COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 
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L0UBAT QUIIQUEBNIAL PRIZES FOR 1898 
The Hon# Seth Low, 1L#D* , 
President of Columbia University. 
Sirs 
The undersigned, a Committee appointed in 1895 to examine 
and report upon the various monographs submitted in competition 
for the Loubut Prizes to be, awarded in 1898, beg leave to report 
that they have carefully considered the different works received, 
and have "also, in accordance with the rules governing the competi- 
tion, examined such other works relating to American Archaeology 
as have been published in #&§ English language during the three 
years ending with the first day of April, 1898# In their eon* 
sideration of thee© monographs the Committee have taken into account 
not only the scientific value of the work but also the importance 
of the subjects treated, the methods of investigation pursued by 
the authors, and the artistic and literary excellence of the pre- 
sentation# 
The monographs that were formally submitted for examina- 
tion were the productions of eight different authors* Of these 
the Commit tec have 'selected, as being the most meritorious and as 
most fully complying with the conditions prescribed for tie compe- 
tition, the treatise offered by Mr# William .Henry Holmes, Curator 
of the Department of Anthropology in the Rational UuSiSa at Wash- 
ington# The Title of this treatise is, n Stone Implements of the 
Potomac -Chesapeake Tide-Water Provinces # n 
This volume may be held to mark an epoch in American 
archaeological research, by interpreting the remarkably abundant 
artifacts of a typical region in the light of precious studies of 
actual aboriginal handiwork, and thus establishing a basis for the 
classification of the stone ’art of the entire Western Hemisphere# 
It is the result of many years of personal study, numerous experi- 
ments, and close typological analysis, and is supplied with a" 
wealth of illustrative material that gives it most exceptional 
interest and value# The Committee, therefore, recommend that the 
first prize of §1,000 be awarded to Mr# William Henry Holmes# 
