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This volume, "An Examination of Amateur Collections from the Carson Sink, Nevada" by Robert L. Kelly, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, provides important information on a facet of the archaeological record in western Nevada currently not well documented. As a part of a graduate doctoral program, Kelly is conducting a regional study in the Carson Sink area. To supplement data gathered from field survey on public land in the region, some prominent private collections from the area have been inspected. This report contains data gathered from that element of the research plan.