394 ANTHEOPOLOGY. 



Archaeology is further patronized and fostered by several periodicals, 

 as the American Antiquarian^ the American Naturalistj the Kansas City 

 Review, the Magazine of American History, the American Art Review. It 

 would be impossible to speak of all the separate liroductions in this field 

 of research 5 a few only will be mentioned that are likely to influence 

 public opinion to a large extent. 



M. Florentine Ameghino has been very fortunate in discovering what 

 he regards the vestiges of prehistoric man in the Pamelas of Buenos Ay res, 

 an account of which he publishes in the first number of the Revue 

 W Antliropologie for 1880. It is a cause of congratulation that three gentle- 

 men in the City of Mexico, Senores Chavero, Orozco y Berra, and Icazbal- 

 ceta have taken up the study of their own antiquities on the spot, in an 

 intelligent manner, and are publishing the results to the world in the 

 Anales del Museo Nacional de Mexico. 



The extremes of archaeological interpretation are represented by two 

 expeditions sent out to Central America. The Lorillard party, under 

 M. Desire Charnay, is the first in the field, and an account of their results 

 will be found in the Kortli American Review for Sept.-Dec. This mission 

 embodies the Trescott school of archaeologists who hold that the Aztec 

 and the Maya were something quite above our modern savages. The 

 Archaeological Institute stands for the opposite view, as set forth in the 

 writings of Mr. Lewis H. Morgan and of Mr. Bandelier, the agent of the 

 Institute. Both parties are in severe earnest, and naught but good can 

 come from hearing both sides. 



In England the debate still goes on as to the geological significance 

 of certain flint implements discovered in the caves and brick earths. 

 Are they post-glacial, intra-glacial, inter-glacial, or ante-glacial? The 

 account of the discussions ui^on the subject will be found in the files of 

 Nature. The appearance of Mr. Dawkins's " Early Man in Britain " is the 

 immediate cause of the controversy. 



Not less interesting and important is the volume of Princii^al Daw- 

 son on " Fossil Men and their Modern Eepresentatives." The jjurport of 

 the book is to connect aboriginal life as it has been enacted before the 

 author's eyes in Canada with the revelations of archaeology. From these 

 data, Dr. Dawson seeks to reconstruct ancient society in Europe. 



The i)apers of Mr. William McAdams are of especial interest as show- 

 ing what excellent work a farmer can do who is willing at idle times to 

 take his teams and men and to make careful explorations. Mention 

 should also be made of the labors of the Eev. S. D. Peet, who has man- 

 aged the American Antiquarian under great difiiculties and without 

 salary, until it has now reached the third volume. The work upon the 

 mound pottery of Missouri, j)repared by Messrs. Potter and Ebers, and 

 published by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Saint Louis, is a splendid 

 work in every respect — text, illustrations, and maps. The explorations 

 described were made in the southeastern corner of the State, at New 

 Madrid, a locality singularly rich in mound relics. Prof. John T. Short, 



