American Anthropology, 1888-1920

Frederica de Laguna is a professor emerita of anthropology at Bryn Mawr College. Her books include Travels among the Dena: Exploring Alaska's Yukon Valley and Tales from the Dena: Indian Stories from the Tanana, Koyukuk, and Yukon Rivers.

• Preface; Introduction: The Beginnings of Anthropology in America A. Irving Hallowell; I. The Development of Anthropology; The Nomenclature and Teaching of Anthropology Daniel G. Brinton; Comment by J. W. Powell; The World's Fair Congress of Anthropology W. H. Holmes; Recent Progress in American Anthropology Obituary of John Wesley Powell; Obituary of Frederic Ward Putnam A. L. Kroeber; II. American Indian Origins; The Views of Alfred R. Wallace on the Antiquity of Man in North America; Stone Art in America J. W. Powell; The Problems of the Unity or Plurality and the Probable Place of Origin of the American Aborigines: A Symposium; III. American Archeology; The Prehistoric Culture of Tusayan J. Walter Fewkes; A Revival of the Ancient Hopi Pottery Art Walter Hough; Some Aspects of North American Archeology Roland B. Dixon; The Relation of Archeology to Ethnology W. H. Holmes, George Grant MacCurdy, Berthold Laufer; Chronology of the Tano Ruins, New Mexico N. C. Nelson; IV. Physical Anthropology; Physical Anthropology in America: An Historical Sketch Ale' Hrdlicka; Dermal Topography: A Correspondence Francis Galton and O. T. Mason; Physical Characteristics of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast Franz Boas; Aboriginal Trephining in Bolivia Adolph F. Bandelier; Note on the Molar Teeth of the Piltdown Mandible William K. Gregory; V. Language; The Present Condition of Our Knowledge of North American Languages Pliny Earle Goddard; On Alternating Sounds Franz Boas; Preliminary Report on the Language and Mythology of the Upper Chinook Edward Sapir; Numeral Systems of the Languages of California Roland B. Dixon and A. L. Kroeber; Language and Environment Edward Sapir; VI. Ethnography; 1. Ethnographic Sketches; The Navajo A. M. Stephen; The Chukchi of Northeastern Asia Waldemar Bogoras; Preliminary Sketch of the Mohave Indians A. L. Kroeber; Notes on the Indians of Maryland, 1705-1706 D. I. Bushnell, Jr; 2. Art and Technology; On the Evolution of Ornament-An American Lesson W. H. Holmes; Primitive Copper Working: An Experimental Study Frank Hamilton Cushing; The Technic of Aboriginal American Basketry Otis T. Mason; 3. Society and Social Life; The Development of the Clan System and of Secret Societies among the Northwestern Tribes John R. Swanton; The Social Organization of American Tribes John R. Swanton; The Family Hunting Band as the Basis of Algonkian Social Organization Frank G. Speck; Family and Sib Robert H. Lowie; The Zuni A'doshle and Suuke Elsie Clews Parsons; 4. War; Coup and Scalp among the Plains Indians George Bird Grinnell; Review of Georg Friederici, Skalpieren und ahnliche Kriegsgebrauche in Amerika James Mooney; 5. Ceremonialism and Religion; Orenda and a Definition of Religion J. N. B. Hewitt; Ceremonialism in North America Robert H. Lowie; Review of Emile Durkheim, Les Formes elementaires de la vie religieuse A. A. Goldenweiser; SBETETDA'Q, A Shamanistic Performance of the Coast Salish Herman K. Haeberlin; 6. Legend and Myth; The Mythology of the Koryak Waldemar Jochelson; Native Account of the Meeting between La Perouse and the Tlingit G. T. Emmons; Review of Franz Boas, Tsimshian Mythology C. M. Barbeau; VII. Method and Theory of Ethnology; Piratical Acculturation W J McGee; Material Cultures of the North American Indians Clark Wissler; Review of Clark Wissler, The American Indian A. L. Kroeber; Review of Robert H. Lowie, Primitive Society A. L. Kroeber; The Methods of Ethnology Franz Boas