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The Missouri River Basin Surveys: Archeology without the Middle "A"
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For an aspiring anthropologist, the year 1949 was an exciting time to arrive at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The headquarters for the Smithsonian Institution's Missouri River Basin Surveys (MRBS), of the Inter-Agency Archeological Salvage Program, earlier had been established in the Department of Anthropology in the basement of Bumett Hall at the invitation of John L. Champe. It was small space indeed for a group responsible for salvaging prehistory from the postwar flood control that was to affect streams across the entire Missouri River basin. Paul L. Cooper, its director, had his office there in a suite, which included that of John Champe, Chair of Anthropology and director …
