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SCIENCE. 



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International Congress of Americanists ' 

 on the occasion of its first meeting in the 

 United States. The committee reported 

 that it had performed the duty assigned, 

 and respectfully requested to be dis- 

 charged. The Section voted to discharge 

 the Committee and to extend grateful ap- 

 preciation for its labors. According to the 

 circular accompanying Chairman Putnam's 

 report, the thirteenth session of the In- 

 ternational Congress of Americanists will 

 be held in the halls of the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, in the City of 

 New York, beginning at noon on Monday 

 the 20th, and continuing until Saturday, 

 the 25th of October, 1902. 



The titles of papers presented before the 

 Section are accompanied by brief abstracts 

 in so far as these have been secured from 

 the authors. 



The Beginnings of Anthropology: W J 



McGee. 



Discussion: Boas, Russell, Pewkes. 

 Twenty Year's of Section H, Anthropology: 



George Grant Mac Curdy. 



An analysis of the work done by the Sec- 

 tion since its organization, and a com- 

 parison of the same with that done by Eu- 

 ropean societies of a similar nature. The 

 conclusion reached is that, wliile American 

 anthropologists have been working in rel- 

 atively greater isolation than have Euro- 

 pean anthropologists, they are now at the 

 threshold of a new epoch destined to be 

 marked by vast progress in correlative and 

 synthetic anthropology. This paper will 

 be printed in Science. 



Discussion: Newell, McGee, Starr, Peet, 

 MacCurdy, Russell, Dorsey, Hartzell, 

 Thompson, Boas. 



The Exhibit of Hopi Ceremonies in the 

 Field Columbian Museum: Geo. A. Dor- 

 set. 



Dr. Dorsey kindly consented to supple- 

 ment his paper by an explanatory talk in 



the exhibition rooms on the closing day of 

 the session. The following Hopi cere- 

 monies as they occur at Oraibi have been 

 reproduced on a magnificent scale for the 

 Museum by Mr. Voth: Ooqol, Marau and 

 Soyal Altars; Powalawu Sand Mosaic; 

 Powamu Altar and Sand Mosaic; Katcina 

 Initiation and Sand ]\Iosaic; Masililantu 

 Altar; Cho Altar and Sand Mosaic; Tcob 

 Altar and Sand Mosaic ; Balulukon Screen ; 

 Hemis Katcina Dancers; Ana Katcina 

 Dancers. The Museum also possesses a 

 large collection of Hopi dolls, masks and 

 head dresses. 



Discussion: Fewkes, McGee. 



Some Painted Stone Slabs from the Graves 

 of the Ruins of Walpi: Chas. L. Owen. 

 Mr. Owen's paper was descriptive, his 

 hearers having also the satisfaction of see- 

 ing the objects described. The stone slabs 

 were only recently installed. 



Basketry Designs in Northern California: 



Roland B. Dixon. 



The California Indians were confined al- 

 most exclusively to basketry for the ex- 

 pression of their artistic sense, and to this 

 concentration of effort is due, in part at 

 least, the perfection to which the art of 

 basket-making was carried. There are sev- 

 eral more or less clearly marked areas, each 

 of which has its o'wn type of basketry and 

 basketry designs. In northern California 

 alone there are three such type areas: (1) 

 Northwestern (Hup a, Karok, Yurok, of 

 Powers -with perhaps the Shasta). (2) 

 Northeastern (Klamath, Modoc, Pit River, 

 Yana, Wintu and Maidu). (3) Porno 

 and perhaps neighboring stocks. In his 

 paper the author refers only to the second 

 and third areas. Often two or more stocks 

 show the same designs but slightly differ- 

 ing one from another. As a whole, how- 

 ever, it appears that each stock is in posses- 

 sion of a body of designs peculiar to itself. 

 The author also had something to say on 



