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By the end of the year, 547 sites in 54 reservoir basins and 1 water- 

 shed area had either been tested or dug sufficiently to provide good 

 information about them. Thus far at least one example of each site 

 recorded in the preliminary surveys has been examined. They cover 

 the range from camping locations occupied by the early hunting and 

 gathering peoples of about 10,000 years ago to village remains left by 

 early historic Indians, as well as the remains of frontier Army and 

 trading posts of European origin. Reports on the results of the in- 

 vestigations have appeared in various scientific journals, in the Bul- 

 letins of the Bureau of American Ethnology, and in the Miscellaneous 

 Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Bulletin 179, containing 

 River Basin Surveys Papers 21-24, was distributed in December 1961. 

 These papers consist of a series of reports on excavations conducted in 

 Texas, Iowa, and the Columbia basin, Oregon-Washington. Bulletin 

 182, containing River Basin Surveys Paper 25, a report on the exca- 

 vations carried on in the John H. Kerr Reservoir basin, Virginia- 

 North Carolina, was in press at the end of the year and should be 

 ready for distribution early in the coming year. River Basin Sur- 

 veys Papers 26-32, comprising Bulletin 185, should be ready for 

 distribution early in the coming year. The papers contain data on the 

 results of investigations in the Tiber Reservoir basin, Montana, the 

 Garrison and Jamestown Reservoir areas in Forth Dakota, and the 

 Lovewell Reservoir area in Kansas. River Basin Surveys Papers 

 33-38, which will constitute Bulletin 189, have been turned over to the 

 editors and will be sent to the printer early in the next fiscal year. 

 The contents pertain to excavations in North Dakota, South Dakota, 

 and Kansas. 



Throughout the year the River Basin Surveys continued to receive 

 helpful cooperation from the National Park Service, the Bureau of 

 Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Geological Survey, and 

 various State and local institutions. The field personnel of all the 

 cooperating agencies assisted the party leaders in many ways and the 

 relationship was excellent in all areas. Transportation and guides 

 were furnished in a number of instances, and mechanical equipment 

 made available by the construction agency speeded the work at a 

 number of locations. Detailed maps of the reservoirs under investi- 

 gation were supplied by the agency concerned and helpful informa- 

 tion was provided whenever it was needed. The National Park Serv- 

 ice continued to serve as liaison between the various agencies, both in 

 Washington and in the field. It also was responsible for the prepara- 

 tion of estimates and justifications for the funds needed to carry out 

 the salvage program. Valuable assistance in numerous ways was pro- 

 vided by the commanding officer at Fort Benning in Georgia while 

 studies were being made in that portion of the Walter F. George 



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