486 A PROBLEM IN AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY. 



the reprodiu'tioii by casts of the important American sculptures and 

 hieroglyphic tablets, all have been made possible b}' earnest students 

 and generous patrons of American research. 



The numerous expeditions, explorations, and publications of the 

 Smithsonian Institution and of the museums of Washington, Chicago, 

 Philadelphia, New York, and Cambridge, are providing the student of 

 to-day with a vast amount of authentic material for research in 

 American and comparative anthropology. 



The Archaeological Institute of America, the American Folk-Lore 

 Society, and the archt^^ological and anthropological societies and clubs 

 in active operation in various parts of the country, together with the 

 several journals devoted to different branches of anthropology, give 

 evidence of widespread intei'est. 



Universities are establishing special courses in anthropology, and 

 teachers and investigators are lieing trained. Officers of anthropo- 

 logical museums are preparing men to be field workers and museum 

 assistants. The public need no longer be deceived by accounts of 

 giants and other wonderful discoveries. The wares of the mercenary 

 collector are now at a discount since unauthentic material is worthless. 



Anthropology is now a well-€^stablished science; and with all this 

 wealth of materials and o})})ortunities, there can V)e no dou})t that in 

 time the anthropologists will l>e able to solve that problem, which for 

 the past half century has been discussed in this association — the 

 problem of the unit}' or diversity' of prehistoric man in America. 



