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[Bull. 178 



Pis-ka-kau-a-kis, a band of Cree, 77 : 18 



Piskwau language, works in, 16: 51 



Pismo 



a source of California place name, 



78 : 896 

 derivation of, 78 : 552 



Pisone, 44 : 44, 46 



Pisqueno, 78 : 554 



Pissioina, a Yuma beverage, 34 : 28 



Pistache, a Chitimacha food, 43: 345 



Pitaliauerat 



a tribe of tlie Pavpnee Confederacy, 



77:2 

 habitat of the, 93:1 



Pitahaya 



a food plant, 34:25,266 

 liquor made from, 34 : 27, 28 



Pitalesaru, 93 : 91 



Pitanakwat, "pine-nut-eaters" (?), 78: 

 585 



Pitanisha, probable identification of, 

 78 : 482 



Pitano, a Florida mission station, 73: 

 328 



Pitao, Zapotec name of signs of four 

 tonalamatl divisions, 28: 267 



Pitao-Oozobi, Zapotec god of harvests, 

 28:300 



Pitaya, see Pitahaya. 



Pit burial 



in Alger mound, 23 : 54 



in Brumback mound, 23 : 51 



in Linville mound, 23 : 41, 42, 43 



in Newmarket mound, 23 : 60 



of Algonquian and Iroquoian tribes. 



71:147 

 on Taylor farm, 23 : 62 



Pitch (1) 



face covered with, in mourning, 



29:14 

 making of, Chippewa, 86 : 149 



Pitch (2), approach to accuracy in, 

 45:4 



Pitch discrimination tests, description 

 of, 61 : 56 ff. 



Pitcher, Z., in bibliography, 34 : 420 



Pitcher forms of pottery 



culinary group of, 96 : 86 



decoration of, 96: 137 f. 



handles of, 96 : 97 



modeled after gourds, 96 : 96 f . 



neck difCerences of, 96 : 95 



sizes of, 96 : 97 ff . 



varieties of, 96 : 95 ff . 



Pitcherplant, use of, 99: 101 



Pitchers 



bird-shaped, 100:127 

 black-on-red ware, 100 : 1 28 

 decorations on, 100: 145, 147 f. 

 description of, 92: 113 ff. ; 100: 



126 ff. 

 double, 100:127 

 for culinary use, 92: 112 

 for nonculinary use, 92 : 113, 114 

 shapes of, 100 : 121 f. 



Pitch Indian 



manuscript on, in preparation, 78 : 



151 

 mention of, 78 : 151 

 Pitching by California Indians, 78 : 83, 



634, 651, 701 

 Pitching the tune, Hawaiian, 38 : 158 

 Pitch people, story of, Haida, 29: 



327 ff. 

 Pit dwellings 



development of, 96: 3 

 ruins of, 35: 18 

 See also Pit houses. 

 Piteli, a Maidu settlement, 78 : 397 

 Pitfalls of Navawi, 32 : 22 f . 

 Pithecanthropus erect us, 33: 74; 52: 



351, 360 

 Pith of plant stems, Karuk terms for, 



94:52 

 Pit-house culture before "cliff-dweller 



culture," 51 : 81 

 Pit-house pottery, distinctive feature of, 



100 : 126 

 Pit houses 



abandoned, burials in, 100 : 19 

 approaching rectangular shape, 



100 : 32 

 compared with northern Utah struc- 

 ture, 82: 8 f. 

 completely covered by refuse 



mound, 100: 77 

 connected by opening, 100 : 64 

 construction of, 100 : 16 f ., 26-29, 



46, .59 

 description of, 100 : 16-86 

 destroyed by fire, 100: 35, 45, 49 

 discovery of, by Dr. W. Hough, 



82:8 

 discovery of remains of, 100 : 15 f . 

 double-roomed, possibility of, 100: 



26 

 features of, 41 : 20 

 grouping of, 100 : 19, 110, 172 

 interior features of, 100: 17, 43 ff., 

 46. 59 ff., 62 f., 64 f., 67 ff., 74 f., 

 84, 85, 80, 110, 172 

 isolated, 100 : 83-86 

 kinds of, summarized, 100: 172, 



173 

 measurements of, 100: 24, 31, 36, 

 39, 45, 48, 53, 56, 57, 61, 63, 65, 71, 

 75, 81, 82, 84, 86 

 observed by Morris. 82: 72 

 of unusual form, 100 : 64 

 overlapping portions of, 100 : 19 f . 

 position of, 100:43 

 progression in types of, 100: 89 f. 

 size of, 100:16 

 slab-lined, compartment in, 100: 



27 ff. 

 structural variation of, 100 : 48 

 superstructure of, 100: 110 

 time spent in, 100 : 42 

 types of, luicovered, 100: 15, 109 

 types similar to, 100: 17 

 under pueblo ruin, 100 : 85 



