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season's work along the Chatbahoochee, all the records and collections 

 of the three field parties were sent to the laboratory of the Eiver Basin 

 Surveys at Lincoln, Nebr., for processing there and for use in the 

 preparation of reports on the investigations. 



The only other work by the River Basin Surveys pertaining to 

 Georgia was that of Carl F. Miller, who completed a report on the 

 test digging that he did during the previous year at the Tugaloo site 

 in the Hartwell Reservoir area. However, the University of Georgia 

 in cooperation with the National Park Service carried on a series of 

 investigations in the Oliver Reservoir Basin and at the Standley 

 Farm site, also known as Stark's Clay Landing, in the Walter F. 

 George Reservoir on the Georgia side of the river. Work was con- 

 tinuing at the latter location at the end of the fiscal year. 



Arkansas. — No fieldwork was carried on in Arkansas during the 

 year ended June 30, 1959. However, a detailed technical report, 

 "Archeological Investigations in the Dardanelle Reservoir Area of 

 West-Central Arkansas," was completed by Dr. Warren W. Caldwell. 

 The report consists of 85 typed pages, 2 maps, 8 plates, and 6 text 

 figures. It will be published as a River Basin Surveys paper when 

 printing funds for that purpose are available. 



Kansas, — ^The only work done by the River Basin Surveys pertain- 

 ing to Kansas during the fiscal year was the completion of a detailed 

 technical report on the excavation of four sites in the Lovewell Reser- 

 voir area on White Rock Creek in Jewell County in the north-central 

 part of the State. Tlie report was written by Robert W. Neuman and 

 is entitled, "Archeological Salvage Investigations in the Lovewell 

 Reservoir Area, Kansas." It consists of 84 typed pages, 12 plates, 

 and 3 text figures, and will be published as a River Basin Surveys 

 paper. 



The Kansas State Historical Society at Topeka carried on surveys 

 and did some test digging in the Pomona and Melvern Reservoir 

 areas under a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service. 

 The Pomona Dam is to be built on the 110-Mile Creek, and Melvern 

 Dam will be in the Marais de Cygnes River. 



Missouri River Basin. — The Missouri Basin project continued to 

 operate from the field headquarters and laboratory at 1517 O Street, 

 Lincoln, Nebr. Dr. Robert L. Stephenson served as chief of the 

 project throughout the year. Activities included work on all four 

 phases of the salvage program : (1) Survey, (2) excavation, (3) anal- 

 ysis, and (4) reporting. Most of the effort during the summer months 

 was directed toward the second phase, with only minor attention to 

 the first phase. The third and fourtli phases received the major at- 

 tention in the winter months. The special chronology program, be- 

 gun last fiscal year, was continued. 



