In writing an article for scientific publication one preferably should have done some original research in that field, or if his disposition is such that he wishes to criticize the work of those who have spent decades in methodical observations in regions different from his own, he should have made a real effort to ascertain the facts before going into print. In the writer's opinion, Dr. Kelley's article on the Clear Fork culture in a recent issue of American Antiquity does not measure up to these criteria.

The writer has studied the Clear Fork culture for over twenty years. He published pictures of five Clear Fork gouges in Volume 1, 1929, of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society Bulletin In Volume 2, 1930, of the same Bulletin he illustrated artifacts from the McLean and the Gibson sites, both of which contain Clear Fork and other ancient types of artifacts.