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416 Bread, acorn, ; cassava root, ; coonti roots, -; hemlock bark, ; tuckahoe and persimmon,

Breadth, of head, ,

Bricks, made in Mexico,

Bridges, suspension, in Peru,

Bronze, Age, ; made in Inca area, ; use of in the New World, -,

Brush shelters,

Buffalo, dependence on, by Plains Indians,, ; hair, used as fiber, ; hair, spinning, ; hair weaving, northern extension of,. See also bison

Building, art, diffusion of, ; northern limits of Nahua, -

Buildings, Peru and Yucatan, differences in, ; stone, Pueblo and Eskimo areas,

Bull-boat, ,

Bundles, ceremonial, ; rituals for,

Burial, form of,, ; in gravel banks, Mississippi-Ohio area, ; mound, distribution, -, ; platform, guanaco area, ; urn, , , ,

"Burning Cannibal," distribution of story,

Cache, important invention caribou area, -; pits, North Atlantic area, ,

Cahokia mound, ,

Calabash rattle, distribution of,

Calchaqui,, , ; stock, , ,

Calendar, system, Maya,, ; Maya, aid to establishing chronology,

California area, archæological characterization of, ; characterization of culture, -,

California culture traits, in Plateau area,

Calpulli, function of, among Nahua,

Calumet, pipe, ; procedure, Southeastern area,

Camas, chief root used in salmon area, ; roasting, distribution of,

Canadian area, archæological characterization of,

Cane, baskets, -,, , ; tube, for smoking,

Cannibal, cult, North Pacific Coast tribes, ; feast, Amazon tribes, ; society, Nootka,

Cannibalism, Inca area, ; South Atlantic area,

Canoe culture, Amazon area,

Canoes, -; West Indies,

Carib,, , , , , ; stock, , ,

Caribou area,, ; tribal groups in, ; dependence of Canadian tribes and Eskimo upon, ,

Caribou, range of, ; range and importance of in Mackenzie area,

Carving, in Columbia Basin, ; distribution of,, ; ivory, ; North Pacific Coast area, , ; wood, , ; stone,

Casas Grandes, ,

Cassava, area of cultivation, ; preparation for use,. See Manioc

Catlinite, use of in Great Lakes area,

Cattle, introduction of, ,

Cave culture, in the Old and New Worlds,

Cedarbark, fiber, ; weaving, ,

Ceilings, ; absence of vaulted, Nahua buildings,

Celt,, ; hafted, ; Iroquoian area, ; jadeite,

Central Algonkin,, , , , ,

Central Mexico, archæological characterization of,

Cephalic index, distribution in the New World, -; rapid change in, immigrant population of United States, -; range and variability of, ; tribal groups, according to culture areas,

Ceramic arts, -