DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE. A RECTIFICATION "Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 76, Number 13. Preliminary Archaeological Explorations at Weeden Island, Florida,” by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, is a very interesting account of recent work near St. Petersburg, on Tampa Bay, Florida. Under the heading "Human Heads Made of Burnt Clay" is a statement (footnote 2, p. 15) that might indicate carelessness on my part, were this statement not an error. The footnote is as follows: "Clarence B. Moore (Notes on Ten Thousand Islands) figures (p. 463) a human head effigy from Chokoloskee Key. In the Index he refers to 'human head-effigies on rim of vessel' collected at Moundsville, but makes no reference to it in text." There is no such reference in the index to "Notes on the Ten Thousand Islands" and the head-effigy from Chokoloskee Key is described in the text as not of pottery but of stone. Moundsville is a famous site in West Virginia. Moundville, Alabama, is described in my "Moundville Revisited" which forms part of Volume XIII of the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, in which also is included my "Notes on the Ten Thousand Islands." "Human head-effigies on rim of vessel" in the index of "Moundville Revisited" cites, page 346 on which we find "Vessel No. 5 from the ground south of Mound D, is a small bowl with a notched band around the rim and three equidistant, rudely modeled effigies of human heads, projecting upward." CLARENCE B. MOORE THE TWENTY-FIRST INTERNATIONAL AMERICANIST CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION1 (GOTHENBURG) The Second Session of the Twenty-first International Americanist Congress almost immediately followed the First, the participants of the latter being for the most part taken in a special train from The Hague to Gothenburg (Göteborg). The Second Session, which enjoyed the patronage of the King of Sweden, was held at the Högskola of Gothenburg, an institution of university grade, and lasted from August twentieth until August twenty-sixth, 1924. The original date for closing the proceedings had to be advanced by one day owing to the number of papers presented, and even so on most of the days it was necessary to divide the members into sections. None of the guests will readily forget the hospitality lavished upon them by their Swedish hosts, from the time of Governor Oscar von Sydow's reception on the opening night until the official banquet at the City Hall given by the City of Gothenburg on the last evening. This dinner, as well as the last day's proceedings, were attended by the Crown Prince and Princess, both of whom for some time past. have taken an interest in archaeological research. A noticeable phenomenon was the attention devoted to the Congress by the daily press, which fully reported every session, giving long abstracts of the more significant communications. The most important matter of business settled related to the site of the next Congress. Owing to the representations of the European participants, who pleaded the difficult financial situation of European scholars, it was decided to accept the invitation of the Italian Minister of Education to hold the next Americanist Congress in Italy. A corresponding invitation from the City of Philadelphia was accordingly declined with thanks. As is usual at such gatherings, the informal meetings of co-workers in small groups were among the most enjoyable events of the week's happenings. Thus Father Schmidt, Professor Boas, and others had an opportunity of discussing schemes of phonetic transcription; while Doctors Lehmann, Morley, and Spinden were able to argue the principles of Maya chronology. Those interested in Old World and New World connections had the pleasure of hearing Messrs. 1 The account of the first session will be published when submitted. Bogoras and Sternberg express their views from the angle of Siberian research. On Sunday, August 24, the members were taken by boat to Kyvik, where Dr. Sarauw demonstrated a prehistoric archaeological site, which was forthwith attacked by M. Capitan. After a collation due to the hospitality of Herr Bernström, the party returned to the City, where they were treated to two superb sets of motion pictures, the first consisting of Dr. Bolinder's cinematographs from Colombia, the second of a remarkable series illustrating Lapp ethnography. The extraordinary success of the Session was largely due to the untiring efforts of the General Secretary, Baron Erland Nordenskiöld, and the Göteborg Museum under his charge not only formed a natural rallying place of participants when not attending the meetings but created a profound impression owing to the model arrangement and labeling of its extensive South American collections. Of the papers presented, the reports of quite recent investigations aroused special interest, viz. Fathers Koppers' and Gusinde's descriptions of work in Tierra del Fuego; and Doctors Birket-Smith and Matthiassen's preliminary reports on the ethnological and archaeological results of the Fifth Thule Expedition. The following papers were presented: Wednesday, August 20. Rivet. Morley. Koppers. Gusinde. Thursday, August 21. Eaton. Krause. Karsten. Posnansky. Roquette-Pinto. Koppers. Heger. Mason. Danzel. Les éléments constitutifs des civilisations du Nord- The Excavations at Chichen Itza by the Carnegie Die geheime Jugendweihe der Yagan. Die geheimen Jugendweihen der Ona und Alakaluf. Food Animals of the Peruvian Highlands. Beiträge zur Ethnographie des Araguaya-Xingú- Animism of the South American Indians. Neue Forschungen in den Wüsten von "Carangas." Mythologie und Weltanschauung der Yagan. Les têtes humaines coupées et figurées sur les vases Archaeological investigations in the region of Santa Die alt mexikanische Magie im Lichte der neuen Forschung. Die Staatswesen der Mayavolker. Mon excursion archéologique au Mexique. Preliminary Report on the Ethnological Results of the Fifth Thule Expedition. Preliminary Report on the Archaeological Results Early migrations of the Eskimo from Asia to Cultic Festivals and Games in Greenland. Gedanken zur Frage nach der Urheimat der Eskimo. Interprétation ethnographique de deux objets archéologiques. Osterinselpaläolithen in prähistorischen Gräbern Chiles. Ein mythisch-religiöses Motiv der alten Mayakunst. Les huacos, amulettes et fétiches des tombes The Discovery of the North American Mainland Amerika auf einem Globus von 1522 und auf einer Recent Discoveries in Maya Chronology. Die räumliche und zeitliche Gliederung der Völker Der mittelamerikanische Ursprung der Mound- The hieroglyphic stairway from Naranjo. Correlación entre la Cronología Maya y la Cristiana. The Philological History of "Tobacco" in America. Observations on the name bacove. Die Bedeutung der Genitivstellung für den Sprach- Das Verbum in der Sprache der Kágaba, Kolumbien Brujeria in Guatemala. Culture Areas and Culture Diffusion in South Lebzelter. Gusinde. van Panhuys. Krämer. Aichel. Hendriksen. Max Schmidt. Andres. Heger. Gates. Preuss. Sternberg. Oberhummer. Jane. Olascoaga. Hirtzel. Salas. Tuesday, August 26. Spinden. Boas. Lowie. Über Ona-Schädel im Feuerland; zur Frage des Mythologie und Weltanschauung der Ona und Recherche des tableaux sur le Brésil offerts par le Ueber Feuerbohrtechnik in Chile und ihre Ver- Notes on the plotting of difficult accessible ruins, with special reference to Inca ruins and some of their characteristic details and refinements. Für die Erforschung der alt peruanischen Kultur bedeutungsvolle Sammlungsgegenstände des Berliner Museums für Völkerkunde. Parallelen im Opferritus der altgriechischen Bu Ein alt peruanisches Gewebe mit merkwürdiger A page of the Dresden Codex. Die Mexicano im Staate Durango und ihre Überlieferungen in meinen Textaufnahmen. The Idea of Divine Election in Shamanism as Die Geographie von Mexico in den Briefen von Las Casas, and the early history of America. Zwei bemerkenswerthe Funde im südlichen Patagonien. Les races aborigénes de la République Argentine. Collection d'Antiquités guatemaltéques du musée Chorotegan Culture. Relations between America and the Old World. On the Historical Connections between Certain Old ROBERT H. LOWIE. |