FIFTY- FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BUEEAU OF AMEEICAN 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 Amer- 

 ican Ethnology during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937, conducted 

 in accordance with the act of Congress of March 19, 1936. The act 

 referred to contains the following item : 



American ethnology : For continuing ethnological researches among the Amer- 

 ican 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 illus- 

 trations, the purchase of books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $58,730.00. 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 



M. W. Stirling, Chief, spent the major part of the fiscal year in 

 Washington, during which time the ethnological report on the Jivaro 

 Indians of Ecuador was completed and submitted to the printer. 



At the end of February 1937 Mr. Stirling left Washington for St. 

 Augustine, Fla., in order to attend the conference held under the 

 auspices of the Carnegie Institution of Washington for the purpose 

 of outlining a progTam of research concerning the historical and 

 archeological past of the city of St. Augustine and vicinity. At the 

 conclusion of this conference he continued to Manatee, Fla., in order 

 to examine some interesting newly discovered mounds in that vicinity. 

 Continuing up the Gulf Coast of Florida, a visit w^as made to Bristol, 

 on the Apalachicola Eiver, where a sherd collection was made on a 

 large mound near the river south of the town. Mr. Stirling then pro- 

 ceeded to Panama City, Fla., in order to photograph several private 

 archeological collections. 



From Panama City, Mr. Stirling went to Macon, Ga., for the pur- 

 pose of examining the large archeological project there which was 

 inaugurated by the Smithsonian Institution with the Society for 

 Georgia Archeology and now being conducted under the auspices of 

 that society by Dr. A. E. Kelly. From Macon, Mr. Stirling proceeded 

 to Philadelphia, Pa., in order to attend the International Conference 

 on Early Man, held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Academy 

 of Sciences. On the conclusion of this conference Mr. Stirling 

 returned to Washington. 



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