Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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398 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL very substantial progress has been made in the solution of the problem, and that in so far as the Rio Grande Basin is concerned, a definite conclusion has been attained. As the work now stands the ethno- logical survey of the Rio Grande vil- lages (by Dr. Herbert J. Spinden) has been nearly completed. In this work especial attention was given to material culture and art, since these are the two phases of culture that survive and leave their indices in archaeological collections. Investigation of the less sedentary peoples (by Dr. Pliny E. Goddard) has from which a chronological or historical classifica- tion of them can be made. Dr. Robert L. Lowie visited the Hopi pueblos to study their social organization and relationship systems. The specific problem here is to see whether any im- portant Shoshonean traits of culture still survive among the Hopi, since they are a Shoshone- speaking people. Mr. Nelson again worked in the Galisteo Basin and made surface surveys south- westward to the vicinity of Zuni. In cooperation with the University of Colorado an expedition among the cliff ruins of Southern Colorado was carried on. progressed satisfactorily so that we now have fairly complete studies for several divisions of the Apache. It remains for the future to extend the work to the Navajo. The archaeological work (by Mr. N. C. Nelson) was begun in 1912 and as far as the northern part of the Rio Grande Valley is concerned is now nearly complete. The net result of this work has been to make clear the chrono- logical relations of the various ruins in the vicinity, which in turn enables us to determine their historic relation to the living peoples. It is planned that the work shall con- tinue more intensively during the next few years than heretofore, since the way is now clear to a chronological classifica- tion of many groups of ruins. Thou- sands of dollars have been contributed to unearth the ancient civilizations of Egypt and the East, while here within our very borders are crumbling ruins of a past that has an intimate relation to our national historx*.
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Image of a "panther," sculptured in volcanic tufa, found lying in the center of a ruined circular shrine on top of Potrero de los Idolos, a short distance west of the Rio Grande and the Tano habitat proper. The shrine is said to be still visited by the Indians of Pueblo Cochiti whose ancestors are supposed to have built the place

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