232 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [vor. 48 
Dr. WiLt1Am James, professor of philosophy at Harvard Uni- 
versity was designated to represent the Smithsonian Institution at 
the Fifth International Congress of Psychology at Rome, April 26 
to 30. 
Announcement has been made of the First International Congress 
for the Study of Radiology and Ionization to be held at Liege, 
September 12 to 14, under the patronage of the Belgian Govern- 
ment. The programme is divided into a Physico-Chemical Section 
and a Biological Section. 
ARCH OLOGY OF GULF STATES OF MEXICO 
Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, a member of the Bureau of American 
Ethnology, has lately returned to Washington from an extended 
archeological reconnoissance for the Smithsonian Institution in the 
Gulf states of Mexico. His trip has been successful, adding in- 
formation to what is known of the prehistoric inhabitants of this 
rich but only partially explored region. While the main object of 
this visit was the increase of our knowledge of Mexican archeology 
attention was incidentally given to the striking likeness of many pre- 
historic objects observed to those from the United States and its 
bearing on the question of culture migrations. An area was chosen 
in each of the states of Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas, as typical of the 
prehistoric culture of this region, one of these extending from 
Xalapa, capital of Vera Cruz, to the gulf coast, the other being near 
the city of Tampico on the banks of the Panuco and Tamese rivers. 
The numerous ruins or mounds that occur in these areas, rarely 
visited by archeologists, are supposed to be typical of the former 
culture of two great allied peoples, the Totonacs and Huaxtecs, who 
in prehistoric times inhabited the greater part of Vera Cruz and 
what is now southern Tamaulipas. 
On account of its historical as well as archeological importance, 
a visit was made to the little-known ruin of Cempoalan, a Totonac 
metropolis visited by Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico. Archzo- 
logical literature pertaining to this city is very scanty; there is 
not a single description in English of the still well-preserved 
temples of this remarkable capital. On his visit to the site of 
Cempoalan Dr. Fewkes obtained many fine photographs of the four 
stately pyramids and gathered much data regarding their construc- 
tion. He also studied and took photographs of the many small 
objects found in the neighborhood of the mounds that will later be 
published. An attempt to determine the site of another flourishing 
