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ic, Tataric, Finnic, Arctic, and Japanese groups). _d._ The American Race.--Peopling of America. Groups of North and South American tribes. _e._ Insular and Litoral Peoples.--The Negritic stock (Negritos, Papuans, Melanesians). The Malayic stock (Western Malayans, Eastern, or Polynesians). The Australic stock (Australian tribes; Dravidians and Kols, of India). IV.--_Archaeology._ A. General Archaeology. _a._ Geology of the epoch of man. Late tertiary and quaternary periods. Glacial phenomena. River drift. Diluvial and alluvial deposits. Physical geography of the quaternary. Prehistoric botany and zoology. _b._ Prehistoric Ages.--The Age of Stone (chipped stone, or palaeolithic period; polished stone, or neolithic period). The Age of Bronze. The Age of Iron. Epochs, stations, and examples. Methods of study of stone and bone implements, pottery, and other ancient remains. Indications of prehistoric commerce. Palethnology. Proto-historic epoch. B. Special Archaeology. Egyptian, Assyrian, Phenician, Classical, and Medieval Archaeology. Archaeology of the various areas in America. Art in stone, bone, shell, wood, clay, paper, etc., in these areas. LABORATORY WORK. A. Physical Laboratory. Comparing and identifying bones. Measuring skulls. Dissections of anthropoids and human subjects. Examination of brains. Study of embryology and teratology. Practical study of the hair, skin, nails, etc., of different races. Use of color scales, etc. Practice in anthropomometry, with the necessary instruments. Testing for sense perceptions. B. Technological Laboratory. Study of stone implements; simple and compound; rough and polished; primary and secondary chipping; cleavage; firing; bulb of percussion; mineralogy of implements; patine, etc. Bone implements. Study of metal implements. Hammering, smelting, casting. Results of exposure. Analysis of alloys. Coins, etc. Study of pottery. Pastes; burning; glazing; forms; decorative designs; painting and coloring. Textile materials; ancient cloth and basket work; feather work. Methods of making casts and models; taking squeezes, rubbings, copies, and photographs. Drawing, shading, and coloring eth
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