The Seri Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 1-344*))
by W J McGee
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About this eBook
- Author
- McGee, W J, 1853-1912
- Credits
- Produced by PM for Bureau of American Ethnology, Wayne Hammond The Internet Archive: American Libraries ( www.archive.org/details/americana). and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F1201: North America local history: Mexico
- Subject
- Yuman languages
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49403
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49403
- Release Date
- July 9, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber's Note: — THE SERI INDIANS BY W J McGEE
- 2.Contents
- 3.Illustrations
- 4.INTRODUCTION — Salient Features — Recent Explorations and Surveys — Nomenclature of Seriland. 4 — Acknowledgments
- 5.HABITAT — Location and Area — Physical Characteristics — Flora — Fauna — Local Features
- 6.SUMMARY HISTORY — IX FAMILIA.—SÉRI.
- 7.TRIBAL FEATURES — Definition and Nomenclature — Seri Tribe — Tepoka Tribe — Guayma Tribe — Upanguayma Tribe — External Relations — Population
- 8.SOMATIC CHARACTERS — REPORT ON AN EXAMINATION OF A SKELETON FROM SERILAND [By Dr Aleš Hrdlička, Associate in Anthropology, Pathological Institute, New York] — The Skeleton — The Skull — The Vertebral Column — The Sacrum — The Thoracic Cage — Bones of the Upper Limbs — Bones of the Pelvis and Lower Limbs — Resumé of the Peculiarities of the Skeleton
- 9.DEMOTIC CHARACTERS — Symbolism and Decoration — FACE-PAINTING — DECORATION IN GENERAL — THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DECORATION — Industries and Industrial Products — FOOD AND FOOD-GETTING — Ratio of capacity to weight among Indian ollas 269 — Estimated annual dietary of the Seri tribe — NAVIGATION — HABITATIONS — APPARELING — TOOLS AND THEIR USES — WARFARE — Nascent Industrial Development — Social Organization — CLANS AND TOTEMS — CHIEFSHIP — ADOPTION — MARRIAGE — MORTUARY CUSTOMS — Serial Place of Seri Socialry — Language — General Discussion — Comparative Lists of Serian and Yuman Pronouns — The comparative pronominal lists follow: — Vocabulary Lists of Serian Numerals — Vocabulary Lists of Yuman Numerals — ONE — TWO — THREE — FOUR — FIVE — SIX — SEVEN — EIGHT — NINE — TEN — ELEVEN — TWELVE — TWENTY — THIRTY — FORTY — FIFTY — Comparative Lists of Serian and Yuman Conceptual Terms — COMPARATIVE LIST OF DIEGUEÑO AND OTHER YUMAN NAMES FOR “HEAD”, “HAIR” — COMPARATIVE LIST OF SERIAN FINGER-NAMES
- 10.Index
- 11.Footnotes — Transcriber's Note:
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