CONTENTS 



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I. The place of archeology in human liistory 1 



II. Resources and agencies of archeologic science 9 



III. Progress of archeologic research .- 13 



IV. Problems of race and culture origins 18 



V. Problems of intercontinental communication 32 



VI. Problems of migration 36 



VII. Problems of culture de\elopment and mutation 44 



VIII. Problems of chronology 51 



TX. Culture characterization areas 95 



1. The North Atlantic area 99 



2. The Georgia-Florida area 102 



3. The Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley area ] 05 



4. The Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes area 108 



5. The Great Plains and Rocky Mountain area 110 



6. The Arid area Ill 



7. The California area 114 



8. The Columbia-Fraser area 117 



9. The Northwest Coast area 119 



10. The Arctic Coast area 120 



11 . The Great Northern Interior area 123 



12. The North Mexican area 123 



13. The Middle Mexican area 125 



14. The South Mexican area 128 



15. The Maya-Quiche area 129 



16. The Central American-Isthmian area 132 



17. The North Andean-Pacific area 134 



18. The Middle Andean-Pacific area 136 



19. The South Andean-Pacific area 140 



20. The Amazon Delta area 141 



21. Primiti^•e South America 142 



22. The West Indian or Antillean area 145 



X. Classification of anti([uities 148 



XI. Acquirement and utilization of materials 153 



XII. Acquirement of minerals 155 



Quarrying and mining 155 



XIII. Quartzite bowlder quarries, District of Columbia 159 



XIV. Flint Ridge and Warsaw quarries, Ohio 173 



Flint Ridge quarries 173 



Warsaw quarries 181 



XV. Flint quarries: West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana 185 



XVI. Mill Creek quarries, Illinois 187 



XVII. Flint quarries near Crescent, ]\Io 195 



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