Physical Anthropology is the ninth volume in the Handbook of Middle
American Indians, published in cooperation with the Middle American
Research Institute of Tulane University under the general
editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909-1979). The volume editor is T.
Dale Stewart (1901-1997), senior physical anthropologist of the
United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, former
director of its Museum of Natural History, and a past president of
the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. The articles
in this volume, together with illustrations, tabular data,
bibliographies, and index, constitute an invaluable reference work
on the human biology of Middle America and its relationships to
human society and culture. Contents include the following articles:
"History of Physical Anthropology," by Juan Comas "Preceramic Human
Remains," by Arturo Romano "Anthropometry of Late Prehistoric Human
Remains," by Santiago Genoves T. "Dental Mutilation, Trephination,
and Cranial Deformation," by Javier Romero "Pre-Hispanic
Osteopathology," by Eusebio Davalos Hurtado "Anthropometry of
Living Indians," by Johanna Faulhaber "Distribution of Blood
Groups," by G. Albin Matson "Physiological Studies," by D. F.
Roberts and Marshall T. Newman "Skin, Hair, and Eyes," a series
including "Introduction," by T. D. Stewart; "Dermatoglyphics," by
Marshall T. Newman; "Hair," by Mildred Trotter and Oliver H.
Duggins; and "Color of Eyes and Skin," by T. D. Stewart "Physical
Plasticity and Adaptation," by T. D. Stewart "Pathology of Living
Indians as Seen in Guatemala," by Nevin S. Scrimshaw and Carlos
Tejada "Psychobiometry," by Javier Romero The Handbook of Middle
American Indians was assembled and edited at the Middle American
Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of
grants from the National Science Foundation and under the
sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin
American Anthropology.
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