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archeology of Europe, tlie arrangement following De Mortillet's 

 classification. In the second group of cases a similar synoptical 

 arrangement illustrates American archaeology. As to the general 

 collection, it is arranged strictly on a geographical basis, speci- 

 mens from one State being together. Under this grouping a 

 sub-classification according to form or type is carried out. One 

 important work undertaken by Mr. Wilson deserves mention. 

 From specimens in the museum a series of about one hundred has 



been selected, from which 

 copies in plaster have been 

 carefully made. One hun- 

 dred such sets of casts have 

 been prepared, and printed 

 labels accompany them. 

 These sets of casts are to be 

 distributed to various insti- 

 tutions of learning in the 

 United States, and consid- 

 erable public interest in ar- 

 chaeology should be the re- 

 sult. 



To complete our sketch 

 we must refer to some indi- 

 vidual explorations or work, 

 and to anthropological pe- 

 riodicals. The Hemenway 

 Archaeological Exploration 

 has been mentioned. This 

 important work is support- 

 ed by Mrs. Hemenway, of 

 Boston. At present Dr. J. Walter Fewkes is the director of the 

 work, which is centered upon the living tribes in the Moki pueblos. 

 Dr. Fewkes is admirably qualified for the task, as he has had a 

 thorough training in scientific methods of study. His field-work 

 is excellent, and his own taste leads him to investigate the exceed- 

 ingly interesting but difficult subject of the significance of the 

 religious-dance ceremonials. Dr. Fewkes is perhaps the first 

 scientist who has used the phonograph in taking down the re- 

 ligious music of a barbarous tribe. He has gathered consider- 

 able Zuni music in this way, which Mr. Benjamin Ives Gilman 

 has studied carefully. The results of this study as well as those 

 of Dr. Fewkes's own work are published in the Journal of Amer- 

 ican Ethnology and Archaeology, the official organ of the explora- 

 tion. Work in the Southwest presents many attractions, and a 

 recently organized expedition under, Mr. Warren K. Moorehead,. 

 is now in the field. This expedition is, we believe, the child of a 



Miss Alice 



Fletcher. 



