532 PROGRESS OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN 1890. 



of Science met during the current year at Limoges, August 7-15. In 

 ill is association is a section devoted exclusively to anthropological 

 subjects. 



The twenty-first meeting of the German Anthropological Association 

 was held at Munster, Westphalia, August 11-15, At each one of these 

 annual meetings it is customary to explore thoroughly the anthro- 

 pological resources of the region. Professor Hosius this year read a 

 paper on the geognostic structure of Westphalia, the prehistoric sta- 

 tions and the remains of quaternary animals found there, and Professor 

 Nordhoff followed up this communication with one upon the urns and 

 the weapons found in this state. 



The German Association of Naturalists and physicians (Versammlung 

 deutscher Naturforscher und Aertzte) must not be confounded with 

 the General Anthro[)ological Society of the empire and Austria. Tlie 

 first named lield its sixty-third meeting in Bremen, 15-20th September. 



The Russian Association of Naturalists and physicians held its 

 eighth meeting in St. Petersburg, January 8-19. In the 70 sessions 

 2,200 took part and over 400 communications were made. One of the 

 ten sections was devoted to geography, ethnography, and anthropology. 

 The subjects discussed were, migrations, history of primitive culture, 

 anthropometry, local archaeology, and the ethnography of Russia. 

 Upon this last point the opportunities of study are unparalleled and 

 the Russian ethnographers have not failed to make use of them. 



There is no better illustration of the rapidity with which the science 

 of anthropology has asserted itself than the museode la Plata, a sketch 

 of which is here given (Plate I). The capital of the province of Buenos 

 Ayres, the city of La Plata, was founded in 1882, to replace as a seat of 

 provincial authority the city of Buenos Ayres declared in 1880 to be the 

 capital of the republic. In the brief space of time intervening, under the 

 energetic management of Signor Francisco P. Moreno, a fully equipped 

 museum is completed. The anthropological jxjrtion owes its existence 

 almost entirely to the director. It is especially rich in material illus- 

 trating the aboriginal life of the republic. (Plate II. — Ground-plan of 

 Museum.) 



In the summary of last year a brief account was given of the irianner 

 in which the science of man is covered in the institutions of Paris. 

 Dr. Sophus Miiller contributes the following list for Copenhagen: 



(1) Royal Museum of Northern Antiquities. Devoted to early lien- 

 mark, including the stone, the bronze, the iron, and the historic period, 

 until 3 GOO. 



(2) The Folk Museum, general historic museum, from 1000 to 1800. 

 Will be united with the Museum of Northern Autiijuities under one 

 direction in a new building. 



(3) Rosen burg Castle, the collections to illustrate the life and history 

 of the i)resent dynast}'. 



(i) The Fredericksburg Castle Collection, general Danish history 

 from 1000-1800. • 



