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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXVII. No. 689 



It covers only certain divisions of objects 

 in clay and objects in stone, and is ac- 

 companied by sixty-six illustrations. The 

 classifications offered and the definitions 

 proposed are based so far as possible on 

 form alone, due weight being given to 

 systems of classification already made 

 standard by writers of distinction. In all 

 cases measurements are considered as re- 

 ferring to an upward direction. 



The variations in the body, rim, neck, 

 foot and handle of a clay vessel are noted. 

 Articles in stone are classified as chipped 

 and ground; and these two groups are sub- 

 divided, with an enumeration of all the 

 types in each subdivision. 



The "Eeport for the Committee on the 

 Preservation of American Antiquities" 

 was prepared and read by Mr. E. L. 

 Hewett, secretary of the committee. At- 

 tention was called to the national monu- 

 ments that have been created during the 

 past year, including Chaco Canyon, Monte- 

 zuma Castle and others. 



Owing to the unsatisfactory nature of 

 the rules and regnlations prescribed by the 

 secretaries of the interior, agriculture and 

 war to carry out the provisions of the act 

 for the preservation of American antiqui- 

 ties not much has been done in the way of 

 field work. The Joint Committee on the 

 Preservation of American Antiquities pre- 

 pared a revision of these rules which was 

 approved by the secretaries of war and of 

 the interior, but the approval of the secre- 

 tary of agriculture has not yet been 

 secured. This failure to agree on a revi- 

 sion has resulted in the abrogation of the 

 rules, an order from the war department 

 by direction of the president taking their 

 place. 



Professor Franz Boas, chairman, re- 

 ported for the Committee on the Con- 

 cordance of American Mythology. "Ad- 

 vance Report on the Nomenclature of In- 

 dian Linguistic Families" by Mr. F. W. 



Hodge, chairman of the committee, was 

 printed for distribution and in the absence 

 of the author was read by title. 



The paper by Professor "W. H. H. 

 Rivers, of Cambridge, England, on "The 

 Genealogical Method in Anthropology" 

 was illustrated by lantern slides. Dr. 

 George A. Dorsey's paper on "Field Work 

 of the Department of Anthropology, Field 

 Museum of Natural History," was supple- 

 mented by inspection of the museum col- 

 lections under the guidance of Drs. Dorsey, 

 Lewis and others. Professor Albert Ernest 

 Jenks presented "Race Statistics of the 

 University of Minnesota" and the Rev. 

 Stephen D. Peet discussed "Migrations as 

 shown by Archeology." 



Papers were read by title as follows: 



Dk. Waltee Hough : " Blow Guns of the Ab- 

 bott Malaysian Collection in the U. S. National 

 Museum." 



Me. R. Loweie : " Catchwords for Mythological 

 Motives." 



Peofessoe M. H. Saville: (a) "The Archeol- 

 ogy of Esmeraldas "; (6) "Further Investigation 

 of the Archeology of Manabi." 



Peofessoe Heney MoNiGoiiiEET : "Recent 

 Archeological Explorations in Western Canada." 



Miss Adela Breton : " The Ancient Mexican 

 Sites near Juchipila, Teuchitlan, Zapotlan, Perote 

 and Yoalliche." 



Me. Fredeeick Monsen : " A Description of 

 Certain Ruins in an Unnamed Canyon in South- 

 eastern Utah." 



De. Beethold Laufee: (a) "The Ancient Cul- 

 ture Types of Asia " ; ( 6 ) " The Cocoanut Palm 

 as a Historical Problem." 



Mb. W tt.t.ta m C. Mills: (o) "Explorations of 

 the Seip Mound " ; ( 6 ) " Explorations of Jackson 

 County Rock-shelters." 



Mes. M. Bueton Williamson : " The Haliotis, 

 or Abalone Industry of the California Coast: 

 Preservative Laws." 



Me. H. J. Spinden : " The Mythology of the 

 Nez Percfi Indians." 



De. Geo. B. Goedon: (a) "Ethnology of the 

 Koskokwin Valley " ; { 6 ) " Linguistic Variation 

 among the Alaskan Eskimo." 



De. a. H. Thompson : " Anthropology Past and 

 Present." 



Mr. V. Stefansson: (a) "Physical Characters 



