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Anthropology in North America / by Franz Boas [and others]

Catalog Data

Author:
Swanton, John Reed 1873-1958  Search this
Dixon, Roland Burrage 1875-1934  Search this
Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this
Wissler, Clark 1870-1947  Search this
Hrdlička, Aleš 1869-1943  Search this
Goddard, Pliny Earle 1869-1928  Search this
Lowie, Robert Harry 1883-1957  Search this
Radin, Paul 1883-1959  Search this
Boas, Franz 1858-1942  Search this
Goldenweiser, Alexander 1880-1940  Search this
Physical description:
378 pages, 2 leaves of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1915
Notes:
ANTH copy 39088015008055 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Bequest of the library of William C. Sturtevant.
NMAI copy 39088019496363 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
Contents:
Primitive American history / John R. Swanton and Roland B. Dixon -- Areas of American culture characterization tentatively outlined as an aid in the study of the antiquities / W.H. Holmes -- Material cultures of the North American Indians / Clark Wissler -- Physical anthropology in America / Aleš Hrdlička -- The present condition of our knowledge of the North American languages / Pliny Earle Goddard -- Ceremonialism in North America / Robert H. Lowie -- Religion of the North American Indians / Paul Radin -- Mythology and folk-tales of the North American Indians / Franz Boas -- Social organization of the North American Indians / A.A. Goldenweiser
Summary:
Papers presented by the American Anthropological Association and the American Folk-Lore Society to the nineteenth International Congress of Americanists, October 1914. Topics include mythology, religion, physical anthropology, material culture etc. of North American Indians.
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Call number:
E77.A65X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_260073