14 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



22. After Dr. Drucker's departure from Eugene, Homer Douglas 

 Osborne, archeologist, was appointed acting field director and placed 

 in charge of the office there. He continued in that capacity through- 

 out the remainder of the year. 



From July to early September, two parties consisting of two men 

 each, were engaged in the investigation of reservoir areas in the 

 Columbia Basin. Diu-ing that time they explored 15 reservoir basins, 

 6 of which are Corps of Engineers projects, and 9 of which are projects 

 of the Bureau of Keclamation. The Corps of Engineers projects in- 

 clude the 4 navigational reservoirs on the lower Snake Eiver in Wash- 

 ington, Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower 

 Granite. In addition Lucky Peak Eeservoir basin in Idaho was 

 examined, and the results of the survey of Chief Joseph (Foster Creek) 

 Reservoir in east-central Washington initiated some years ago by the 

 University of Washington were checked and the survey was com- 

 pleted. The work done in Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs involved 

 the examination of sites in the Deschutes project, Benham Falls and 

 Prineville Reservoirs, and checks of the proposed enlargement of 

 Wickiup and Crane Prairie Reservoirs. In addition a series of small 

 reservoirs in eastern Oregon and central Idaho were sm*veyed. They 

 were: Mason, Ryan Creek, and BuUy Creek in northeastern Oregon; 

 and Lost Valley Enlargement and Horse Flat Reservoirs in Idaho. 

 Within the boundaries of those 15 reservoir basins a total of 128 

 archeological sites were found and recorded. 



Excavation projects were carried out in the McNary Reservoir 

 area, Oregon- Washing ton, and in the O'Sullivan (Potholes) Reservoir, 

 Washington. The work at McNary was a cooperative undertaking 

 between the River Basin Surveys and the University of Oregon, while 

 that at O'Sullivan was a joint venture between the Surveys and the 

 University of Washington. 



Investigations at McNary were carried on from August 5 to Sep- 

 tember 11 under the direction of Homer Douglas Osborne. The 

 digging was done by students from various west coast universities. 

 Extensive tests were made in two sites on Berrian Island, Wash., 

 which had been designated as a source of aggregate for dam construc- 

 tion, and at an important one on the Oregon side of the river. In 

 addition to previously unknown information about local Indian vil- 

 lage and house patterns, the excavations produced 48 burials and 

 1,870 artifacts. The skeletal material provides one of the largest 

 series thus far available for study and should throw considerable light 

 on the physical characteristics and relationships of the people. The 

 artifacts will give a good cross section of the material culture prevail- 

 ing at the time of first contact with European influence. 



The O'SuUivan project was well under way at the start of the fiscal 



