44 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
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REPORT BY ARTHUR C. PARKER, State Archeologist 
An analysis of the various activities of this division and the 
methods of approach have appeared in a previous report, making a 
repetition unnecessary. In general it may be stated however, that 
the work consists of making field examinations and excavations of 
aboriginal sites, conducting field and laboratory studies in ethnology, 
in collecting folk-lore, in caring for the collections acquired and in 
conducting the work of the office which consists mainly of corre- 
spondence, consultation and research. 
Field work. Field examinations were made of certain sites in 
the Genesee valley, the Hudson valley near Athens, and in Jefferson 
county, but no excavations have been conducted this year owing to 
an injury received by the archeologist. The plans which had been 
made for work were laid aside and the men engaged dismissed. 
Certain collections were visited and examined in detail, among 
them the new collection of Alvin H. Dewey of Rochester, and the 
collections of Willard E. Yager of Oneonta and of George L. Tucker 
of Buffalo. Each is representative of its locality. Mr Yager has 
based an extensive work in several volumes on the data of his col- 
lection which embraces many valuable objects from the upper Sus- 
quehanna valley. 
Condition of the collections. The collections of this division are 
housed in the two upper mezzanine floors of the museum and run 
the entire length of the building. In the west hall, termed the 
Myron H. Clark Hall of Iroquois Ethnology, are the six Indian 
groups and at the western end are the ethnological collections and 
osteological exhibits. In the east hall, termed the Lewis H. Morgan 
Hall of Archeology, are the archeological exhibits. These collec- 
tions require constant curatorial oversight; new exhibits are in- 
stalled from time to time and old ones taken out and stored. During 
the year we have prepared for exhibition the Coxsackie flint mine 
hill material, the Vine Valley discoveries and the L. V. Case loan 
exhibit of Egyptian and Mesopotamian objects. 
New accessions. During the year donations of material have 
been received from Jefferson Ray, W. R. Blackie and Otis M. Bige- 
low. Mr Ray presented the Museum with a fine basket hamper 
made about 1790 by the Indians of Coxsackie hills, and some very 
fine material from Old Orchard Point and from Indian Fields. Mr 
Bigelow presented a collection from the town of Cicero. The 
