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Basin Surveys at the annual session of the Nebraska Academy of Sci- 

 ences and read a paper explaining and summarizing the activities of 

 the Surveys. On June 3 Mr. Cooper left Lincoln for North Dakota. 

 Two days were spent en route in conferring with personnel at the 

 University of South Dakota Museum. Arriving at the Heart Butte 

 Eeservoir project on the Park River in North Dakota, Mr. Cooper 

 initiated reconnaissance work and started some test excavations in 

 a site not far above the location for the dam. These investigations 

 were in progress at the close of the fiscal year. 



Eobert B. Cumming, Jr., archeologist, continued to serve as the 

 laboratory supervisor at the Lincoln headquarters. He planned and 

 directed the procedures for processing specimens, photographic nega- 

 tives and prints, the preparation of maps and diagrams for the reports, 

 the typing of manuscripts and cutting of stencils, and the general 

 maintenance of equipment. During the course of the year 37,406 speci- 

 mens were cleaned, repaired if necessary, numbered, cataloged, and 

 stored. Since the beginning of the project 59,306 specimens have been 

 processed. Over 830 photographic negatives and their prints were 

 added to the files, bringing the total to 1,256. Approximately 100 

 kodachrome positives were cataloged, making 179 now available for 

 use in illustrating talks about the program. During the year Mr. 

 Cumming established a file for photographic enlargements suitable 

 for publicity purposes and one for lantern slides. Reference maps 

 and aerial photographs were indexed and filed, 835 of the former and 

 277 of the latter now being available for use by the staff. In addition 

 Mr. Cumming assisted in and supervised the mimeographing and 

 assembling of reports issued during the year. These consisted of 10 

 preliminary archeological reports, 5 supplementary archeological 

 reports, and 2 paleontological reports. He also carried on the project 

 inventory and requisitioning of supplies throughout the year. During 

 such times as the field director and acting director were away from 

 Lincoln he was in charge of the field office. 



From July 1 to November 7, Jack T. Hughes, archeologist, assisted 

 Wesley L. Bliss in Wyoming and Montana, where he participated in 

 reconnaissance and survey of several reservoir basins. From Novem- 

 ber 8 to May 30 he worked in the office at Lincoln where he aided in 

 the preparation of various reports on the field work of the 1947 

 season. He wrote two reports entitled "Supplementary Appraisal of 

 the Archeological Resources of Oregon Basin Reservoir, Park County, 

 Wyoming" and "Supplementary Appraisal of the Archeological Re- 

 sources of Tiber Reservoir, Toole and Liberty Counties, Montana." 

 He also prepared the following section of a report entitled "Archeology 

 of Birdshead Cave, Fremont County, Wyoming" : Introduction, site, 

 locale, occupation, and complexes, as well as parts of those on remains 



