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428 Palisades, distribution of,

Panama, archæological characterization of, -; area, designs,

Pan-pipe,

Paper, in Mexico and Central America,

Patagonia,, , , , ,

Patagonia, archæological characterization of,

Pattern, phenomena, ; of rituals, ; theory, in the study of single trait-complexes, ,

Pawnee,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pemmican, -, ,

Peopling of the New World, ,

"Pepper-pot," characteristic dish of the Amazon area,

Persimmon, bread made of,

Personal property,

Peru, archæological characterization of, -

Pestle, stone, distribution of,

Peyote cult,

Phonetic, analysis, of language, by mechanical methods, ; uniformity found in California languages,

Phonetics, characteristic of American languages, ; comparative, -; geographical types of,

Phratry, defined,

Pictographs, in the Antilles, ; Plains area, ; on rock,

Picture writing,

Pigmentation, New World man,, ,

Piki, maize bread, ,

Pile-dwellings, Northern South America, ; in Florida swamps,

Pile-villages, South Atlantic area,

Piman stock, consolidated with Shoshonean-Nahuatlan stock,, ; linguistic and tribal grouping,

Pipe ritual, ceremonial,

Pipes, ; clay, South Atlantic area, ; distribution and form of, ; elbow, distribution of, ; Eskimo area, ; pottery, Iroquois area, ; South Atlantic area, ; stone, form and distribution, -

Pit-houses, in Great Lakes area,

Pits, house,

Plains area,, , , , -, ; archæological characterization of, -; area, characterization of culture, -; probably a distinct type of prehistoric culture, ; traits, in Plateau area, ,

Plant-growing trick,

Plants, Central American, taken over and cultivated by Europeans, ; cultivated before 1492, ; peculiar to the New World, -; wild, used in eastern maize area,

Plateau area,, , ; area, characterization of cultures, -

Platinum, in the New World,

Platycnemia, flattening of,

Platymeria, flattening of, ; presence of third trochanter correlated with,

Plumed serpent concept, wide distribution of,

Plural marriage,

Poetical merit, in aboriginal rituals,

Poetry, aboriginal,

Poison, fish taken with, eastern maize area, ; upper Amazon,

Police system, Pueblo, -; Siouan, ; tribes of the Gulf states,

Political, organization, Aztec, ; close uniformity of speech a correlate of, ; conducive to standardization of culture, ; Iroquois tribes, ; in regions of higher culture, ; system, Araucans, ; solidarity, coincident with clan-gens organization, ; unity, coincident with cultural individuality,

Polynesian-European group, characteristics and area of distribution, ,

Polynesians, ; affinities of New World man with,, ; recent arrivals in the Pacific,