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completed manuscrips had not yet been mimeographed at the close 

 of the year. Excavations made during the year brought the total 

 for reservoir basins where such work has been done to 38, located in 

 17 States. Eeports on some of that work have been published in 

 various scientific journals, and eight such papers are now in press 

 as a Bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology. The technical 

 reports on two other excavation projects have been finished. Paleon- 

 tological surveys have been made in 121 reservoir areas, 86 of them 

 being those where archeological work has also been done. Eventually 

 the other 35 will be visited by archeological parties. The total of all 

 reservoir basins surveyed, including those where archeological work 

 still remains to be done, is 270. 



As of June 30, 1952, the reservoir projects which had been surveyed 

 for archeological remains were distributed by States as follows: 

 California, 20; Colorado, 24; Georgia, 4; Idaho, 11; Illinois, 2; 

 Iowa, 3; Kansas, 7; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana, 1; Minnesota, 1; Mon- 

 tana, 15 ; Nebraska, 28 ; New Mexico, 1 ; North Dakota, 13 ; Ohio, 2 ; 

 Oklahoma, 7 ; Oregon, 27 ; Pennsylvania, 2 ; South Dakota, 9 ; Tennes- 

 see, 1; Texas, 19; Virginia, 2; Washington, 11; West Virginia, 2; 

 Wyoming, 21. Excavations have been made or were being made in 

 reservoir areas in : California, 5 ; Colorado, 1 ; Georgia, 3 ; Kansas, 1 ; 

 Montana, 1; Nebraska, 1; New Mexico, 1; North Dakota, 3; Okla- 

 homa, 2; Oregon, 2; South Carolina, 1; South Dakota, 3; Texas, 7; 

 Virginia, 1; Washington, 3; West Virginia, 1; Wyoming, 2. The 

 foregoing figures refer only to the work of the River Basin Surveys or 

 that which was done in direct cooperation with local institutions. 

 Projects carried on by local institutions alone or in direct cooperation 

 with the National Park Service are not included because complete 

 information about them was not available. 



Throughout the year the River Basin Surveys continued to receive 

 helpful cooperation from the National Park Service, the Bureau of 

 Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, and numerous State and local 

 institutions. At a number of projects guides and transportation were 

 furnished to staff members in the field. Temporary office and labora- 

 tory space was provided at others, and on several occasions labor and 

 mechanical equipment were made available by the construction agency. 

 Such assistance speeded up the work of the field men and made pos- 

 sible greater accomplishment than would otherwise have been the 

 case. The National Park Service continued to serve as the liaison 

 between the various agencies both in Washington and through its 

 several regional offices and provided the Smithsonian Institution with 

 necessary information about the locations for proposed dams and 

 reservoirs and construction priorities. Furthermore, the National 

 Park Service primarily was responsible for obtaining the funds which 



