12 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



Geographical Society of the University of San Marcos in Lima, and 

 in establishing the teaching curriculum of this department. 



Publications. — One monograph of the series Publications of the 

 Institute of Social Anthropology appeared in June 1947 — Publication 

 No. 3, Moche, a Peruvian Coastal Community, by John Gillin. Publi- 

 cation No. 4, Cultural and Historical Geography of Southwest Guate- 

 mala, by Felix Webster McBryde, Publication No. 5, Highland Com- 

 munities of Central Peru: A Regional Survey, by Harry Tschopik, 

 Jr., and Publication No. 6, Empire's Children: the People of Tzin- 

 tzuntzan, by George M. Foster, were in proof. Publication No. 7, Cul- 

 tural Geography of the Modern Tarascan Area, by Eobert C. West, 

 and Publication No. 8, Sierra Popoluca Speech, Mary L. Foster and 

 George M. Foster, were edited and sent to the printer. Mrs. Eloise 

 B. Edelen of the editorial staff of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 did the editorial work on these publications. 



RIVER BASIN SURVEYS 



The River Basin Surveys were instituted in the fall of 1945 as a unit 

 of the Bureau of American Ethnology. They were organized to carry 

 into effect a memorandum of understanding between the National 

 Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution. This memorandum 

 provided for surveys to determine the extent and nature of archeolog- 

 ical and paleontological remains occurring in areas to be flooded by 

 the construction of dams by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps 

 of Engineers, United States Army. The memorandum was signed 

 on August 7, 1945, by Newton B. Drury, Director of the National Park 

 Service, and on September 8, 1945, by Alexander Wetmore, Secretary 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, and was approved by Harold L. Ickes, 

 Secretary of the Interior, on October 9, 1945. 



The first actual field work got under way in July 1946. A transfer 

 of $20,000 at the end of May 1946, by the Bureau of Reclamation 

 through the National Park Service, provided the necessary funds for 

 starting survey parties in the Missouri Basin. An additional $40,000 

 subsequently was made available by the Bureau of Reclamation for 

 work in this area during fiscal 1947. In September 1946 $27,000 

 was transferred by the Corps of Engineers, through the National 

 Park Service, for surveys outside of the Missouri Basin, and in March 

 1947 $4,500 was transferred by the Bureau of Reclamation for surveys 

 in the Columbia- Snake Basin. The Missouri Basin funds were for 

 use in both Bureau of Reclamation and Corps of Engineers projects. 

 The money provided by the Corps of Engineers was for Corps of 

 Engineers projects only, while the Columbia-Snake Basin money was 

 for use only in Bureau of Reclamation projects. 



