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Metalization of bones 



discussion of, by Lacerda, 52 : 170 



f. 

 See also Fossilization. 

 Metallurgy, American natives highly 

 skilled in, on arrival of Spaniards, 

 3: 18 

 Metals 



no trace of, 41 : 51 



use of, by Florida Indians, 73: 



349 f. 

 use of , by the Choctaw, 48: 15 

 use of, in Chiriqui, 3 : 25 

 use of, late in the history of a race, 



3: 26 

 See also names of specific metals. 

 Metalwork 



from Florida Peninsula, 60 : 104 



of arid region, 60 : 114 



of Central America, 60: 132 



of Middle Andean-Pacific area, 60 : 



140 

 of North Andean-Pacific area, 60 : 

 136 

 Metalworking, absence of, in Gila-Salt 



region, 35: 12 

 Metamapo, a Calusa town, 73 : 332 

 Metataki 



in room 70, 51 : 46 



"metate-house," 51: 37 



or grinding bin, in middle of room 



37, 51: 44 

 See also Metates. 

 Metatarsal 



first, in Munsee and United States 



Whites, 62: 93 

 first, indication of size of foot, 62 : 



91 

 first, Munsee, 62: 92 

 Metate bins, observed in Ruins 2 and 3, 



65: 124 

 Metates 



characteristic of, 82 : 145 f . 

 depression for, 92 : 14 

 description of, 41: 41; 96: 148; 



97: 41; 100: 47,154 

 few found, 81: 21 

 found at Surouaro, 70 : 17 

 found in Cliff Palace, 51: 37 f. 

 found on village site, 82 : 7 f . 

 found with manos, 92: 69 

 general type of , 92: 132 f. 

 in grinding room, 81 : 10 

 made of basalt, 54 : 31 

 misconception regarding, 92 : 133 

 of Gila-Salt region, 35: 17 

 placing of, 100: 18 

 position of, 96 : 26, 29 

 series of, with mealing bins, 100: 



47 

 siaeof, 92: 134 

 specimen found near Ruin 4, 65: 



124 

 superseded by hand mills, 64: 17 

 uncovered in mound, 82: 37 



Metates — Continued 



unusual in eastern Utah, 82: 74 

 use of, 64 : 21 



in walls, 92: 45 f. 

 with skeletal remains, 70 : 67 

 worn-out, use of, 100 : 77 

 Metathesis, Chinook, 40, pt. 1 : 570 

 Metcalf, Lieut. Henry, caves explored 



by, 35: 83 

 Metempsychosis 



Fuegian, 63: 149,150,151,163 

 See also Soul. 

 Meteni, old name of Fort Ross, 78: 234 

 Meteorological conditions of Rio Grande 



Valley, 54: 18 

 Metetlting, town, 78: 125 

 Meti, an unlocated place name, 78 : 711 

 Metkuyaki, a Coast Yuki settlement, 



78: 212 

 Metkuyak-olselem, a Coast Yuki settle- 

 ment, 78: 212 

 Metric unit 



determination of, 61 : 50 

 in songs of controlled excitement, 

 53: 12 [songs Nos. 30, 51, 52, 103, 

 161] 

 method of indicating, 45: 5 

 of drum, tabular analysis, 53: 33 

 of voice and drum, comparison 



of, 61: 10 

 of voice and drum, differences, 61 : 



50 

 of voice, tabular analysis, 53: 30 



f., 33 

 seldom similar in drum and voice, 



45: 6 

 slow in love-charm songs, 45: 91 

 tabular analysis, 61: 



comparison of voice and drum, 



21, 39 

 diagram illustrating, 51 

 graphic representation, 110 

 of drum, 20, 21, 38, 39 

 of voice, 20, 37 f. 

 Metrorrhagia, prevalence of, 34: 189 

 Metskwo 



a Yurok town, 78: 113 

 mention of, 78: 10, 14 

 Mettah, a source of California place 



name, 78: 896 

 Meviras, 44: 39 

 Mexcaltepec, 44: 50 

 Mexican; Mexicano 



and Central Americans, not In- 

 dians, 8: 41 

 mention of, 44: 19, 20, 23, 34, 36, 

 39, 40, 42, 43, 48, 50, 51, 60, 61, 

 78, 82, 83, 93 

 See also Aztec; Mexican Indian; 

 Mexican tribes ; Nahuatl ; Na- 

 huatlan; Sigua. 

 Mexican Boundary Commission, ruins 



found by, 35:38 

 Mexican chile, among the Tewa, 55: 

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