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422 Fort Ancient, ; mound culture, ,

Fortifications, -

Four, sacred number in New World,

Fox, ; society song, Dakota,

Fruits, early introduction of European,

Fuegians,, , , , , , , ,

Gauge, mesh, distribution of,

Gens, defined, ; function, in social organization of Mexico and Peru,

Gentes, -

Geographical grouping, linguistic stocks, -,

Geometric, art, ; art, bison area, ; art, produced by women, ; art, Pueblo pottery, -; character, of New World designs, ; designs, in bison area made by women, ; designs, -

Ghost dance religion,

Gifts, formal presentation of,

Glaze, on pottery, -

Glazed pottery, distribution of,

Glottal stops, peculiarity in American speech,

God systems,

Gods, Mexican,

Gold work, Aztec, ; Chibcha, ; in Ecuador, ; high development of by Cañarian, ; in Inca area, ; Maya, ; in the New World, ; in Panama,

Gouge,

Government, compact, coincident with clan-gens organization, ; Gulf states, ; higher cultures in the New World, ; Inca system,, ; predominance of independent tribal, ; Pueblo, ; system of the Siouan,

Grass dance, ceremonies, ; diffusion of, -

Grave Creek mound,

Great Lake area, archæological characterization of, -

Groundplan, Casas Grandes, ; characteristic, of New World architecture, ; Peruvian house group,

Group marriage,

Grouped clans,

Grouping, social, -

Groups, local, -

Guanaco area,, , ; changes inaugurated by Spanish colonization, ; culture characterization of, -

Guatovita, sacrificial shrine,

Habitations, intermediate Plains tribes, ; prevailing, Maya and Nahua area, ; Plains area, ; United States and Canada, types and distribution, -

Hafting, ,

Haida,, , , , , ; stock, , ; stock, linguistic and tribal grouping,

Hair, basis of classification of man, ; buffalo, spinning of,, ; form, Asia and America, ; goat and dog, as textile fiber, ; grouping of New World people by, ; New World man, , , , ; straight black, universal in the New world, ,

Hako pipe ritual, Pawnee,

Hammer, grooved, North Pacific Coast,

Hammerstone, pitted,

Hammocks, cotton,, ; southern limits of use,

Headdresses, feather, bison area,

Head, breadth of, ; flattening, practised among the Maya, ; form of, ; form, Asia and America, ; form, homogeneity in, -; form, New World, -; form, South America, -; height of, -; length of,, ; measurements, geographical grouping of,

Heating, universal method of in America,

Heavenly bodies, in myths,