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to either independent origin or wholesale borrow- 

 ing, but rather to stimulation of new specializa- 

 tion on the basis of the diffusion of general ideas. 

 The ever-vexing problem of historical unity or di- 

 versity of origin led to a clash of opinions in the 

 linguistic field. Dr. Sapir, in a paper on "The 

 Nadene Languages," sought to establish the ge- 

 netic connection of Tlingit, Haida and Athapas- 

 can. This led to a methodological discussion by 

 Drs. Boas and Goddard, who assumed a skeptical 

 attitude. A significant contribution to archeolog- 

 ical chronology was presented in Mr. N. C. Nel- 

 son's "Chronological Data on the Eio Grande 

 Pueblos." The data pointing to a difference in 

 age of the ruins concerned are to some extent of 

 an architectural nature, but the main line of evi- 

 dence consists of no less than four distinguishable 

 types of pottery in distinctly stratified refuse de- 

 posits. "The Knowledge of Primitive Man" was 

 dealt with by Dr. A. A. Goldenweiser. It is true, 

 he contended, that primitive man has developed 

 theories that seem to differentiate him sharply 

 from civilized humanity — a fact strongly urged 

 by L6vy-Bruhl. But it must not be forgotten that 

 in addition primitive man possesses a far from 

 inappreciable body of technical, astronomical, bio- 

 logical knowledge that forms the foundation of 

 our own sciences and should become the object of 

 more systematic study by ethnologists. In 

 another paper Dr. Goldenweiser suggested a defi- 

 nite "Sociological Terminology in Ethnology," 

 of restricted range. Professor Boas called atten- 

 tion to the fact that a definite nomenclature tends 

 to hide real problems, while specific misgivings as 

 to some of the speaker's suggestions were voiced 

 by Drs. Sapir and Lowie. In a lecture on "Ex- 

 ogamy and the Classificatory System" Dr. E. H. 

 Lowie adduced North American evidence corrobo- 

 rative of Rivers 's theory that the so-called classifi- 

 catory system, or rather the merging of collateral 

 and lineal lines of descent, is a function of exo- 

 gamy. 



The following additional papers were presented: 

 James R. Nies, "Anthropological Evidence con- 

 tained in some Cuneiform Signs"; Charles Pea- 

 body, "Notes on Prehistoric Palestine and 

 Syria ' ' ; Byron Cummings, ' ' Kivas of the Cliff 

 Dwellers in the San Juan Drainage"; George G. 

 Heye and George H. Pepper, ' ' The Exploration of 

 a Delaware Burial Place near Montague, N. J."; 

 Stansbury Hagar, "The Maya Day Sign, Manik"; 

 E. B. Dixon, "Statistics Relating to the Vitality 

 and Fecundity of the American Indian Obtained 

 by the Last Census"; A. B. Lewis, "Prepared 



Human Heads from New Guinea"; A. M. Tozzer, 

 "The Excavation of a Pre- Aztec Site in the Val- 

 ley of Mexico"; id., "The Work of the Interna- 

 tional School of Archeology and Ethnology in 

 Mexico for 1913-1914"; Hiram Bingham, 

 "Types of Maehu Picchu Pottery"; id., "Prob- 

 lematical Stone Objects found at Machu Picchu"; 

 id., "Results of Investigations Concerning the 

 History of Maehu Picchu"; Marshall H. Saville, 

 ' ' Preliminary Account of Areheological Researches 

 along the Pacific Coast of Colombia"; Adela 

 Breton, "Some Pages from the Memorial de 

 Tepetlaostoc and the Painted Map from Metlal- 

 toyuca in the British Museum"; F. Boas, "Dem- 

 onstration of a Map showing the Dialects of the 

 Salish Languages"; George Hempl, "The Origin 

 of European Alphabetic Writing"; H. J. Spinden, 

 ' ' Nahua Influence in Salvador and Costa Rica ' ' ; 

 Stith Thompson, "European Tales Among the 

 North American Indians"; Phillips Barry, "The 

 Magic Boat"; 0. H. Hawes, "Dartmouth 

 College Ethnological Collection"; F. G. Speck, 

 "The Eastern Algonkin Wabanaki Confederacy"; 



F. W. Waugh, "iSome Comparative Notes on Iro- 

 quois Medicine"; T. Michelson, "Notes on the 

 Stoekbridge Indians"; id., "Problems in Algon- 

 quian Ethnology." 



The following papers were read by title: Robert 



B. Bean, "The Growth of the Head and Face in 

 American (White), German- American, and Filipino 

 Children"; id., "Some Ears and Types of Men"; 



G. G. MacCurdy, "The Passing of a Connecticut 

 Rock-Shelter " ; W. J. Wintemberg, ' ' An Iroquoian 

 Site in Eastern Ontario"; Robert Gorham Fuller, 

 "Observations on a Series of Crania from the 

 Stone Graves of Tennessee"; A. L. Kroeber, 

 "Eighteen Professions"; William H. Holmes, 

 "The Place of Archeology in Human History"; 



C. Wissler, "The Diffusion of Modern Ceremonies 

 in the Plains Area"; id., "Types of Clothing and 

 their Distribution in the Plains Area"; Reed 

 Smith, "1914 Additions to the Traditional Bal- 

 lads in the United States"; C. M. Barbeau, 

 "Huron-Wyandot Mythology"; Middleton Smith, 

 "The Psychology of Humor, Wit and Ridicule"; 

 Charles W. Furlong, "The Tribes of the Fuegian 

 Archipelago"; A. B. Skinner, "Ethnology of the 

 Eastern Dakota"; J. R. Swanton, "The Creek 

 Clans and the Square Ground"; P. Eadin, "On 

 the Relationship of the Languages of Mexico"; 

 id., ' ' Literary Aspects of North American Mythol- 

 ogy." EoBEET H. Lowie, 



Acting Secretary, in absence of 

 George Geant MacCukdy 



