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RECORD OF SCIENCE FOR 1886. 



Recognizing the value of geograpliical distribution as a concept in 

 dealing with arcbgeological phenomena, Major Powell has devised a 

 scheme ofcouv^eutions for the archceologic cartography of North Amer- 

 ica. This is published in his fourth annual report of the Bureau of 

 Ethnology and should be adopted at once by all who write upon Amer- 

 ican archaeology. 



SCHEME OF CONVENTIONS FOR THE ARCH^OLOGIC CAKTOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA. 



^ Indian village. 

 £l Wood lodge. 



£fX Group or village of wood lodges. 

 .A. Earth lodge. 



AA Group or village of earth lodges. 

 H Stone lodge. 

 m Group or village of stone lodges. 



r\ Cliff lodge. 



Group or village of cliff lodges. 



C| Cavate lodge. 



q Group or village of cavate lodges. 



TT Subterranean lodge. 

 TTT Groupor village of subterranean lodges. 

 ^ Igloo lodge. 

 ^ Groupor village of Igloo lodges. 



Rn Inhabited stone village (Pueblo). 



@ Assembly lodge of wood, 

 Q Assembly lodge of earth. 

 Q Assemby lodge of stone. 



@ Cliff assembly lodge. 

 /») Cave assembly lodge. 

 (g) Subterranean assembly lodge. 

 X. Tower. 

 ^^ Mound. 

 ^^ Group of mounds. 

 @ Assembly mound. 

 ^ Effigy mound. 

 a£A, Group of effigy mounds, 

 m. Domiciliary mound. 



^ Burial mound. 



•^' Mound with single stone grave. 



J3X Mound with stone graves. 



»_; Grave or single burial, 



N-u Cemetery. 



\ai Stone grave. 



vm/ Stone grave cemetery, 



\x/ Ossuary. 



G Inclosure. 



C Inclosure with interior mound. 

 C Inclosure with exterior mound. 

 Ty Excavation, 

 e^ Reservoir. 

 JS3 Canal. 

 — » Copjier mine, 

 ♦-I Flint mine or quarry. 

 »^ Soapstone mine. 

 ,_i Mica mine. 

 c Cave deposit. 

 V Cave burial, 

 xa. Refuse heap, 

 ■J^ Shell heap. 

 £. Sculpture. 

 ££l Group of sculptures. 

 S Petroglypt. 

 ^ Group of petroglyps. 



♦ Cache. 



* Cairn. 

 — Trail. 



A work on archjieology of which the year may justly feel proud is 

 that of M, Eniile Cartailhac upon the prehistoric age of Spain and 

 Portugal, the result of a scientific mission under the patronage of the 

 minister of public instruction of France, The Iberian peninsula is one 

 of the most favored spots in the world for gaining a view of the whole 



