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me by the Russian scientists, and as a result I was able to examine a 

 considerable number of Siberian crania from all periods of occupation. 

 In view of the importance of some of this material, particularly that 

 from the neolithic and more modern periods, the gist of the observa- 

 tions, with some details, was published in the American Journal of 

 Physical Antliropology (vol. 29, pp. 435-4S1, 1942); but the detailed 

 measurements of all except the prehistoric specimens were reserved 

 for the present publication. Meanwhile there was published also the 

 final catalog of the Eskimo crania (Proc. U, S. Nat. Mus., vol. 91, pp. 

 169-429, 1942). 



It was once hoped that tliis series of catalogs might be extended also 

 to cranial materials from Mexico, Central America, the Antilles, and 

 South America, but except for Peru the collections from these regions 

 are still scarce, much of these vast territories being entirely unrepre- 

 sented. For the present, therefore, nothing systematic covering these 

 areas is feasible. 



It may be useful to show the field covered by the six previous 

 catalogs. These were as follows : 



1. The Eskimo, Alaska and Related Indians, Northeastern Asiatics: 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 63, art. 12, 51 pp., 1924. (Long out of 

 print and wholly replaced by the 1942 catalog on the Eskimo in general 

 and by the present number.) 



2. The Algonkin and Related Iroquois, Siouan, Caddoan, Salish 

 and Sahaptin, Shoshonean, and Californian Indians: Ihid., vol. 69, 

 art. 5, 127 pp., 1927. 



3. Australians, Tasmanians, South African Bushmen, Hottentots, 

 and Negro: Ibid., vol. 71, art. 24, 140 pp., 1928. 



4. Pueblos, Southeastern Utah Basket-makers, Navaho: Ibid., vol. 

 78, art. 2,95 pp., 1931. 



5. Indians of the Gulf States: Ibid., vol. 87, pp. 315-464, 1940. 



6. Eskimo in General: Ibid., vol. 91, pp. 169-429, 1942. 

 Meanwhile, since 1926, important collections were gathered in 



Alaska and the neighboring parts of the Northwest Coast on the 

 Indian and other non-Eskimo groups of the region. These included 

 materials from two hitherto unknown large groups, the Pre-Koniag 

 of Kodiak Island and the Pre-Aleuts of the Aleutian Archipelago. 

 The detailed measurements of the crania of all these are given in 

 the present catalog. Tliis includes, therefore, data on the crania 

 from the following localities: 



1. The Northwest Coast. 7. Kodiak Island (Koniag). 



2. Southeastern Alaska. 8. Kodiak Island (Pre-Koniag). 



3. Southwestern Alaska. 9. Aleutian Islands (Aleut). 



4. The Yukon. 10. Aleutian Islands (Pre-Alcut). 



5. Shagoluk Slough. 11. Siberia. 



6. The Alaska Peninsula. 



