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are contemplated. It is expected that one of them, now in prepara- 

 tion, will be completed at an early date. 



Dr. Gordon K. Willey, anthropologist, spent a large part of the 

 fiscal year in editorial work on the Handbook of South American In- 

 dians, translating and revising manuscript material and selecting 

 and preparing illustrations. He also began and completed the study 

 of several large collections of archeological specimens from south 

 Florida. These collections, now in the United States National Mu- 

 seum, came from sites in Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade Counties, 

 and were excavated by Gene M. Stirling and Lloyd C. Reichard, rep- 

 resentatives of the Bureau of American Ethnology, during the years 

 1933-1936, as a part of the Federal Relief program in archeology. 

 The field operations were conducted by Mr. Stirling and Mr. Reichard, 

 and their notes, drawings, and photographs were used by Dr. Willey 

 in the preparation of the final report, entitled "Excavations in South- 

 east Florida," which will be published in the Yale University series 

 in anthropology. The manuscript totaled approximately 60,000 

 words, and included several tables, 8 line drawings, maps, and 17 

 collotype illustrations. 



During the last few months of the fiscal year, a part of Dr. Willey's 

 official duties were given over to preliminary preparations for archeo- 

 logical research in Peru. This projected program calls for a co- 

 operative investigation of the Viru Valley of northern Peru. Colum- 

 bia University, Yale University, and the Bureau of American Ethnol- 

 ogy are the proposed participants. Actual research and results of 

 research will be undertaken and published separately by the partici- 

 pants ; collaboration will be in the form of common service functions, 

 such as field laboratories, transportation, and aerial photography. 

 The work is planned for the spring and summer of 1946. 



INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 



The Institute of Social Anthropology was created in 1943, as an 

 autonomous unit of the Bureau of American Ethnology, to carry out 

 cooperative training in anthropological teaching and research with 

 the other American republics. As the Director, Dr. Julian H. 

 Steward, was instructed in the official order establishing the Institute 

 to report to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, there is 

 presented here his report to Secretary Wetmore. 



The Institute of Social Anthropology, carrying out a program of 

 cultural and scientific cooperation with the American republics imder 

 a grant transferred from the Department of State, continued under 

 the directorship of Dr. Julian H. Steward. Dr. Alfred Metraux, 

 Assistant Director, was transferred to the War Department on April 

 2, 1945, to accept an assignment for work in Europe. Miss Ethelwyn 



