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Dakota" to be published in the Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of 

 Sciences. He was on leave without pay from February 9 to April 

 24, to complete work on a report on Arctic research previously done 

 for Harvard University. On April 30 and May 1-2, he attended 

 the annual meetings of the Society for American Archaeology. He 

 served throughout the year as chairman of the geologic-climatic 

 section of the Chronology Program. At the end of the year he was 

 in the Lincoln office, continuing work on his report on investigations 

 at the Medicine Crow and related sites. 



James J. F. Deetz, temporary archeologist, participated in the 

 15i^th Plains Conference held in July. He completed his fieldwork 

 on September 5 and terminated his employment at that time. He 

 spent a portion of his own time during the w^inter and spring 

 months analyzing materials from, and preparing a report on, the 

 ceramic components of the Medicine Crow site (39BF2). 



Alan H. Coogan, temporary field assistant, participated in the 

 151/^th Plains Conference held in July. He completed his fieldwork 

 and terminated his employment on August 29. In November he 

 participated in the 16th Plains Conference for Archeology held in 

 Lincoln, ISTebr., presenting a paper entitled "The Physical Basis for 

 Chronology in the Big Bend Reservoir." During the fall and winter 

 months, on his own time, he prepared the report in collaboration 

 with William N. Irving for publication in the Proceedings of the 

 loioaAcadernQj of Sciences. 



Bernard Golden, temporary archeologist, completed his fieldwork 

 and left the project on September 12. During the winter and spring 

 months he devoted a portion of his own time to preparation of the 

 first draft of a report on his 1958 excavations entitled "Excavations 

 at the Hickey Brothers Site (39LM4), Big Bend Reservoir," which 

 he submitted for review early in June. In July he participated in 

 the 161/^th Plains Conference held in Pierre. 



Charles H. McN'utt, archeologist, attended the 15i/2th Plains Con- 

 ference in July. When not in the field conducting excavations, he 

 devoted most of his time to analyses of materials he had excavated 

 over the past 2 years and to preparation of reports. He served 

 throughout the year as chairman of the carbon- 14 section of the 

 Chronology Program. On temporary-detached duty to the National 

 Park Service from September 23 to November 15, for excavations 

 at Fort Laramie National Monument, he completed a report on that 

 work entitled "Excavations at Old Bedlam, Fort Laramie National 

 Monument, 48001, Wyoming, 1958." During the Thanksgiving week- 

 end he participated in the 16th Plains Conference for Arche- 

 ology, held in Lincoln, Nebr., and presented papers reporting 

 on "Excavations in Fielder Bottom Area, Oahe Reservoir," "Exca- 



