forms of the arts of hunting, fishing, shelter building, and the 
preparation of food; that from these elements, under the in- 
fluence of more southerly environment a there arose in time di- 
versified culture groups such as are now under investigation 
in varius parts of the continent. We cannot but admit, however, 
the plausibility of the theory that ocean wanderers from other 
lands have now and then reached American shores bringing with 
them the germs of distinct cultures, and further, that the 
characteristics of the art phenomena in certain centers of pro- 
gress are such as to give countenance to this idea. This is a 
most interesting and important branch of archeological research, 
and one with which archeologists must at this stage particular- 
ly concern themselves. 
Archeology furnishes a vast amount of interesting data 
regarding the states of c ulture of the American race, but we 
note that in all the researches so far conducted no traces of 
culture phenomena have been found which extend below - on the 
one hand, or above on the other - the range observed among the 
