missouri Basin Chronology Program. In August 

 he addressed the Pierre, S. Dak., Rotary Club on "Archeological Sal- 

 vage in South Dakota." In October he addressed the Fidelia Lyceum 

 in Lincoln, Nebr., on "Prehistoric America in Missouri Basin." In 

 January he attended and participated in the annual meeting of the 

 Committee for the Recovery of Archeological Remains, held in 

 Washington, D. C. On April 19 he attended the annual meeting of 

 the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, held in Lincoln, and presented a 

 paper on "The Missouri Basin Chronology Program." On April 30 

 and May 1 and 2, at Norman, Okla., he attended the annual meeting 

 of the Society for American Archeology and participated as a dis- 

 cussant of a paper presented by Robert Bell, entitled "Caddoan 

 Relationships to the Plains." 



Dr. Warren W. Caldwell, archeologist, during the fall and winter 

 months devoted most of his time to analyses of specimen materials 

 recovered from sites he had excavated over the past year. He com- 

 pleted all plates, figures, and manuscript text for the final report 

 "Archeological Investigations in the Coralville Reservoir, Iowa." He 

 also completed all plates, figures, and, manuscript text for the final 

 report, "Archeological Salvage Investigations in the Hell's Canyon 

 Area, Snake River, Oregon and Idaho." He prepared a brief tech- 

 nical manuscript, "Firearms and Connotive Materials from Fort 

 Pierre II (39ST217), Oahe Reservoir, South Dakota," and a brief 

 popular article, "The Smithsonian Institution in Arkansas." The 

 latter was published in the June issue of The Ozark Mountaineer, Dr. 

 Caldwell also submitted a short note for publication in the Davidson 

 Jourrval of Anthropology entitled "Pacific Coast Clay Figurines : A 

 Contraview." He submitted a book review of "Northwest Arche- 

 ology," Research Studies of the State College of Washington^ vol. 24, 

 No. 1, that was published in American Antiquity^ vol. 23, No. 2, 1957. 

 During the second half of the year he served as dendrochronology 

 chairman of the Missouri Basin Chronology Program. 



Donald D. Hartle, temporary archeologist, on the staff at the begin- 

 ning of the year, left the project on August 26 to resume his graduate 

 studies. Mr. Hartle was formerly a regular member of the staff at 

 Lincoln and is still working on reports of work done at that time. He 

 also is preparing a report on the results of his investigations during 

 the 1957 field season in the Oahe Reservoir area. 



