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RECORD OF SCIENCE FOR 1886. 



Recogniziug the value of geographical distribution as a coucept in 

 dealiug with archaeological pheuomeua, INIajor Powell has devised a 

 scheme of couventions for the arclueologic 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 upou Amer- 

 ican archaeology. 



SCHEME OF CONVENTIONS FOR THE ARCH.EOLOGIC CARTOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA. 



l+l^ Tudian village. 

 ^ Wood lodge. 



£Cl. Group or village of wood lodges. 

 ^ Earth lodge. 



Ji^ Group or village of eartli lodges. 

 H Stone lodge. 

 n-1 Group or village of stone lodges. 



r| Cliff lodge. 



Group or village of cliff lodges. 



d Cavate lodge. 



^ Group or village of cavate lodges. 



TT Subterranean lodge. 

 TTT Grouporvillageofsubterranean lodges. ^ Reservoir. 



^ Igloo lodge. 



AA Group or village of Igloo lodges. 



pt-i Inhabited stone village (Pueblo). 



@ Assembly lodge of wood. 

 @ Assembly lodge of earth. 

 /n\ Assemby lodge of stone. 



(^ Cliff" assembly lodge. 

 /jR\ Cave assembly lodge, 

 (g) Subterranean assembly lodge. 

 X Tower. 

 _^ Mound. 

 ^^ Group of mounds. 

 ^ Assembly mound. 

 j^ Effigy mound. 

 ^A Group of effigy mounds. 

 ^ Domiciliary mound. 



^ Burial mound. 



^ Mound with single stone grave. 



j^ Mound with stone graves. 



u# Grave or single burial. 



\JJ Cemetery. 



MS/ Stone grave. 



vm/ Stone grave cemetery. 



\x/ Ossuary. 



C Inclosure. 



O Inclosure with interior mound. 

 C Inclosure with exterior mound. 

 ry Excavation. 



ywCT Canal. 



_4 Copper mine. 



♦-* Flint mine or quarry. 



•_) Soapstone mine. 



, I Mica mine. 



^ Cave deposit. 



X Cave burial. 



j=i. Refuse heap. 



■^ Shell heap. 

 £. Sculpture. 

 ffl Group of sculptures. 

 ^ Petroglypt. 

 ^ Group of petroglyps. 



♦ Cache. 



* Cairn. 

 — Trail. 



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

 that of M. Emile Cartailhac upon the i)rehistoric age of Spaiu and 

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

 minister of public instruction of France. The Iberian peninsnla is one 

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



