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426 Maya,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ; culture, New World origin of,

Medicineman, defined,

Melanesia, ; age-societies of, ; betel nut culture,

Metal, high development of work in, Colombia, ; work in, -,

Metate, ,

Midé ritual,

Midéwin, Central Algonkin, ,

Midéwiwin,

Migrations, -, ; Amazon tribes, ; myths recounting, ; tendency to move within a culture area, ; seasonal in accordance with food needs, -

Military rule, in Mexican government,

Milk, Indian prejudice against,

Minerals, mined in the New World,

Mines, -

Mississippi-Ohio area, archæological characterization of, -

Mitla, Hall of the Six Columns, ; mosaic designs at, ; ruins of,

Moccasins, bison area, ; Pueblo area,

Modeling in clay, ; distribution of, ; Peruvian pottery, ; pottery vessels,

Moieties, division into, -; functions among Sauk and Fox, ; summer and winter,

Mongolian, affinities of New World man with, ; peoples, most striking facial characters, ; physical characters, found in Andean region,

Mongoloid, affinity, of New World peoples, ; character of nose in the New World, ; peoples, hair of,

Mongoloid-Red peoples, common ancestor group of, ; distribution of,

Morphological, analysis of man, -; characters, New World languages,

Morphology, comparative studies in language, -

Mortars, stone, ; wood,

Mosaics, feather, Peru,

Mother-in-law taboo, distribution of, -

Mound, builders, Ohio, ; culture, varieties of, ; structures, mouth of Amazon,

Mounds, building on to secure elevation, ; burial, South Atlantic area, ; in Colombia, ; Mississippi-Ohio area,, ; pyramidal, distribution of, ; shell, California, ; Venezuela,

Mourning, Charrua,

Murder, punishment for, ,

Muskhogean stock,, , ; grouped with Natchesan, ; linguistic and tribal grouping,

Music, -; evidence of geographical areas in,

Mythologies, distribution of, ,

Mythological areas, -

Mythology,, , -; Amazon area, ; California area, ; Northern California area, ; Eastern Woodland area, ; probable means of transmitting culture traits, -; Pueblo area, ; symbolism in, ; trickster type, Plateau area,

Na-dene, proposed term for grouped North Pacific Coast languages,

Nahua,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ; area, characterization of culture, -

Nahuatl stock, combined with Shoshonean stock,, ,

Names, designs,, , ; pattern, not symbolic, ; tribal, historical origin of, -