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0/32, GILA PUEBLO GLOBE, ARIZONA March 12, 1935. Mr. J. Gunnar Andersson, Curator, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden. Dear Mr. Andersson: I have followed with the greatest interest your work in Northern China. The linking of your cultures in Kansu with those of the Near East is of the greatest significance to us who deal in New World cultures, since our contacts are obviously wi...
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0/32, GILA PUEBLO GLOBE, ARIZONA March 12, 1935. Mr. J. Gunnar Andersson, Curator, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden. Dear Mr. Andersson: I have followed with the greatest interest your work in Northern China. The linking of your cultures in Kansu with those of the Near East is of the greatest significance to us who deal in New World cultures, since our contacts are obviously with eastern Asia rather than with the cultures to the west. During the past seven years, we have been con- ducting a survey of western North America and Mexico which, at present, ineludes about 10,000 sites; of these, about 8,000 contain pottery; the other 2,000, ehiefly in Texes, are largely flint cultures. The work of the past two years has shown us that some of these sites are earlier than had formerly been supposed. Drs. Antevs and Leigh- ton have both advised us that the gravels overlying the sites are Pleistocene, and we are now awaiting reports from other geologists, palaeontologists, and paleobotanists before beginning excavations. I feel very strongly that most of our American archaeologists are working in local fieläås which restrict their perspective, and we äre therefore making every effort to obtain re- presentative series from as many areas as possible to afforå bases of comparison. The work of Leakey in Kenya has opened up a vast area. Your work in China is of equal, if not greater, importance to us. I am therefore writing to ask you if it would be possible for us to obtain a representative series of your flint cultures in China, and also a collection of pottery fragments which will illus- trate the various horizons which you have determined. Such collec- tions would be of inestimable value to us. In return, we should be very glad to send you types of our flint cultures from Texas and the Southwest, and also pottery fragments which will illustrate the pro- gression of ceramic development in western North America. We are at present engaged in the excavation of a site on the Gila River in southern irizona which I think bids fair to revolutionize many of the ideas of origins in the Southwest. Pottery runs back into hor- izons heretofore unsuspected, together with new examples of house types, stone work, etc. Any assistance that you can give us in building up our comparative series with types from China or any other section of the Old World which you can spare will be greatly appreciated. Very sincerely yours, Harold 5. Gladwin, Director. HSG/S
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