BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
15th Annual Report, 1893-94. 
"Specially noteworthy among the results of the archeologic 
work in the Bureau during the current year are the monographs 
by Professor Eolmes on "Ancient Pottery of Eastern United 
States" and "Stone Art of Eastern United States." Both embrace 
the results of researches extending over many years; both are 
elaborately illustrated from material preserved in the National 
Museum; both represent the mature conclusions of an able and 
carefully trained archeologist. The classification and in¬ 
terpretation adopted by Professor Holmes are primarily indige¬ 
nous, though his comparative studies have extended over the 
archeologic literature of the world, and it is believed that 
his conclusions will form a firm basis for those branches of 
archeology to which his work relates. To him science is in¬ 
debted for a consistent method of interpreting primitive art 
products through study of the arts of primitive peoples cognate 
to those whose relics have come down to us from prehistoric 
times. It was with great regret that the Director accepted 
his resignation toward the end of the fiscal year, in order 
that he might transfer his labors to the Field Columbian 
Museum." (Page LXXVIII) 
