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member, and a meeting of Florida archeologists held early in August 

 at Daytona Beach. He has also served as assistant editor to Ameri- 

 can Antiquity, to the Handbook of Latin American Studies, and to 

 the Journal of American Archaeology. For all these journals his work 

 has entailed the covering of recent South American archeological lit- 

 erature. 



In the Bureau he has acted as consultant during the final editing 

 of the third and fourth volumes of the Handbook of South American 

 Indians. 



The following articles were prepared by Dr. Willey for publication 

 during the year 1947-48 : "Culture Sequence for the Manatee Region 

 of West Florida," American Antiquity, vol. 13, No. 3 ; "The Cultural 

 Context of the Crystal River Negative Painted Style," American An- 

 tiquity, vol. 13, No. 4 ; "A Proto-type of the Southern Cult," Ameri- 

 can Antiquity, vol. 13, No. 4. 



SPECIAL RESEARCHES 



Miss Frances Densmore, collaborator of the Bureau, conducted spe- 

 cial research on music among the South American Indians and sub- 

 mitted a manuscript entitled "Musical Customs of the Southern Hunter 

 Indians of South America" as compiled from the Handbook of South 

 American Indians. 



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. During the past year it was financed by 

 transfers from the Department of State, totaling $94,882, from the 

 appropriation "Cooperation with the American Republics, 1948." 

 The major activities of the Institute of Social Anthropology during 

 the fiscal year 1948 are as follows : 



Washington o-fflce. — Dr. George M. Foster continued as director of 

 the Institute of Social Anthropology. He traveled to six South Amer- 

 ican countries during the period February 14 to April 12, 1948, visiting 

 Institute of Social Anthropology field stations in Popayan, Colombia, 

 Lima, Peru, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. In addition, courtesy calls were 

 made on anthropologists in Barranquilla and Medellin, Colombia, 

 Quito, Ecuador, Cusco, Peru, La Paz, Bolivia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 

 and Caracas, Venezuela. Dr. Foster also spent 3 weeks in Mexico 

 (November 25-December 15, 1947) reading final proof on Publication 

 No. 6 of the Institute of Social Anthropology. 



Brazil. — Drs. Donald Pierson and Kalervo Oberg continued their 

 work in Sao Paulo in cooperation with the Escola Livre de Sociologia 



