Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Richard B. Westbrook Free Lectureship Foundation.

Description

1. xx, 248 pages illustrations (including maps) diagrams; 23 cm

Series statement

1. Lectures on the distribution of American Indian traits, aboriginal geography and ecology.

Subject

1. Indians of North America
2. Human geography > North America
3. Ethnology
4. Physical anthropology
5. Anthropology, Cultural
6. Anthropology, Physical
7. Indians, North American > history
8. Ethnology
9. social anthropology
10. ethnology
11. physical anthropology
12. Human geography
13. Indians of North America
14. Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord
15. Géographie humaine
16. Iwi taketake
17. North America
18. North America

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. Traits of material culture. The tipi ; Stone collars ; Mounds and Earthworks ; Hoop and ball games ; Moccasins ; The outrigger canoe ; Arrow release ; Summary -- Segregated distributions. The monolithic ax ; Feather mosaics ; The lip plug and the nose stick ; The ring neck vase ; Summary -- Social traits. The age societies of North America ; The sun dance ; Seeking of visions and a guardian spirit ; Kinship terminologies ; Parallel developments ; Mother-in-law avoidance ; Blood sacrifice ; String figures ; The origin of pottery ; Summary -- Somatic traits. Stature ; Head form ; Hair and eyes ; Variability ; Variability as an index of mixture ; Variability and size ; Mixture and size ; How homogeneous is the Indian population? ; Segregation of characters ; Independent diffusion of characters ; Continuity of distribution ; Summary -- The distribution form and its meaning. The law of diffusion ; Dated distributions ; The Peyote cult ; The horse ; The grass dance ; Distribution and age ; The acceleration concept ; New world chronology ; General and special areas ; History of the Indian population ; The ecological basis.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. "Lectures on the distribution of American Indian traits, aboriginal geography and ecology, delivered under the Richard B. Westbrook free lectureship foundation at the Wagner free institute of science, Philadelphia."

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 223-232.