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  PREFACE 
  

  

  these 
  articles, 
  only 
  Cooper's 
  has 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  incorporate 
  modern 
  

   ethnological 
  data 
  in 
  describing 
  the 
  Araucanians. 
  This 
  tribe, 
  however, 
  

   though 
  numbering 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  hundred 
  thousand 
  persons, 
  is 
  probably 
  

   the 
  most 
  scientifically 
  neglected 
  in 
  the 
  Hemisphere. 
  

  

  The 
  Northern 
  Andes 
  region 
  is 
  considerably 
  less 
  known 
  than 
  the 
  

   Central 
  and 
  Southern 
  Andes. 
  Its 
  archeology 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  established 
  

   basic 
  periods 
  for 
  prehistory, 
  and 
  little 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  the 
  

   modern 
  peoples. 
  Existing 
  information 
  is 
  here 
  summarized, 
  however, 
  in 
  

   several 
  articles. 
  Collier 
  presents 
  Ecuador 
  archeology, 
  and 
  Murra 
  the 
  

   historic 
  peoples 
  from 
  the 
  Conquest 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  day, 
  relying 
  heavily 
  

   on 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Parson's 
  unique 
  field 
  study 
  of 
  Otovalo 
  for 
  the 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  contemporary 
  Indians. 
  

  

  For 
  Colombia, 
  Bennett 
  summarizes 
  the 
  archeological 
  areas 
  of 
  

   Tairona, 
  Quimbaya, 
  Upper 
  Cauca, 
  Narino, 
  Chibcha, 
  and 
  Sinu; 
  and 
  

   Hernandez 
  de 
  Alba, 
  the 
  areas 
  of 
  San 
  Agustin 
  and 
  Tierradentro, 
  with 
  

   supplementary 
  archeological 
  data 
  on 
  the 
  Popayan 
  region 
  by 
  Lehmann. 
  

  

  These 
  archeological 
  areas 
  not 
  only 
  lack 
  an 
  established 
  chrono- 
  

   logical 
  scheme, 
  but 
  none, 
  except 
  Tairona 
  and 
  Chibcha, 
  have 
  been 
  linked 
  

   with 
  the 
  historic 
  periods, 
  causing 
  a 
  hiatus 
  between 
  the 
  archeological 
  

   and 
  historical 
  articles. 
  The 
  historic 
  peoples, 
  therefore, 
  are 
  covered 
  in 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  separate 
  articles: 
  Park's 
  on 
  the 
  Cagabd 
  and 
  their 
  neighbors, 
  

   an 
  account 
  based 
  largely 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  field 
  work; 
  Kroeber's 
  on 
  the 
  

   Chibcha, 
  who, 
  being 
  now 
  assimilated 
  to 
  the 
  European 
  population, 
  are 
  

   described 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  historic 
  documents; 
  and 
  articles 
  by 
  three 
  

   leading 
  Colombian 
  anthropologists 
  on 
  the 
  difficult 
  and 
  involved 
  region 
  

   of 
  the 
  Southern 
  Colombian 
  Highlands. 
  Hernandez 
  de 
  Alba 
  gives 
  a 
  

   resume 
  of 
  the 
  post-Conquest 
  culture 
  history 
  and 
  the 
  modern 
  ethnol- 
  

   ogy, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  known, 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  group 
  of 
  tribes 
  including 
  the 
  Pdez, 
  

   among 
  whom 
  he 
  has 
  worked. 
  In 
  one 
  article, 
  Ortiz 
  presents 
  the 
  native 
  

   tribes 
  and 
  languages 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  and 
  in 
  another 
  he 
  describes 
  the 
  

   modern 
  Quillacinga, 
  Pasto, 
  and 
  Coaiquer 
  from 
  his 
  own 
  first-hand 
  

   knowledge. 
  Lehmann 
  contributes 
  an 
  article 
  on 
  the 
  native 
  Moguex 
  

   and 
  Coconuco. 
  

  

  Adjoining 
  the 
  Colombian 
  tribes 
  described 
  in 
  this 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  

   Handbook 
  are 
  others, 
  especially 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Cauca 
  and 
  Magdalena 
  

   Rivers, 
  of 
  the 
  Cordillera 
  Oriental, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coastal 
  lowlands 
  

   of 
  Colombia 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  Ecuador, 
  whose 
  culture, 
  though 
  influenced 
  by 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  Highlands, 
  is 
  basically 
  of 
  the 
  Tropical 
  Forest 
  type. 
  These 
  

   will 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Handbook. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  reader 
  who 
  wishes 
  a 
  resume 
  of 
  the 
  

   culture 
  patterns 
  and 
  trends 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  Andean 
  area, 
  Bennett 
  has 
  

   prepared 
  an 
  Introduction 
  which 
  summarizes 
  the 
  whole 
  volume. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  explain 
  the 
  terms 
  Indian 
  and 
  Mestizo. 
  North 
  

   American 
  readers, 
  who 
  are 
  accustomed 
  to 
  thinking 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  as 
  

   the 
  designation 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  race 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  as 
  signifying 
  mixed- 
  

  

  