Man Past and PresentThe University Press, 1920 - 582 pages |
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A. C. Haddon aborigines Africa Akkad Alpine America amongst ancient Anthr appear Arab Aryan Asia Asiatic Babylonia Bantu Berber brachycephalic Bronze brown called Caucasic Celts Central century cephalic index characters chief Chinese civilisation clan coast colour culture developed distinct districts dynasty early east eastern Egypt Egyptian element Eskimo ethnical Ethnology Europe European Fulahs groups hair Hamitic Hausa History History of Sumer Hittite Indians inhabitants Inst Islands Journ king land language Ligurians linguistic long-headed Malay Malayan Maya Mediterranean Melanesian migrations Mongol Mousterian Muhammadan natives Negrillo Negrito Negro Negroid neighbours neolithic nomads northern nose occupied origin Papuans Pelasgians Peninsula physical populations prehistoric present primitive probably race regarded region religion religious Semitic skull Slav social South southern speech stature Stone Age Sudan Sudanese Sumerian totemic tribal tribes Tungus Turki valley Western whole
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Page 72 - Bornu horsemen were killed, a great many more were brought in ; altogether they were said to have taken one thousand, and there were certainly not less than five hundred. To our utmost horror, not less than one hundred and seventy full-grown men were mercilessly slaughtered in cold blood, the greater part of them being allowed to bleed to death, a leg having been severed from the body.
Page 472 - The Organization and Laws of some Bantu Tribes in East Africa,
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Page 149 - The Papuan has a greater feeling for art than the Malay. He decorates his canoe, his house, and almost every domestic utensil with elaborate carving, a habit which is rarely found among tribes of the Malay race. In the affections and moral sentiments, on the other hand, the Papuans seem very deficient. In the treatment of their children they are often violent and cruel, whereas the Malays are almost invariably kind and gentle.
Page 343 - The location of these centers is then largely a matter of ethnic accident, but once located and the adjustments made, the stability of the environment doubtless tends to hold each particular type of material culture to its initial locality, even in the face of many changes in blood and language.
Page 125 - with the four eyes ' (spectacles.). His imitation of Hawash Effendi in a towering rage, storming and abusing everybody, was a great success ; and now he took me off to the life, rehearsing after four years, down to the minutest details, and with surprising accuracy, my anthropometric performance when measuring his body at Rumbek.
Page 363 - ... deciduous forests. Their home extended from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. As we have already seen, the Iroquois who inhabited the northern part of this region were in many respects the highest product of aboriginal America. The northern Iroquois tribes, especially those known as the Five Nations, were second to no other Indian people north of Mexico in political organization, statecraft, and military prowess. Their leaders were genuine diplomats, as the wily French and English statesmen...
Page 503 - Thurnam of with the large underlying frontal sinuses and supra-orbital ridges, must have given a beetling and even forbidding appearance to the upper part of the face, while the boldly outstanding and heavy cheek-bones must have produced an impression of raw and rough strength and ponderosity entirely in keeping with it. Overhung at its root, the nose must have projected boldly forwards, not merely beyond the plane of the forehead, but much beyond that of the prominent eyebrows themselves.
Page 368 - ... the use of a grinding stone instead of a mortar ; the art of masonry ; loom or upward weaving; cultivated cotton as textile material; pottery decorated in color; a unique type of building; and the domestication of the turkey. These certainly serve to sharply differentiate this culture. While the main dependence was placed on vegetable food there was some hunting; the eastern villages hunted buffalo and deer, especially...
Page 191 - ... remotest chance of ever appearing in public. They are seen circulating freely in the streets; they preside at the comptoir, and hold an almost exclusive possession of the bazaars. Their social position is more elevated, in every respect, than that of the persons of their sex in the regions where Buddhism is not the predominating creed. They may be said to be men's companions, and not their slaves.