Thirty Fourth Annual Report Of He Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution

Author : Smithsonian Institution
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ISBN 13 : 9781331925859
Total Pages : 670 pages
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Download or read book Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology: To the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1926-1927 The operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927, were conducted in accordance with the act of Congress approved April 22, 1926, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government, which act contains the following item: American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excavation and preservation of archaeologic remains under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution., including necessary employees, the preparation of manuscripts, drawings, illustrations, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $57,160, of which amount not to exceed $46,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. The chief, as in former years, has endeavored to use this appropriation as economically as possible, being always conscious that the amount available is too small to cover the expense of very extensive field work. His major aim is to make the money go as far as possible in the advancement of our knowledge of the Indian and the diffusion of the information acquired. Popular interest in anthropology, especially archeology, has increased greatly during the last decade, and each year replies to queries occupy more of the time of our staff. In spite of the limited appropriation, the bureau has had more investigators in the field during the past year than in any similar period of the present regime. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."