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Maccurdy, George Grant was born on April 17, 1863 in Warrensburg, Missouri, United States. Son of William J. and Margaret (Smith) Maccurdy.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: ... back to the plain primitive calabash type for the body of the tripod bowl. The rim and interior, being easily visible, are painted red but were not otherwise decorated so far as can be detected at present. The outer surface of the body is divided into two zones, an upper in the light color of the slip and a lower in red. Both were decorated, faint traces of the black paint being still visible. The legs are of special interest. They are rather long and provided with wide lateral slits. Near the attachment of each tripod support are two protuberances for eyes, the representation being further accentuated by a circle of black paint surrounding a black spot. Between the eyes is the spoolshaped figure, also in black, and completing the head symbol, as shown in previous illustrations (see figs, a, c and d). The identity of the head motive, therefore, is established beyond the shadow of a doubt. Below the head are three black horizontal bands (the carapace motive) so that each tripod support is a life form, evidently the armadillo. Another interesting feature about this specimen is that, from the view-point of the technique involved in the decoration, it serves as a connecting link between the lost color group and the so-called alligator group that succeeds it. The lost color technique is everywhere followed in ornamenting the body of the vessel, as regards both exterior and interior. The interior, for instance, of shallow bowls of this type is always painted red, while in the alligator group it is coated with a light cream slip. The exterior was treated to the usual coat of non-adhesive black over a waxed pattern--the very essence of the lost color process. On the other hand, the design on the tripod supports is produced directly by the application of black pain...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...year. The time chosen is usually in January after the local feasts are over, and visitors from neighboring tribes are free to attend. There are no set intervals between these feasts as has been generally supposed. They are celebrated at irregular intervals according to the convenience of the givers. At the minor festival preceding the Great Feast, the usual invitation stakes planted before the dead are supplemented by others placed before the graves of those in whose honor the festival is to be given. On these is a painted model of the totemic animals of the deceased. The feast giver sings an especial song of invitation, requesting the dead kinsman to be present at the approaching feast. On the first day of the Great Feast the villagers welcome the guests. Early in the morning they begin to arrive. The messenger goes out on the ice and leads them into the village, showing each where to tie his team. During the first day the guests are fed in the kasgi. They have the privilege of demanding any delicacy they wish. After this they are quartered on various homes in the village. Salmon or meat must also be provided for their dogs. This is no small item, and often taxes the resources of a village to the utmost. I have known of a village so poor after a period of prolonged hospitality that it was reduced to starvation rations for the rest of the winter. Immediately on tying up their dogs, the guests go to the kasgi. On entering each one cries in set phraseology, "Ah-kaka-Pfatin, Pikeyutum." "Oh, ho! Look here! A trifling present." He throws his present on a common pile in front of the headman, who distributes them among the villagers. It is customary to make the presents appear as large as possible. One fellow has a bolt of calico which he unwi...
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Excerpt from The Eolithic Problem, Vol. 7: Evidences of a Rude Industry Antedating the Paleolithic Nature's processes may be likened to photography. She fur nishes the sensitized film, and the finger of Time manipulates the camera. It remains for man to develop and interpret the exposures. The geological record is a film cartridge exposed and sealed again, bound up with which are the beginnings of man's own record on the earth. The process of development begins with the most recent exposure and works backward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Human Skulls From Gazelle Peninsula All the above groups belong to megadont races, the high est index being reached by the Tasmanians; and in each series, as might have been inferred, the average dental index of the female crania is higher than that of the males. A like relation of the dental index in the two sexes holds true among anthropoids also, as pointed out by Sir William Flower. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Maccurdy, George Grant was born on April 17, 1863 in Warrensburg, Missouri, United States. Son of William J. and Margaret (Smith) Maccurdy.
Graduated from State Normal School, Warrensburg, Missouri, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1893, Master of Arts, 1894. University of Vienna, Paris (School of Anthropology) and Berlin, 1894-1898.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1905.
Instructor anthropology, 1898-1900, lecturer and curator anthropological collections, 1902-1910, assistant professor prehistoric archæology and curator anthropological collections, 1910-1923, research associate with rank of professor and curator anthropological collections, 1923-1931, now emeritus, all of Yale University Director American School of Prehistoric Research in Europe, 1921-1922, and since 1924. Honorary collaborator Smithsonian Institution, since 1927. Trustee Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Member board of managers School of America Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Quotations: “The beginnings of things human, so far as we have been able to discover them, have their fullest exemplification in Europe”.
Fellow Galton Society (New York), American Association for the Advancement of Science (executive president). Member American Philosophical Society, Anthropological Society Paris and Brussels, Archæologist Institute America (vice president, 1947), American Ethnological Society America Anthropological Association (secretary 1903-1916. Member Institute of Coïmbra (Portugal), School Anthropology (Paris), Anthropological Society Washington, Missouri History Society, Society des Americanistes de Paris, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society Philadelphia, Anthropological Society Rome, British Speleological Association (honorary), British Prehistoric Society (honorary).
Life.
Clubs: Graduate (New Haven, Connecticut).
Married Glenn Bartlett, June 30, 1919.