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and state of advancement of the several phases of prehistoric culture 

 from the known beginnings down to the beginning of the Iron Age 

 in the Lake-dwelling and Terramare periods. The prehistoric re- 

 mains from Italy were installed and labeled. On a screen placed 

 in the north court were mounted, on one side, the drawing of the 

 mosaic map of Palestine, and, on the other, the Canopus Stone and 

 tw.o other Egyptian reliefs, representing ancient Egj^ptian sledges 

 and boats and the human figures working them. The classification 

 of the prehistoric reserve material and its arrangement in storage 

 bases, begun the previous year, was completed. 



Aside from the studies required for the appropriate recording and 

 labeling of material, a descriptive account of the colored drawing of 

 the ancient Medeba mosaic map of Palestine was prepared for publi- 

 cation by the assistant curator in charge of the division, Dr. I. M. 

 Casanowicz. 



Physical antJiTO'pology. — Skeletal material from a Minsi burial 

 place on the Jersey side of the Delaware River opposite Minnisink 

 Island, three miles below Montague, N. J., constituted one of the most 

 complete and carefully recorded collections of such specimens so far 

 acquired by the division. It was received as a gift from Mr. George 

 G. Heye, of New York. Similar material from Alabama and Ten- 

 nessee was contributed by Mr. Clarence B. Moore, of Philadelphia, 

 Pa.; 8 prehistoric skeletons and 4 skulls from Bohemia were ob- 

 tained from Prof. J. Matiegka, of the University of Prague; and 

 3 nearly complete and 4 partial human skeletons were collected in 

 JMontana by Mr. C. W. Gilmore, of the INIuseum staff. Dr. Ales 

 Hrdlicka, curator, assembled 250 samples of hair from representa- 

 tives of old American families and others; and Prof. R. E. Bean, of 

 the Medical School of Tulane Universit}'', presented a large number 

 of anatomical specimens. 



The collections of the division are in excellent condition with re- 

 spect both to preservation and accessibility, the reserve material, ap- 

 propriately arranged in storage drawers, being reasonably safe from 

 dust and deterioration. Much advance was made in the repair, cata- 

 loguing and study of the older collections. Twelve exhibition cases 

 placed in the hallway of the third floor were installed with Indian 

 busts and wdth series of specimens relating to early man, to develop- 

 ment and variation in the brain and in the principal long bones, to 

 variation in human hair, and to prehistoric American surgery of the 

 skull. 



During the early part of the year the curator gave largely of his 

 time toward completing an anthropological exhibit for the Panama- 

 California Exposition at San Diego, Cal., funds for which were pro- 

 vided by the exposition. His principal researches related to the valu- 

 able collection of skeletal material from New Jersey, presented by 



