American Anthropologist

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American Anthropological Association, 1905 - Anthropology

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Page 520 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 349 - That any person who shall appropriate, excavate, injure or destroy any historic or prehistoric ruin or monument, or any object of antiquity, situated on lands owned or controlled by the government of the United States, without the permission of the Secretary of the Department of the government having jurisdiction over the lands on which said antiquities are situated...
Page 177 - It is the purpose of this paper to present the results of a study of the mineral composition of the vegetables so selected.
Page 350 - War to institutions which they may deem properly qualified to conduct such examination, excavation, or gathering, subject to such rules and regulations as they may prescribe: Provided, That the examinations, excavations and gatherings are undertaken for the benefit of reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, with a view to increasing the knowledge of such objects, and that the gatherings shall be made for permanent preservation in public...
Page 578 - ... the use made of its pages by anthropologists. Articles contributed by recognized anthropologists dealing with subjects within the field to which the publication is devoted will be published regardless of the opinions put forward. For these opinions the authors of the articles are alone responsible. All contributions to the magazine and all correspondence of an editorial nature should be addressed to the Editor, Dr. Pliny E. Goddard, American Museum of Natural History, New York...
Page 506 - Their chains are many hollow pieces cemented together, each piece of the bigness of one of our reeds, a finger in length, ten or twelve of them together on a string, which they wear about their necks : their collars they wear about their bodies like bandeliers a handful broad, all hollow pieces, like the other, but somewhat shorter, four hundred pieces in a collar, very fine and evenly set together.
Page 350 - ... and gatherings are undertaken for the benefit of reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, with a view to increasing the knowledge of such objects, and that the gatherings shall be made for permanent preservation in public museums. Sec.
Page 650 - Merrill, in the lecture room of the Museum of the Department of Anthropology, of the University of California, in the Affiliated Colleges in San Francisco.
Page 297 - Indian of the north and east imbibed something of the spirit of the primeval woods which, deep and gloomy, overspread much of his region. If so, he has no counterpart in the regions west of the Mississippi. On occasions of ceremony and religion the western Indian can be both dignified and solemn, as befits the occasion ; but his nature, if not as bright and sunny as that of the Polynesian, is at least as far removed from moroseness as his disposition is from taciturnity. The Indian of the present...
Page 289 - Indians not nomadic. — One of the common fallacies of early historians, by no means yet entirely dissipated, was the idea that the Indians were generally nomadic, having no fixed place of abode, but wandering hither and yon as fancy or the necessities of existence demanded. The term nomadic is not, in fact, properly applicable to any Indian tribe. Every tribe and every congeries of tribes, with exceptions to be noted, laid claim to and dwelt within the limits of a certain tract or region, the boundaries...

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