Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Том 16

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897

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Стр. 194 - A walled and covered passage-way,/,/, of solid masonry, ten feet of which is still intact, leads from an outer chamber through the small intervening apartments into the circular one. It is possible that this originally extended to the outer wall, and was entered from the outside. If so, the person desiring to visit the estufa would have to enter an aperture about twenty-two inches high by thirty wide, and crawl, in the most abject manner possible, through a tube-like passage-way nearly twenty feet...
Стр. lxxxiii - But the rigorous climate and the vicissitudes of early frontier life soon affected his health, which was never robust, and after serious attacks of illness in July, 1872, and early in 1873, he was compelled to abandon his mission work in August of the latter year, soon after he had acquired the ability to converse with the Indians without the aid of an interpreter.
Стр. cii - Fifth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1883-'84 by JW Powell director [Vignette] Washington Government Printing Office 1887 [1888] Roy.
Стр. cx - NOTE. 250 copies printed for use of collaborators only. (2). Smithsonian Institution — Bureau of Ethnology JW Powell director — Proof-sheets of a bibliography of the languages of the North American Indians by James Constantino Pilling — (Distributed only to collaborators) — Washington Government Printing Office 1885 4°. xl, 1135 p., 29 pi. (facsimiles).
Стр. lxxxiii - In the later years of his studies in linguistic morphology he began to feel the inadequacy of the venerable agglutination theory to explain all the facts of word structure prevailing in the languages he was studying, and he came to look upon adaptation — the infusing with a new meaning or function an element which before had or had not any definite signification — as an important and potent factor in the genesis and development of morphologic structures. His mastery of the wealth of forms in...
Стр. lxxxiv - By reason of the purity and unselfishness of his motives, and the warmth and sunshine of his amiable nature, he won the esteem of all who had the pleasure of meeting him, and, being ever kind, affable, and cheerful to his colleagues, ever willing to aid and advise them, James Owen Dorsey was sincerely and cordially loved and revered by all.
Стр. 194 - My first impression was that this peculiarly-constructed door-way was a precaution against enemies,, and that it was probably the only means of entrance to the interior of the house ; but I am now inclined to think this hardly probable, and conclude that it was rather designed to render a sacred chamber as free as possible from profane intrusion.
Стр. 209 - ... position on this point should be clearly understood. He does not claim that the Maya scribes had reached that advanced stage where they could indicate each letter-sound by a glyph or symbol. On the contrary, he thinks a symbol, probably derived in most cases from an older method of picture writing, was selected because the name or word it represented had as its chief phonetic element a certain consonant sound or syllable. If this consonant element were b, the symbol would be used where b was...
Стр. lxiv - Seri territory and was so fortunate as to find a temporary ranchería occupied by some sixty individuals of the tribe. During the ensuing week their habits and customs were studied, a part of their vocabulary was recorded, and a number of individual and group photographs were made. In addition typical articles of costumery, weapons, utensils, etc., were collected and some information was gained concerning the ethnic characteristics of the tribe. The Indians were found quite primitive, probably more...
Стр. cv - P. 351-366. Sixteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1894-'95 by JW Powell director [Vignette] Washington Government Printing Office 1897 Roy. 8°.

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