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religious ceremonies of the Dakota. The Museum is under 

 obligations to these two volunteer workers who for a number 

 of years have contributed much important information. 



Mr. Nelson, who has charge of the prehistoric archae- 

 ology of Europe, visited more than fifty important sites of 



_ , ,. , . ,, archaeological interest in Europe and ob- 

 Palaeohthic Man , * ■ , j . . . 



_ _ served and shared in the excavation of 



of Europe , .. _ __. _ 



the cave of Puente Viesgo in Spam. His 



chief object was the study of collections, sites and methods of 



investigation, preparatory to the development of our growing 



palaeolithic exhibit. Drawings and other data were obtained 



for the construction of a model of a cavern, for which the 



Museum is indebted to Professors Marcellin Boule and Hugo 



Obermaier of Paris. It is only in the Old World that stratified 



remains of man and his implements enable us to trace with 



certainty his origin back to glacial times. The expenses of 



this trip were provided for by the Director's Fund. 



During the year three contributions have been published 



in the volume of the Anthropological Papers set aside for the 



_ , ,. . treatment of the societies and military organ- 



Publications . . . * * 



izations of the Plains Indians. The Curator 



contributed " Societies and Dance Associations of the Black- 

 foot Indians"; Dr. Lowie contributed " Dance Associations of 

 the Eastern Dakota " and "Societies of the Crow, Hidatsa 

 and Mandan Indians." The "Social Life and Ceremonial 

 Bundles of the Menomini Indians," by Mr. Skinner, has also 

 been issued. The second number of the Handbook series, 

 "Indians of the Southwest," by Dr. Goddard, was issued in 

 February, in time for the Southwest exhibition. Dr. Spinden 

 prepared a Handbook on Mexico and Central America, which 

 has been awaiting publication since early in the year. 



ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 

 DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 



Ralph W. Tower, Curator 



The work in the department has varied but little from that 

 described in the reports of previous years. The routine of 



