The San Francisco call., 1905-08-18
INTERESTING PAPERS
BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS
Large Range of Subjects
Will Be Discussed at Meet
ing This Month.

An announcement has been made or
the papers which will be read at the
session of the Anthropological Associa-
tion in this city August 20 to 81. The
range of subjects is large. including
from "Heterongeneity of the Culture of
the Selfish Tribes" Suggestions Con-
cerning the Origin of the CalaVeras
Skull" Excavations of the Quaternary
Caves in California" "Old Indian ana
Spanish Folk Songs of the southwest,
Creation Myths and Folk Tales or the
Manua Islands, Samoa, The Earliest
Historical Communications Between
Japau and Mexico" (from original doc
uments preserved in the archives or
Japan, recently brought to light by a
Mexican diplomat), and Indian Sys-
TENS of Consanguinity in California.
There are many more topics which Will
he discussed, but these show the scope
of the programme.
Some of the most prominent and I'M
portant figures in this branch OF the
scientific world have promised to pre-
ssssid,St ma ners and participate IN this dis
cussion. The following are upon the
programmes:
Frederick Ward Putnam. president Of the
association director of the department. Oh an
thropology OF the University OF California anu
curator OF the Peabody museum oi ,antnr nf
the archaeological museum OF PmlIps Acau-
emy: G Hill-Tout of the EthnoloSical survey
of Canada: DR. Albert Ernest jerks, ehiei OF
the chronological Survey of the Philippine ISL
ands: Mrs Zelia Nuttall. director OF the
C-rocker researches in Mexico for the Univer-
sitv Of California; C. P. Mackie of New Jer-
sew; Alvin Scale. Stanford University; DR.; =
Hart Merriam, chief OF the United states DID
logical Survey; DR. r. B. Dixon, HarVaruu q
Ifniversity. Dr. p E. Goddard. department Of
anthropology. University of California; D. l.
Coodman California; c. c. Willoughoy, as
sistant curator of the Peabody Museum, Har-
vard University: Miss Constance Goddard du
Rois Connecticut; H. n. Rust. California;
professor j. c. Merriam, University OF Gail
fornia: s. A. Barrett, University OF California ;
p s Parkman, California; Charles keeier
caItfornia. Dir. A. Hrdlicka assistant curator
nhysical anthropology museum, United states
National Museum; Charles F. Lumm1s' IAN
fornia. DR. George Grant MacCurdy, fale
IJniversity; Dr. Philip Mills Jones, secretary
and editor of the Medical Society OF the state
of California; Miss Jeanne Elizabeth Wler OF
the Nevada State University; DR.. A. l.. hroeo-
ar sscrstary of the department of anthropoi-
ogy. University of California
DIR. George Byron Gordon, curator OF eth-
noiogv and of American archaeology, free
Museun, OF Science and Art of the University
Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; stewart Culln,
o,,rator of ethnology of the Brooklyn Institute
~ Ats and Sciences; Mrs r. F. Herrick, Eu-
reka: III Brown, Yuma. curator OF the mu-
SOM, T-niyersity of Arizona; Professor w H.
HoImes. chief of Bureau OF EthnoloSy. WASH
ineton D. c.: F. w. Hodge. in charge or the
1rsners tion of the hand book OF Indians soon
- - ba issued Bureau of American Ethnology
7 Swanton, ethnoogist, Bureau OF American
Etbnoloey: James Mooney, ethnooSist, bureau
of American EthnoloEy