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analysis of the values expressed in Tzotzil myths and dreams. It is 

 hoped that the results will demonstrate in specific terms the close 

 relationship between mythic and oneiric expression. 



A chapter on Zinacantec dream interpretation written by Dr. Laugh- 

 lin was accepted for publication in Ensayos Sohre Zinacantdn (E. Z. 

 Vogt, ed.). His chapter, entitled "Tzotzil," for the Handbook of 

 Middle American Indians^ is in preparation. 



In addition, Dr. Laughlin attended the 62d annual meeting of the 

 American Anthropological Association (San Francisco, November 

 21-24) in company with his Zinacantec mformants. A journal of their 

 travels in Mexico and the United States was written by the informants 

 in their native language. Dr. Laughlin conducted library research 

 at Harvard University (May 27-29) and participated in an informal 

 conference at Palo Alto (June 4-6) as a consultant for the Chicago- 

 Harvard-Stanford Chiapas Aerial Survey Project. 



RIVER BASIN SURVEYS 



{Prepared hy Robert L. Stephenson, acting director, from data submitted dy 



staff members) 



The Eiver Basin Surveys, a unit of the Bureau of American Etlinol- 

 ogy, continued its activities throughout the year. This unit was or- 

 ganized in 1945 to cooperate with the National Park Service and the 

 Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior, the Corps 

 of Engineers of the Department of the Army, and State and local in- 

 stitutions in the program for salvage archeology in areas to be flooded 

 or otherwise destroyed by the construction of large dams. Its purpose 

 has remained the same over the years and its activities during the cur- 

 rent year were directed toward the same objectives. The research in- 

 vestigations during 1963-64 were supported by a transfer of $254,500 

 from the National Park Service and a carryover of $95,768 of Missouri 

 Basin money to support investigations within the Missouri River 

 Basin. Additional funds were available from two other sources. A 

 previous grant from the Appalachian Power Co. had a carryover of 

 $5,038 to support the research along the Roanoke River in southern 

 Virginia at the Smith Mountain Project. Another earlier contribu- 

 tion by the Idaho Power Co. to support the researches in the Hells 

 Canyon Reservoir area on the Snake River in Oregon and Idaho had 

 a carryover of $4,080. The latter investigation was carried on as a 

 cooperative project between the River Basin Surveys and the Museum 

 of Idaho State University at Pocatello. The grand total of funds 

 available for the River Basin Surveys in 1963-64 was $359,386. 



Field researches consisted largely of surveys and excavations. Most 



