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di'iicx III' his civilization lia> (lidatcil 

 lii> jicrxmal and urou)) (.■oinluct.' 



1 tliiiiiv these illustratii)iis ai-e per- 

 lia]>s eiiouiih to show tliat a mere iiiter- 

 jtretation aeeorilini;' to the three sets of 

 j'aetors with which we hei^aii our eoii- 

 >i(lei'at ion does not exhaust the liel(h 

 'Idle psychic aspects ai'e also present. 

 And they ai'e in some measni'e ntil- 

 i/.aliK' ill e.\])hinati()ii as soon as we can 

 hrinu- tliem into definite" relation with 

 insl it n! ional phenomena. Most (d' what 

 can he done ahini;' this line still helonji's 



' As a study rt>i)r('sciitativt' of tliis more or less 

 psycliolcgical nifthod of ai)i>roach of fulturi". I 

 might mention tlie famous historical novel "Tlic 

 Deliglit Makers" by Bandelier, the pioneer of 

 Southwestern research. By no means of the higli- 

 est rank as a piece of fiction, the book is never- 

 tlieless jiervaded by a keener and more compre- 

 hensive insight into the psychic reactions accom- 

 l)anying the manifestations of Pueblo culture than 

 any other work in the field. Of similar order, al- 

 though formally much more scientific, is the essay 

 by the late Dr. H. K. Haebcrlin of tlie Museum, 

 on the idea of fertilization among the Southwest- 

 ern Indians. This monograph is misunderstood if 

 it is regarded as an attempt to reduce the entire 

 civilization of the Southwest to a single formula. 

 It does endeavor, and on the whole with remark- 

 able success, to view as much as possiV)le of this 

 culture in its relations to one of its dominant atti- 

 tudes of mind. 



to the riiture; hut it i> important not 

 to overlook the oppoi't unit ies of the 

 I'ut nre. 



'Idle antliro})oh)<i-ist works, then, not 

 hy denying' the reality of the factors 

 of hei'cdity and environment hut hy 

 <i()ini;" heyond them, lie does not seri- 

 ously ojX'rato with them hecause in his 

 own held he has heeii ahle to accom- 

 plish nolhini;' with them. The jirocrress 

 which he has made and which justifies 

 his reliance in his method and techniipie, 

 has l)con achiincd hy jiainstakinu- analy- 

 sis of human cultures into cultural ele- 

 ments; hy tracing the connection, first 

 in space, then in time, then in cause 

 and efTecf. hetween culture element ami 

 cult tire (dement, between cultui-e and 

 culture; hy explaining phenomena of 

 civilization not in terms of the under- 

 lying organic constitution or surround- 

 ing nature, but in terms of civil iza- 

 tional phenomena themselves ; with 

 human mentality never left out, but al- 

 ways regarded only as it is acted on by 

 custom and institution and reacts on 

 them. ■ 



