back to the Faleo- Indian 
period and the oldest levels 
may well be some 10,000 
years of age. 
The cave is located in 
an isolated region, which 
accounts for its archeological 
nature being unknown until 
recently. It is in the form 
of a large rock shelter, 250 
feet wide, 270 feet deep, and 
25 feet high. An interesting 
feature is that it is natur- 
ally air conditioned. A fis- 
sure in the rear of the cave 
connects with a deep cavern 
through which flows a sizable 
stream. Through this fissure 
blows a current of cool air 
from the cavern. 
In making preliminary 
tests, Mr. Miller found that 
the first three feet consisted 
of pottery-bearing strata rep- 
resenting the last 1500 years. 
Below this are abundant stone 
artifacts of prepottery age, 
deposited by the archaic peo- 
ples and early man. There is 
a good possibility that still 
deeper may be found indications 
of the culture of eastern Fol- 
som man. 
In addition to the ar- 
cheological data, important 
evidence as to ecological 
changes should be found. In 
his test at a depth of only 
four feet, Mr. Miller found 
a group of large snails of a 
very rare type which are now 
extinct in the area. Bone 
and shell are abundant and 
beautifully preserved in the 
deposits. Changes in animal 
and bird life should furnish 
significant evidence as to 
climatic changes during the 
long period of occupancy. 
The excavations have been 
made possible through the 
generosity of the National 
Geographic Society in providing 
the necessary funds. Dr. Frank 
II. H. Roberts, Jr., cooperated 
in the project by detailing Mr. 
Miller to the Bureau for a period 
of two months. The cooperation 
of C. K. Peacock, J. B. Graham, 
L. W. Pahmeyer, and Paul H. Brown 
of Chattanooga, Tenn., who hold 
the lease on Russell Cave^ enabled 
the Smithsonian to conduct these 
archeological excavations. 
RETURNS TO KBS STAFF 
Mrs. Evelyn B. Stewart has 
rejoined the staff of the River 
Basin Surveys at Lincoln, Nebr. 
Mrs. Stewart was employed there 
for several years as file clerk 
before transferring to the Vet- 
erans Administration. She is 
now returning in a half-time 
capacity. 
PUBLISHED IN MARCH 
T, Marine Polychaete Worms 
from Labrador,” by Marian H. 
Pettibone (Museum Proceedings, 
54 pages). 
"Bryozoa of the United States 
Navy's 1947-1948 Antarctic Expedi- 
tion, I-IV," by Mary D. Rogick 
(Museum Proceedings, 97 pages). 
"Revision of the Milliped 
Genus Dixioria (Polydesmida: 
Xystodesmidae) , " by Richard L. 
Hofftaan (Museum Proceedings, 9 
pages). 
Table of Contents and Index 
for Volume 103 of the Proceedings 
of the National Museum ( 40 pages). 
