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the congress unanimously adopted the follow- 

 ing technique and resolutions: 



BECONSTKUCTION OF THE HEIGHT BY THE AID 

 OF THE LONG BONES 



To reconstruct the height by the aid of the long 

 bones, measure the maximum length of these 

 bones, with the exception of the femur, which is 

 to be measured in position, and of the tibia, which 

 is likewise to be measured in position, without the 

 spine. 



Besolutions 



1. Resolved, that for the graphic representation 

 of skulls, anthropologists employ the horizontal 

 plane either of Broca or of the Frankfort agree- 

 ment. 



2. Sesolved, that anthropologists publish integ- 

 rally all their measures. 



It was voted to recommend to the next con- 

 gress, which will no doubt be held at Madrid 

 in 1915, an amendment to the constitution 

 admitting Spanish on the same footing as 

 English, German and Italian (a similar recom- 

 mendation to admit all the Slavic languages 

 was rejected) ; also that hereafter the program 

 be divided into sections: (1) the stone age, 

 (2) the age of metals and (3) anthropology 

 properly so called (somatology), with the 

 understanding, however, that communications 

 comprehensive in character should still be 

 treated in general session. 



The following resolutions were adopted: 



1. Asking Slavic societies and authors to give 

 resumes of their publications in French, German 

 or Latin. 



2. That in view of the danger to originals from 

 fire and theft, museums possessing important pre- 

 historic or protohistoric objects made of precious 

 metals be asked to have the same reproduced in 

 metal or plaster. 



3. That this congress enter into amical relations 

 with an international congress'' now in process of 

 formation and destined to cultivate particularly 

 the field of ethnography and physical anthro- 

 pology. 



The council in which this last resolution 

 took shape were of the opinion that the name 

 eventually to be chosen for the new congress 

 should not be such as would lead to confusing 

 it with that of the existing congress, and that 



' See Science, N. S., XXXV., 980, 1912. 



the two should not meet in the same year. 

 The fifteenth session of the International 

 Congress of Prehistoric Anthropology and 

 Archeology will be held in 1915, at Madrid im 

 case of an official invitation. The new inter- 

 national congress, as yet unnamed, will prob- 

 ably take final shape at the Washington meet- 

 ing of the International Congress of Amer- 

 icanists, and the first session perhaps caUed 

 for 1916. 



The one fact that stood out most impressively 

 at Geneva was the recent development of the 

 prehistoric in Spain, on the one hand by tha 

 Marquis of Cerralbo and on the other by ths 

 Institut de Paleontologie Humaine in Paris, 

 an international institution founded by th« 

 Prince of Monaco. Within the last five years 

 the Marquis of Cerralbo has in his private 

 capacity excavated fitfty-two prehistoric sta- 

 tions and is now carrying on work at ten. 

 Through his efforts the government of Spain 

 founded last June a Commission de Explora- 

 ciones Espeleologicas, a branch of the Insti- 

 tuto Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. This 

 foundation was inspired in a large measure 

 by the success of the Institut founded by the 

 Prince of Monaco. It is fortunate that prehis- 

 toric archeology should have the powerful sup- 

 port of two such influential nien, both of whom 

 received a special vote of thanks of the con- 

 gress. Another name that should not be over- 

 looked in this connection is that of M. Louis 

 Siret, a Belgian with large business interests 

 in Spain, who for many years has made good 

 use of his exceptional archeological oppor- 

 tunities. If the present rate of progress con- 

 tinues along these lines during the next three 

 years, the Madrid congress will be a pilgrim- 

 ■age that no prehistorian can afford to miss. 



The social functions of the week were espe- 

 cially well regulated and highly enjoyed by 

 all present. Each member was given a 

 " carnet " which contained not only the dates 

 and places of the events, but also free coupon 

 tickets to and from each function. On Mon- 

 day from 5 to 8 :30 p.m. Professor Edouard 

 Naville (honorary president) and Mme. Na- 

 ville received at their beautiful country place, 

 Malagny, near Geneva. The whole of Tues- 



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