Memoirs of the International congress of anthropology.
By: Ed. by C. Staniland Wake, on behalf of the publication committee.
Contributors: Wake, C. Staniland 1835-1910.
Publisher: The Schulte Publishing Co.
Published: 1894
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
Subjects: Anthropology -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: --Fillmore, J.C. Primitive scales and rhythms.--Peet, S.D. Secret societies and sacred mysteries.--Richardson, C.H. Observations among the Cameroon tribes of West Central Africa.--Mason, O.T. Ethnological exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution at the World's Columbian exposition.--Cushing, F.H. The germ of shoreland pottery.--Newell, W.W. Ritual regarded as the dramatization of myth.--Mathews, W. Some illustrations of the connection between myth and ceremony.--Hale. H. The fall of Hochelaga.--Kunz, G.F. Folk-lore of precious stones.--Chamberlain, A.F. The coyote and the owl.--Jastrow, M. The scope and method of the historical study of religions.--Stevenson, S.Y. An ancient Egyptian rite illustrating a phase of primitive thought.--Stevenson, M.C. A chapter of Zuñi mythology.--Parry, F. The religious symbolism of Central America and its wide distribution.--Adler, C. Museum collections to illustrate religious history and ceremonials.
--Brinton,D.G. The present status of American linguistics.--Boas, F. Classification of the languages of the North Pacific Coast.--Hassler, E. Die bewohner des Gran-Chaco, Paraguay.--Kraus, F.S. Vilen als heilkundige im volkglauben der Suedslaven.
Table of contents: title: Brinton, D.G. The "nation" as an element in anthropology.; title: Boas, F. The anthropology of the North American Indian.; title: West, G.M. The anthropometry of American school children.; title: Mercer, H.C. The discovery of an artificially flaked flint specimen in the quaternary gravels of San Isidro, Spain.; title: Mason, O.T. Aboriginal American mechanics.; title: Perkins G.H. Archæological researches in the Champlain Valley.; title: Smith, H.I. Anthroplogical work at the University of Michigan.; title: Montes, E. The antiquity of the civilization of Peru.; title: Lumholtz, C. Cave-dwellers of the Sierra Madre.; title: Lewis, A.L. Orientation.; title: Phené, J.S.D. The Tumuli of Hampshire as a central group of the tumuli of Britain.; title: Holmes, W.H. Natural history of flaked stone implements.; title: Volk, E. Cache finds from ancient village sites in New Jersey.; title: Brinton D.G. On various supposed relations between the American and Asian races.; title: Hough, W. Bark cloth.; title: Fletcher, A.C. Love songs among the Omaha Indians.