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acterized types from Colombia, hitherto 

 undescribed. 



Comparative Study of Mortuary Pottery 

 from Pajarito Park and Tewa: E. L. 

 Hewett. 



The paper, illustrated by many drawings, 

 was a comparison of the designs and forms 

 of pottery taken from the Cliff Ruins of 

 Pajarito Park, with pottery made by the 

 Tewa Indians of the Rio Grande Valley. 



The Introduction of the Banana into Pre- 

 historic America: 0. F. Cook. 

 Evidence has been found which appears 

 to establish the existence of wide distribu- 

 tion of the banana in pre-Spanish America. 

 It was not, however, a native plant, and 

 was probably introduced from the tropical 

 Pacific islands with which, it is claimed, 

 there are excellent indications of prehis- 

 toric communication. 



Progress in Anthropology at Peabody Mu- 

 seum of Yale University: George Grant 

 MacCurdy. 



The anthropological collection at Yale 

 was begun in 1866, and might have been 

 one of the most important of its kind in 

 America had not Professor Marsh, who 

 began it, turned his attention almost wholly 

 to paleontology. His interest in anthro- 

 pology continued to manifest itself in col- 

 lecting only, since he had time neither to 

 study the materials amassed nor to make 

 a systematic exhibit of them. 



The work of installation along definite 

 lines was not begun until 1899, soon after 

 Professor Marsh's death. During the three 

 years ending June 30, 1902, a number of 

 important exhibits were prepared, among 

 them being a series representing the Paleo- 

 lithic period of Europe; the Swiss Lake 

 Dwelling collection; the Scandinavian 

 Neolithic series; and the Eg^'ptian, Green- 

 land and Alaskan collections. 



Since last June many valuable accessions 

 have been received, including a beaded 

 ceremonial shirt of buckskin from the 

 Misses Terry, of New Haven, presented 

 to their brother, General Alfred H. 

 Terry, by a Sioux chief; the annual gift 

 of Egyptian antiquities from the Egypt 

 Exploration Fund; two Chilcat blankets 

 and Indian and Japanese baskets from 

 Mrs. Kate Foote Coe and her sister, Mrs. 

 E. H. Jenkins, of New Haven ; and a col- 

 lection of unusual scientific value consist- 

 ing of two hundred Indian baskets, and 

 one hundred various ethnological speci- 

 mens, chiefly from the Pacific coast of 

 North America, loaned by Mr. and Mrs. 

 William H. Moseley, of New Haven. The 

 Moseley collection has just been installed. 

 The curator, Mr. MacCurdy, has done some 

 field work in three different localities of 

 the state, which has resulted in important 

 accessions to the museum, one of these be- 

 ing several hundred antiquities from a 

 rock shelter near Pleasant Valley, the gift 

 of Walter E. Manchester. 



Origin of Surnames: Anita Newcomb Mc- 



Gee. 



Personal names may be grouped as class 

 names and individual names, correspond- 

 ing in present usage to forenames and sur- 

 names. Brief descriptions of forms of 

 names among primitive and early peoples 

 were given, with statement of the causes 

 which led to the general use of the class 

 designation as a surname. Greece, Rome, 

 England, Scotland and Ireland were es- 

 pecially considered, and it was suggested 

 that surnames were probably the same as, 

 or derived from, the old clan names, 

 brought into constant use by the demands 

 of civilization. Anthropologists were 

 asked to rfecord the forms of personal 

 names used by the primitive peoples, be- 

 cause they are an expression of the 

 grade of cultui-e which has been attained. 



