SIXTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



M. W. Stirling, Director 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following Report on the field 

 researches, office work, and other operations of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1949, conducted in 

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

 a* * * £qj. continuing ethnological researches among the Ameri- 

 can Indians and the natives of Hawaii and the excavation and pres- 

 ervation of archeologic remains. * * *'' 



SYSTEMATIC RESEARCHES 



At the end of December Dr. M. W. Stirling, Director of the Bureau, 

 left to continue the cooperative program of archeological work in 

 Panamd of the National Geographic Society and the Smithsonian 

 Institution. Excavations were conducted at Utiv^ in the province of 

 Panamd, at Barriles and Palo Santo in the province of ChiriquI, and 

 at three sites midway between Santiago and Sond in the province of 

 Veraguas. At Utive and Barriles heretofore undescribed ceramic 

 cultures were encountered, while at the other sites much new informa- 

 tion was obtained on the classic Chiriqui and Veraguas cultures. The 

 expedition received splendid cooperation from Maj. Gen. Willis Hale, 

 commanding general of the air forces of the Caribbean area, who, in 

 addition to other assistance, allowed the use of two helicopters for 

 reconnaissance work in the Utive-Chepo area. Dr. Stirling returned 

 to Washington with the Panamanian collections in the middle of 

 May. 



Dr. Frank H. H. Koberts, Jr., Associate Director of the Bureau 

 and Director of the River Basin Surveys, devoted the greater part of 

 his time during the fiscal year to the direction and administration of 

 the Eiver Basin Surveys. On November 4 and 5, Dr. Roberts 

 attended the meetings of the American Philosophical Society at 

 Philadelphia where he presented a paper on the River Basin Surveys 

 program. From November 22 to 30, Dr. Roberts was at Lincoln, 

 Nebr., inspecting the field headquarters for the Missouri Basin project. 

 While at Lincoln he also took part in the Sixth Conference for Plains 

 Archeology and presided over one of the symposia. During the year 

 he also served as a member of the executive committee for the Divi- 



