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served as carbon- 14 chairman, during the second half of the year, in 

 the Missouri Basin Chronology Program. He completed the final 

 draft of a major technical manuscript covering part of his previous 

 summer's work, entitled "Archeological Investigations in the C. B. 

 Smith Site (39SL29) , Oahe Eeservoir, South Dakota." He also com- 

 pleted the final draft of an unfinished manuscript begun by Harold A. 

 Huscher, entitled "Appraisal of the Archeological Resources in the 

 Big Bend Eeservoir Area, South Dakota." On November 28, he pre- 

 sented a paper, "Excavations at Two Sites in the Oahe Reservoir, Sully 

 County, South Dakota," at the 15th Plains Conference for Archeology 

 in Lincoln. On April 18 he presented a paper entitled "La Roche 

 Ware and Relative Chronology" at the annual meeting of the Nebras- 

 ka Academy of Sciences in Lincoln. From April 30 to May 3 he at- 

 tended the annual meeting of the Society for American Archeology in 

 Norman, Okla. He was senior author, with Richard P. Wheeler, of 

 a brief article entitled "Bibliography of Primary Sources for Radio- 

 carbon Dates," which was submitted in June for publication in the 

 Notes and News section of American Antiquity. 



Robert W. Neuman, temporary archeologist, was appointed to the 

 permanent staff on July 29. During the time he was not directing 

 field activities he was busy completing the analyses of the data and 

 materials he had collected and preparing reports on his previous 

 seasons' work. He completed the final draft of a major technical 

 manuscript entitled "Archeological Investigations in the Lovewell 

 Reservoir Area, Kansas." On November 28, he presented a paper, 

 "Excavations in Four Sites in the Big Bend Reservoir Area, South 

 Dakota." On April 19 he attended the annual meeting of the 

 Nebraska Academy of Sciences in Lincoln, and from April 30 to 

 May 3 attended the annual meeting of the Society for American 

 Archeology in Norman, Okla. 



G. Hubert Smith, archeologist, during the periods he was not 

 in the field, devoted his time to completion of final drafts of two 

 major technical reports and one minor report. One major technical 

 report was "Archeological Investigations at the Site of Fort Ber- 

 thold II (32ML2), Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota"; the second 

 was "Archeological Investigations at the Site of Fort Pierre II 

 (39ST217), Oahe Reservoir, South Dakota." A brief report on 

 excavations at site 39LM241 was also completed. On November 29, 

 he served as chairman for a section of the Plains Conference for 

 Archeology, devoted to historic sites archeology, and summarized the 

 reports of the seven speakers. He submitted a book review of "New 

 Discoveries at Jamestown" by John L. Cotter and J. Paul Hudson, 

 which was published in the Autumn 1957 issue of Archeology. On 

 January 2, Mr. Smith was detailed, on a reimbursable basis, to the 



