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sites comprise several large <>;r()ups of unusually interestiiifj; pictofj^raplis, 

 a number of rock-shelters showing evidence of 'Basket Maker' oc(;u- 

 pation, and for the rest clilT-houses ranging in size from one to thirty 

 rooms. Brief descriptive notes, measuren.ients and photographs were 

 obtained as far as practicable. A small amount of excavating was also 

 done, sufficient to afford examples of the physical type of the former 

 inhabitants, as w^ell as of the principal features of their culture. 



"In the Mimbres Valley the reconnaissance extended from near the 

 Mexican border northward to the Gila National Forest, a distance of 

 about seventy miles. Within these limits thirty-five ruins were exam- 

 ined, particular notice being taken of those from which the Museum's 

 collections were derived. Descriptions, plots, measurements and photo- 

 graphs were taken of all the outstanding features. A few skulls were 

 secured, and broken pottery, suitable for study purposes, was gathered 

 from every site. Of general interest was the fact here observed that the 

 Casas Grandes culture of Chihuahua formerly extended over a consider- 

 able portion of southern New IVIexico. 



"The incidental reconnaissance work done in the region of Solomon- 

 ville. Globe, Tucson, Phcenix, Kingman, Flagstaff and Kayenta, Ari- 

 zona; in the Needles and Barstow region of California; and in the Las 

 Vegas region of Nevada, yielded several important results. Thus, in 

 addition to the study collections obtained from these localities, the work 

 extended the known western limits of the old Pueblo culture into south- 

 ern Nevada and helped to fix the geographical location of several 

 ceramic centers, as well as their chronologic position in the time scale. 



"To sum up, the season's field work has helped to fill a large gap in 

 our preliminary survey of the Southwest; it has resulted in the recogni- 

 tion of fifteen or more ceramic centers ; and it has tended to confirm the 

 view that two great sedentary culture groups formerly flourished in this 

 area, one of which groups exhiljits much closer affinity with the culture 

 of northern Mexico than does the other. This last fact should make it 

 clear that the archaeological problem of the Southwest cannot be cleared 

 up until a large portion of northern Mexico has been brought under 

 observation," 



Under date of December 14th, Air. Anthony wrote to Dr. Chapman, 

 from Portovelo, Ecuador : 



"We returned from our Loja-Oriente trip day before yesterday and a 

 mail goes out tomorrow so I am writing you first of all my correspon- 



