Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
ANTHROPOLOGY AND
ARCHAEOLOGY

new Pitheca nthropus skull was
found in Java at site where original
ape man of Java remains were un-
earthed by Dubois.
Portions of the second Neanderthal
skull to be found at Gibraltar were
brought to light by Daisy T.. Garrod
an Englishwoman.
Discovery of ancient animal bones
and relics of early man reported in
Czechoslovakia by DIR. Karel Absolon.
Evidences of Neanderthal man were
found in Egypt by a British expedi.
ton.
Remains of three distinct Indian
cultures, one above the other. were
found in the Fisher mounds in Illinois
by George Iangford of Joliet.
A cave home Of Paleolithic man.
10000 years Old was unearthed in
Germany near Freiburg by DIR. Lothar
+. Lott.
A great temple to Chaldean deities
was eXcavated by the joint expedition
OF the British Museum and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania at Ur. the
home of the patriarch Abraham.
Evidence of a highly civilized Indian
race of prehistoric times was discov.
cred in the marshy bayou region of
southern Louisiana by Henry B. Col.
Inns, jr:, ethnologist of the Smith
sonian Institution
Evidence that Western Indians
maintained complex trade relations
with distant tribes was obtained by
Herbert W. krieger, ethnologist of the
Smithsonian Institution, who ex.
amlned graves of prehistoric Indians
along the Columbia River.
A great sun dial, built by astrono.
mers of the Maya race more than
l,oO0 gears ago, was discovered at the
ruins of the Maya city of Copan, Hon.
duras, by Psychologists of the Car.
negie Institution Of Washington
Excavation at the site of the old
Phllistine stronghold of Beth Shan
maze by the Joint expedition of the
| University OF Pennsylvania and the
BRUSH Museum, shed new light on the
history and career Of King Saul of
the Bible.
Gold and silver art objects of great
Sclentlilc value. the most important
since Schliemann unearthed Mycenae
We're dug TAP in Greece by Swedish
,tcheoIogiSts from the University of
Upsala.
A project of setting up the faIlen
columns of the Parthenon ct Athens
was undertaken by the Greek govern.
Inent. -
The Archaeological Institute OF
america announced plans to exca.
Fate the civic center of ancient Athens
at a cost of millions OF dollars.
chain of 500 beads. making q
necklace IS feet long, was found bI
1T a. V. Kidder. anthropologist ot
ne National Research Council. al
Peoos Pueblo. \. Mex.
DIR. Manuel Gamio. excavatine in
Guatemala. found important clues tr
pi'e-Maya history.
temple to tho plumed rattlesnakt
goa or the ancient Maya was discoy
ereo under q pyramid of a. later date
IN Hucatan by an expedition from the
carnegie Institution of Washington
which continued it's excavations ir
Maya ruins.
Evidences that the ancient MAYA ot
1uoatan had a great system of wei
ntIilt stone roads radiating from their
metropolis at Coba were discovered
by DIR. Sylvanus G.. Morley, explore,
or the Carnegie Institution of Wash
fngton.
Art treasures brought from Turke
stan proved the influence of ancien
Greek sculptures on Buddhistic art
according TO report by DIR. Alber~
Won lie Coz ethnologist OF Berlin.
A prehistoric pueblo was excavatet
near Flagstaff, Ariz., by DIR. J. Walter
F'ewkes.