XCIV REPORT OF THK BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



to civilization; and the prehistoric works described range in 

 like manner from those characteristic of a people primitive as 

 the Siouan to those of castle-building- ag-ricultnrists akin to the 

 Moctezumas in custom if not in blood. 



STONE IMPLiEMEXTS OF THE POTOMAC-CHESAPEAKE 

 TIDEWATER PRO\ INCE 



In many respects this monograph by Professor Holmes may 

 be regarded as a model in luethod and a standard in results; 

 and the succinct chapters and Avell-chosen illustrations speak 

 for themselves. Yet there are certain features of the work 

 summarized in the paper which are Avorthy of special note. 



Now that demonomy (ante, page xix) is well advanced in the 

 process of organization into a science, the equipment of workers 

 in this, as in other branches of research, has become important. 

 Thus far the sciences of humanity have hardly found their wav 

 into the curricula of colleges and universities, so that it is im- 

 practicable to rely on collegiate examinations and diplomas as 

 evidence of training in any of the constituent sciences ; accord- 

 ingly the ranks of workers in demotic science are re])leuished 

 and extended by the enlistment of volunteers trained in other 

 departments of science, but led toward demonomy by choice 

 or circumstance. The qualifications of investigators in demon- 

 omy are, therefore, determined by three factors, viz, (1) natural 

 aptitude, (2) training in other lines of scientific work, and (3) 

 experience and success in demotic research. All of these 

 factors are combined in Professor Holmes' equipment. Pri- 

 marily an artist of such genius and deftness as to see a brilliant 

 career before him, his taste for scientific studies led him first 

 into geology, where again he was notably successful, and later 

 into archeology, in which, from the first, he displayed especial 

 aptitude; liis training in geologic work, facilitated as it was by 

 the exact perception and manual dexterity acquired in art work, 

 served to render him familiar with approved scientific methods; 

 and when, in the fullness of his vigor, he entered the field of 

 archeology, his work was eminently successful from the outset. 

 His archeologic researches had already extended over some 

 years when, in 1889, he undertook the systematic study of the 

 Potomac-Chesapeake region. His skill and success are attested 



