SIXTY-FOUETH ANNUAL EEPOET 



OF THE 



BUEEAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY 



M. W. Stirling, Chief 



Sir : I liave 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, 1947, conducted 

 in accordance with the Act of Congress of June 27, 1944, which 

 provides "* * * for continuing ethnological researches among 

 the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii and the excavation 

 and preservation of archeologic remains. * * *" 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 



Dr. M. W. Stirling, Chief of the Bureau, spent the greater part 

 of the fiscal year in Washington, attending to administrative duties 

 and completing for publication reports on archeological field work 

 in southern Mexico. Two papers were completed entitled "An 

 Archeological Eeconnaissance of the State of Tabasco, Mexico," and 

 "Piedra Parada, a Chiapas Highland Site." Considerable progress 

 was also made on a paper entitled "Additional Stone Monuments 

 of Southern Mexico." 



Several lectures were given during the year on anthropological 

 subjects. In April 1947 Dr. Stirling went to Houston, Tex., as 

 representative of the Smithsonian Institution at the Inauguration of 

 Dr. Wm. Vermilion Houston as President of Eice Institute. 



Dr. Frank H. H. Eoberts, Jr., Associate Chief of the Bureau and 

 Director of the Eiver Basin Surveys, devoted the major part of his 

 time during the fiscal j^ear to directing the program of the Eiver 

 Basin Surveys. The latter is a cooperative project between the 

 Smithsonian Institution, the National Park Service, the Bureau of 

 Eeclamation, and the Corps of Engineers, United States Army. Its 

 purpose is the recovery of such archeological and paleontological 

 information and materials as will be lost through the construction 

 of dams and the creation of large reservoirs in many of the river 

 valleys of the United States. 



In directing the survey work Dr. Eoberts recruited personnel, 

 arranged for supplies and equipment, established cooperation with 

 local institutions in various parts of the country, prepared over-all 

 plans for a Nation-wide archeological program, wrote progress re- 

 ports for the cooperating agencies, and aided in the preparation of 

 preliminary reports on the results of surveys in various reservoir 



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