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 Abipones,, ,

Aboriginal life, complexity of,

Abrading, pebbles showing process,

Acacia niopo berry, snuff powder,

Accent, stress, little used in American phonetics,

Acorn, area, ; bread,, ; industry, northern extension of, ; meal, cooked in baskets, California, ; preparation of, for food,

Adhesions, associations between social trait-complexes, –

Adultery, punishment of,

Adze, distribution of,

Africa, age-societies of, ; tales from, in New World mythology,

Age, system of societies in America,

Age, grades, –; grades, Plains Indian societies, –; grading systems, origin of, –; societies, men's, –; Plains,

Aged, treatment of,

Agricultural, areas, –; products, Amazon Basin, ; products, Chibcha peoples, ; products, Ecuador,, ; products, Inca, ; products, Pueblo peoples, , ; rituals,

Agriculture, Amazon Basin, ; Amazon tribes, ; area of intensive, outlined, ; area of intensive, ; Chibcha area, ; control of, by Inca and Nahua, ; cultural differences in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, ; diffusion of, ; distribution in America, ; Eastern Woodland Area,, ; extensive, Maya, ; guanaco area, –; high organization of in Nahua and Maya areas, ; Inca area, ; intensive, Aztec, ; lack of in the Plains, ; limits of distribution in North America, –; main dependence on in Southwest area, ; nomadic tribes of the Southwest, ; in the Old and New Worlds, –; Southeastern area, ; still maintained by Amazon tribes, ; woman's work in eastern maize area,.

Alaska-Siberian type of pottery,

Aleutian Islands,, ; archæology of,

Algonkin,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ; possible historical relation to Eskimo,. See also Algonquian

Algonquian, languages, ; linguistic area, ; stock,, , , ; stock in California, ; stock, consolidated with California stocks, ; stock, linguistic and tribal groups, –; stocks, linguistic, recently combined with,

Alpaca, herded for wool,

Altars, sand painted, Pueblo area,

Amazon area, culture characterization of, –

Amherst students, bodily proportions,

Ancestors, family, carving influenced by beliefs concerning,

Angakok,

Animal, lodges, Caddoan, ; tales, prevalence of in mythology, ; transport, distribution of,

Animals, clan and gens names derived from, ; domestication of, –, ; early introduction of European, ; hoofed, similarity of root terms for in several languages, ; life-like forms of, carved, ; Old World, early adoption in Southeastern area, ; take on human qualities in mythology,

Animism, –

Anthropology, aims of,, –, ; uncoördinated sciences, making up the whole,