American Section

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Vol. XXIII / No. 2

By: V. M. Petrullo

Description of Plates: Primitive Peoples of Matto Grosso

The italic number under each plate number indicates the page on which that plate will be found. (Frontispiece) Tsuva girl. […]

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Vol. XXII / No. 2

By: Mary Butler

Dress and Decoration of the Maya Old Empire: A Study of Stone Carvings with some Comparison of Corresponding Features on Pottery and Jades

I ALTHOUGH the monuments of the Maya Old Empire — monolithic stelae and altars, stone and wooden lintels—are few in […]

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Vol. XXII / No. 2

By: Percy C. Madeira, Jr.

An Aerial Expedition to Central America

THE indigo water of the Caribbean deep, bordered with azure and emerald on the edges of its white coral shores; […]

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Vol. XXI / No. 3-4

By: Louis Shotridge

How Ats-ha Followed the Hide of His Comrade to Yek Land

YEK is a Tlingit term for the in-dwelling spirits of the elements—the earth, the air, the water, the frost and […]

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Vol. XXI / No. 3-4

By: Edgar B. Howard

Archaeological Research in the Guadalupe Mountains

ALTHOUGH there has been extensive archaeological work carried on in the Southwest in recent years, much still remains to be […]

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Vol. XXI / No. 3-4

By: Charles Bache and Linton Satterthwaite, Jr.

Excavation of an Indian Mound at Beech Bottom

THE period from July 3 to August 4, 1930, was spent in the investigation of a small mound on the […]

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Vol. XXI / No. 1

By: Robert Burkitt

Explorations in the Highlands of Western Guatemala

THE sites that I wish to speak of are at least six: Xoch, Chipal, San Francisco, Chichel, Nebaj, Xolchún. Xolchún, […]

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Vol. XXI / No. 1

By: Robert Burkitt

Excavations at Chocolá

CHOCOLÁ is a big coffee, sugar, and cattle estate, watered by a stream of the same name; and belongs geographically […]

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Vol. XX / No. 3-4

By: Louis Shotridge

The Kaguanton Shark Helmet

AT last the Kaguanton Clan let go its oldest possession, the “Shark” Helmet (Plates XLVII and XLVIII). It is a […]

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Vol. XX / No. 3-4

By: J. Alden Mason

The Texas Expedition

TEXAS, although the largest state in the Union, has been quite neglected by archæologists and therefore was chosen as the […]

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