Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-02
SEE SOUTH AMERICA
FIELD Of RESEARCH
Expeditions of Scientists Go.
ing There for Museum OF
Natural History.

Jy the ASSOcldteu
CHICAGO, ILL.,. February 2.-South
America will be the field of four out OF
six scientific research expeditions to De
sent out by the Field Museum of Natural
History during the next five years. Two
of these expeditions will gather geologi-
cal specimens in the area from Brazil 10
Patagonia and two. one geological ana
one botanical. will study the animal and
plant life of Peru.
An archaeological expedition VIII Visit
the ISthmus of Panama and the state
of Colombia and at the same time an
ethnology expedition will go to the
MALAY Peninsula. All expeditions Will
90 before summer and will be gone Tor
period of two to five years.
To Remain Five Years.
The department of geology is one that
plans to extend its expeditions over
period of five years. The first or tnese
ton, Curator of the department.: and
will proceed to the gem-produclng
localities of Brazil. one of the OBJECTS
of tns expedition is to secure iu'i
series of minerals associated with the
diamond
Two later expeditions under DR.. Far
rirSton's direction will visit the I'M
portaut gold and iron mining districts or
Brazil and the silver and copper pro
ducin" districts of Peru and Bolivia.
The latter expedition will also take
specimens from the important nitrate
and vanadium deposits of Chile.
Specimens of prehistoric vertebrate
life will be searched for by the second OF
the geological expeditions. This eX-
petition will visit the Santa Cruz beds
of Patagonia, certain areas of the PAM
pean formation of northern Argentine
0fb tp0 I
hoped to secure some specimens OF the
great ground SlothS, the PampuS morse
and other types of vertebrate life OF
South America. The expedition will De
under the direction of Mr. f. S. Riggs
of the department of historical geology
of the meSeum.
Will Work Together
The geological and botanical eXpedi-
tons will work together in the interior
of the sierras of central Peru and in the
region of the sources of the Amazon.
DIR. Wilfred Osgood. curator of 20
olosy of the museum. will head the eN-
petition, which expects TO bring back
many new specimens OF animal me
The botanical expedition will be under
the direction of Mr.. J. Francis Mac
bride. assistant botanist of the museum.
The region the expedition will cover is
almost unknown as far as its plant life
is concerned.
The archaeological expedition. under
the direction of Rr. J. A. Mason. will
endeavor to solve some of the mysteries
OF the INTERPRETATIONS of the great
ancient Maya and the Inca of Peru.
Colorado Desert in Program.
The department of archaeology also
plans to penetrate the Colorado desert
next summer and to work among the
eastern Apache and Navajo Indians.
The expedition headed by DIR. Fay
Cooper Cole will leave in June for the
Malay Peninsula to study the origin and
migration of the Malay and Negrito
races. Before returning to this country
DIR. Cole will attempt to penetrate into
the interior of Borneo.
DIR. b. Laufer, curator of the de-
partment of anthropo'osy. is planning a
trip to China to study the aboriginal
tribes of the island of Ha-naR. He,
will also make an archaeological sur
vey of the province of F.u-kien and
NIanchuria in order to enlarge the
Chinese collections of the museum