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determine any possible relationships,
photographs of this figure were sent to
Dr. Douglas Osborne, field representative for the National Geographic-National Park Servicein Mesa Verde, and
Mr. Wilson Duff of the Provincial
Museum in Victoria, British Columbia.
Both agree that the sculpture is characteristic of the art of the Columbia
River valley.
The stylistic elements of Columbia
River art indicate a long and independent development, which further
suggests respectable antiquity. One
feature is a massiveness of scale, an
almost monumental quality. Even the
small carvings impart a feeling of
depth and extent. The characteristic
A Columbia River Stone Figure
exposed rib motif, almost universal on
The Dalles Dam on the Columbia bone, wood and stone sculpture of the
is
in this specimen, alRiver, completed in 1957, was built in area, present
one of the richest archaeological re- though not visible in this picture. The
headdress and the "protruding tongue"
gions in the United States, the Long or "labaret" element
are also found
Narrows of the Columbia, which was
on
stone
and petromany
carvings
the Wishram of Washington Irving's
in The Dalles area.
glyphs
Extensive
"Astoria."
salvage operations
Emory Strong
were undertaken by the National Park
much
of
the
as
Service to preserve
cultural heritage as possible, but the
necessary technical improvements destroyed far more than was saved.
The shovels and bulldozers plowing
through old village sites and ancient
burial grounds- cemeteriesso old that
no evidence was left to mark the
graves except artifacts- uncovered
many fine specimens of primitive art,
but only a small portion of them was
seen and rescued. Earlier in the century, constructionof the Celilo Canal,
two railroads and a highway through
this narrow gorge had already destroyed many traces of early man.
The objects that were salvaged were
frequently spectacular; among them is
the stone sculpture shown here. It was
found by Ben Sudul, an amateur archaeologist,in a construction area, sitting upright on bed rock. Carved in The stonefigureholding a bowl.
basalt, it stands twelve and threequarters inches high and is outlined
with still brilliant red ocher. The left 'Journal of Glass Studies1
hand holds a bowl and the right a
The growing need for recording dissmall human figure; the sculpture pos- coveries, acquisitions and publications
sibly represents a woman with a child in the art and history of glassmaking
and a burden basket.
has prompted the Corning Museum of
The representationof a figure hold- Glass to inaugurate an annual publicaing a bowl, although world wide, is tion which is intended to fill this want.
rare on the Columbia but quite com- The first issue was published in April,
mon along thé Fraser River, where it 1959. Among the articles are "Glassusually takes the form of a seated making in Ancient Crete," by Gladys
figure holding the bowl in the lap. To D. Weinberg, "Ceramic Molds of the

a man's hand. Naturally the contents
will be readable only after the bronze
has been cleaned, and this operation is
now in process. However, it is clear
that this was a public archive, for
such words as drchon (presiding officer) and boulé (council, here appearing in the Doric form bola) can be
made out. Dr. Alfonso de Franciscis,
Soprintendenteof Calabria, feels sure
that when the tablets are deciphered
they will throw light upon the administrative, political and religious life of
ancient Locri. The discoveryis unique
of its kind and is one of the most important yet made in Magna Graecia.

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Islamic Glassmakers,"by Henri Seyrig,
"Introductory Notes on the Ancient
Glass of Japan," by K. Yamasaki,
"Glass Finds at Gordion," by Axel
von Saldern, "A Preliminary Note on
the Glass Found at Sardis, 1958," by
George M. A. Hanfmann, and "A
Twelfth Century Scent-Bottle from
Cyprus," by A. H. S. Megaw. Included
in the contents of this first issue are
also illustrated records of some fifty
acquisitions of important glass pieces
by museums and private collectors
throughout the world and a check-list
of about 350 books, pamphlets and articles on the art and history of glass
which have appeared since.1956,
The editors of the Journal of Glass
Studies are Thomas S. Buechner, Paul
N. Perrot and Axel von Saldern, and
they can call upon the services of an
international group of editorial advisers. The editors feel that the success and ultimate value of the Journal
will depend on its contributors. The
contents of each issue will be largely
determined by the number, nature and
quality of the contributions received.
No articles are commissioned,and ün7
solicited manuscripts are welcome
Manuscripts, announcementsof acquisitions, and names of books and articles
for the check-list of recent publications should be sent to the editors,
Journal of Glass Studies, Corning Museum of Glass. All subscriptions(price
$5.00) should be sent to the Corning
Museum of Glass, Corning Glass Center, Corning, New York.
Appointments in Classical Studies
The AmericanAcademyin Romehas
announcedthe award of the RomePrize
Fellowshipsfor 1959-1960.The recipients of the fellowships in Classical
studies are Dericksen M. Brinkerhoff
(Senior Research Fellowship), Alfred
Knox Frazier, Anne Laidlaw, Michael
Wigodsky and John W. Zarker. The
Professor-in-Chargeof the School of
Classical Studies for 1959-60 and
1960-61will be T. Robert S. Broughton, Professor of Latin at Bryn Mawr
College.
More Research in Central America
Dr. Wolfgang Haberland of the
Hamburg Museum for Ethnology and
Prehistory, who has reported to us
before on his investigationsin Central
America (Archaeology 9 [1956] 218
and 10 [1957] 258-263), has spent

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