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This symposium consists of twelve papers prepared in 1941 for presentation at a meeting in Andover, Massachusetts. They are summaries of the anthropological work done and to be done on northeastern North American cultures, and form a valuable reference work, though scarcely an introduction to the area. The opening paper by Douglas Byers-"The Environment of the Northeast"-points out that the northeast is neither an environmental nor a cultural unit. The nature of the recent geological periods is indicated and the relation of the climatic variations to the flora and fauna is considered. The connection between these natural factors and the Indians' activities is demonstrated. For example: the practice of horticulture was discouraged by a short growing season. This paper provides a good introduction. It indicates the need for anthropologists to be acquainted with other scientific disciplines. ## W. C. McKern's " A Cultural Perspective of Northeastern Area Archaeology" emphasizes the fact that the northeast is not a culture area, archaeologically speaking, and questions its use, ethnologically, as one. Among his concluding remarks are "I should like to propose that the northeastern area

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Author

Alfred K. Guthe; Frederick Johnson

Published

1952

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)