FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



M. W. Stirling, Chief 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the field 

 researches, office work, and other operations of the Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Ethnology during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1935, conducted 

 in accordance with the act of Congress of March 28, 1934. The act 

 referred to contains the following item : 



American ethnology : For continuing ethnological researches among the Ameri- 

 can Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excavation and preservation of 

 archeologic remains under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, includ- 

 ing necessary employees, the preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustra- 

 tions, the purchase of books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $52,910.00. 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 



M. W. Stirling, Chief, left Washington on October 23, 1934, to 

 investigate the location of finds of the eastern type of Folsom point 

 in King and Queen and Halifax Counties, Va., and in Granville 

 County, N. C. It was discovered that the points in question were all 

 surface finds, the exact location of several being examined. Two in- 

 teresting facts developed from this study: None of the Folsomlike 

 points was found in connection with village site material, and all of 

 them were recovered from hilltop fields or other elevations where 

 erosion had removed the topsoil. Until finds are made in situ, and 

 in association with other material, very little can be said as to the 

 antiquity of the specimens beyond the fact that they appear to be 

 earlier than the ceramic horizons in the same region. 



On January 18, 1935, Mr. Stirling arrived at San Jose, Guatemala, 

 from which point he visited archeological sites on the Pacific Coastal 

 Plain. Proceeding to the highlands of Guatemala, he visited several 

 Maya Quiche villages in the vicinity of Lake Atitlan and Chichi- 

 castenango. Subsequently he studied the old empire ruins of 

 Quirigua on the Motagua River and Copan in Honduras. After 

 returning to Guatemala from Honduras, Mr. Stirling proceeded to 



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