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Pficole d'Anthropologie. There are no less than ninety 

 archaeological museums in France, not to mention those 

 in the French possessions. 



Scientific Societies. France has the honor of having 

 the oldest anthropological society, the Societe des 

 Observateurs de 1'Homme, established in Paris in 1800. 

 This was succeeded by the Societe ethnologique de 

 Paris in 1839. There followed the Societe d'Anthropo- 

 logie in 1859, the Societe d'Ethnographie in the same year, 

 the Societe americaine de France, the Societe prehis- 

 torique, the Congres prehistorique de France, and the 

 Commission d'Etude des enceintes prehistoriques et forti- 

 fications antehistoriques, and the Institut international 

 d'Ethnographie et de Sociologie. All these societies 

 have valuable series of publications. 



Mention should also be made of the inauguration at 

 Nancy in 1875 of the Congres international des Ameri- 

 canistes, which has had a long and prosperous history. 

 There should also be noted the anthropological societies 

 of Lyon and Bordeaux, together with no less than forty 

 associations for anthropological or archaeological research 

 scattered through France. 



Scientific Publications. In addition to the publication 

 of Bulletins and Memoirs by many of the preceding 

 societies, there are a large number of scientific publications 

 devoted to anthropology. Among these are the "Revue 

 anthropologique," a continuation of the " Revue d'ficole 

 d'Anthropologie"; "I'Anthropologie," one of the fore- 

 most anthropological publications in the world; 

 "L'Homme"; "Materiaux pour 1'Histoire primitive et 

 naturelle de rhomme"; " Revue d'Ethnographie"; 

 "L'Ethnographie"; "L'Homrne prehistorique"; "Revue 

 des fitudes prehistoriques" ; "Prehistorique de France"; 

 and "Bulletin de la Commission archeologique de 

 ITndochine." 



