102 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1907. 



I'lirt n. studios of Mexicnn and Central American plants. Xo. n. Ry j. x. 

 Rose. ]ip. i-viii. T!>-1.TJ. ix-x, pis. xvi-XLiii, tigs. l-'i. 



Part 4. The Leguniinosa' of Porto Uico. By J. I'erkins. ])p. i-vi. 18::{-'J2(». 



CLASSIFIKl) LIST OK PATKIIS HA.SKD AVTIOLI.V OI! IX TAUT OX TTTF. XATIOXAI. 



COI.LKCI lOXS. 



MUSEUM ADMINISTRATION. 



RATiinrx. RTCTiARn. Report ui)on the 

 loiidition and iJroirrcss of the T'. S. 

 Xatinual Museum during the year 

 eudiug June no. 100.'. 



Rep. SiiiUhsoninii IhkI. iU. ,S'. 

 yiil. Mim.). J905 (1900). pp. i-v, 

 1 i:'.i'. 



Kathbun. Richakii. Re])nrt upon the 

 condition and pi-ogress of the T'. S. 

 .National Museum during the year 

 ending .June .30, 100(1. 



Rei). S)iiith.ioiii<in Iii.it. (f. iV. 

 Sat. Mtis.\. IHOC. pp. i-iii. 1- 

 120. 



ETHNOLOGY. ARCH.ffiOLOGY. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 



IIkwktt. KiMiAU L. Anti(iuities of the 

 .leniez T'lateau. Xew .Me.xico. 



Hull. .WXlf. liiir. Am. h'tli.. 



irxn;. PI). I-.")."). i)is. i-xvi I. fijis. 



This work is tlio first of a series in- 

 ti'iulod to embody brief descriptions of 

 till' aiitii|uiti('s of tlie soutliwest l>.v 

 culture areas. 'i'lic section devoted 

 to minor antiquities is accompanied by 

 five plates representing Museum speci- 

 mens. 



IIoi.MKS, Wii.LiA.M 11. Decorative art 

 of tlic aborigines of Xorllirni .Vuicr- 

 ica. 



.inthiopolocjicnl Papcru writtfii in 

 honor of Fran:; Jloa-i, Xew 

 York. C. Stecliert & Co.. .Vug. 

 0. 1!10G, pp. 170-18S. 

 Tlie ornamental art of tlie aborigi- 

 nes has recently received much de- 

 served attention on the part of eth- 

 nologists, and the present paper is a 

 brief review of the subject, referring 

 especially to the origin, significance, 

 and morphology of ornament as em- 

 bodied in sculpture, plastic art. en- 

 graving, painting, textiles, inlaying, 

 and other less important branches of 

 art. Especial attention is given to the 

 introduction of life forms into the 

 decorations, the relation of these to 

 the geometric forms, and the many 

 strange modilications that result from 

 the association. 



On the oriirin ol" the cross 



synihol. 



I'roc. Am. Antiquarian {for., xviii, 



n. s.. I't. 1, Oct. Ii4. 1!t't(!, pp. 



n.S-10.-.. (igs. 1-."). 



The origin of the cross as a symbol 



Is traced back to very e.-irly limes and 



to a commuu source, not, however, wKli 



Iloi-iiKS, WiLLiA.M U. — t'ontinued. 



a single people, but among many peo 

 pies. Such common source is to be 

 sought neither in the picturing of 

 uatur;il forms in pictography, nor in 

 tlie designs of the decorator, as in 

 such use the figures employed have 

 usually no deep significance or. at 

 most, no widespread application, but 

 in the use of symbols embod.ving re- 

 ligious concepts which are deeply im- 

 pressed ui)on the primitive mind in 

 general. Such a source is recognized 

 in the separation of the primitive 

 world or cosmos into four regions and 

 tlie transferrence of the sacred char- 

 acter of the beings occupying these 

 regions to the device which, in course 

 of common usage, came to represent 

 them. 



Aboriginal shell heaps of the 

 .Middle Atlantic tidewater re.gion. 



Am. Anthropoloiiist, n. s., ix. No. 



1. .January-March, 1007, pp. 



1 1:5-1 2S. pis. .S-n, figs. 8-20. 

 This paper includes* a summary of 

 shell-heap phenomena in general, and 

 more especially of such of these re- 

 mains as are attributed to the known 

 tribes of the Middle Atlantic tide- 

 water region. The great midden de- 

 posit at Popes Creek, Maryland, which 

 is taken as a type, is composed of 

 oyster shells and is one of the most 

 extensive known. The area covered is 

 upwards of :'iO acres, and the depth 

 near the l;inding before removal of 

 1,-irge portions for fertilizing purposes 

 was about 20 feet. The tribes con- 

 cerned in the accumulation of these 

 (lepijsils can not be identified, liut they 

 are doubt l(>ss represented by the Pow- 

 bataus or neighboring tribes on the 

 eastern side of the I'otomac. 



