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thoroughly excavated and detailed studies made of the material. The 

 site was found by William Spencer, of Spencer, Wyo., and was re- 

 ported to the Smithsonian Institution by Robert E. Frison, deputy 

 game warden, Wyoming State Game and Fish Commission of New- 

 castle. Permission for the investigations was granted by Leonard 

 E. Davis, owner of the land. 



Leaving Newcastle, Wyo., on August 1, Dr. Roberts proceeded to 

 Tucumcari and San Jon, N. Mex., for the purpose of disposing of some 

 of the equipment stored there at the close of the 1941 season and ar- 

 ranging for storage of the remainder for the duration. 



On his return to Washington, Dr. Roberts resumed his office activi- 

 ties. Galley and page proofs were read for his report, "Archeologi- 

 cal and Geological Investigations in the San Jon District, Eastern 

 New Mexico," which appeared in the ;Smithsonian Miscellaneous 

 Collections, volume 103, No. 4. Manuscript was prepared and galley 

 and page proofs were read for a paper entitled "Egypt and the Suez 

 Canal," which was published as No. 11 in the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion War Background Studies. By request, an article, "Evidence for 

 a Paleo-Indian in the New World," was written for the Acta Ameri- 

 cana, an international quarterly review published by the Inter-Ameri- 

 can Societj^ of Anthropology and Geography. During the period from 

 October 1 to June 30 a series of survival articles was prepared from 

 data furnished by members of the Smithsonian staff. These articles 

 were made available to the armed forces through the office of the 

 Ethnogeographic Board. Dr. Roberts devoted considerable time to 

 the task of gathering this information from the Institution's authori- 

 ties in the various fields of science and working it into articles for 

 general reading. He also furnished information on various subjects 

 in response to requests from numerous members of the armed services. 

 At the close of the fiscal year he was engaged in assisting in the prepa- 

 ration of a survival manual for the Ethnogeographic Board. 



On April 1, 1943, Dr. Roberts was designated as Acting Chief of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology whenever the Chief, by reason of 

 absence, illness, or other cause, is unable to discharge the duties of his 

 position. 



Dr. Julian H. Steward, anthropologist, continued his activities as 

 editor of the Handbook of South American Indians, one of the Smith- 

 sonian projects conducted under funds transferred from the State 

 Department for "Cooperation with the American Republics." He also 

 prepared a number of articles for publication in the Handbook. The 

 Handbook, which is three-fourths completed, will consist of four 

 volumes of text and a two-volume bibliography. Material has been 

 contributed to it by 100 specialists on the Indian tribes of Central 

 and South America and the Antilles. 



