The American Museum Journal 



Vol. II. OCTOBER, 1902 No. 7. 



I HE sessions of the International Congress of Ameri- 

 canists are to be held in the halls of the Museum 

 October 20 to 25, inclusive, and elaborate prepara- 

 tions have been made to insure the complete suc- 

 cess of the convention, especially since this will be 

 the first time that the meetings of this association have been held 

 in the United States. A brief history of the inception and growth 

 of the Congress and an extended notice of the meetings to be held 

 this month in the Museum were published in the Journal for 

 March last. The present number contains two articles which 

 will be of especial interest to the members of the Congress and 

 to others interested in anthropology. These are the statements 

 regarding the extensive ethnological work being carried on by 

 the Museum, under the supervision of Professor Boas, and a 

 summary account of the recent expedition by Dr. Hrdlicka, 

 which lasted seven months and continued the field work of the 

 investigations which he has been carrying on for several years 

 among the Indian tribes of the Southwestern States and Mexico. 

 Investigations of particular moment to the Americanists have 

 been carried on in Mexico by Mr. M. H. Saville and will be made 

 the subject of special communications to the Congress. A report 

 of the proceedings of the Congress may be expected in the 

 December number of the Journal. 



The present issue of the Journal is not accompanied by a 

 supplement, but it contains more than double the usual number 

 of pages and in addition to the anthropological articles just men- 

 tioned is devoted to reports from some of the expeditions sent 

 out by or under the auspices of the Museum during the past 

 summer season. Other reports may be expected in future num- 

 bers. 



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