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Napiwa, Blackfoot god, 198

Narcotics, distribution of, 28-30

Narrative, mythical, for origin of clan group, 163; prose, 144, 145

Nasal, index, 307-308; skeleton, 307-308

Nasca, 92, 266, 267, 273

Navajo, 41, 52, 81, 97, 109, 111, 142, 143, 151, 160, 170, 188, 189, 226, 320; blankets, 77; weaving, 60

Navigation, 41-44

Nebraska Loess Man, 323

Neolithic, culture, 270, 275, 276, 328; deposits, 118; period, in Europe, 317

Nephrite, manner of working, 116-117; used in North Pacific Coast, 214; used in Thompson River region, 260

Netting, 49-50; southwestern Dene, 218

Nets, antiquity of use, 50; birds taken in, 22; for fishing, 49-50; recent introduction among Eskimo, 50

New-fire ceremony, Inca, 232; Mexican, 182; Pawnee, 200; Southeastern area, 223

Nomenclature, system of, New World languages, 281

North Atlantic area, archæological characterization of, 245-248

Northern Mexico, archæological characterization of, 260-261

North Pacific Coast area, 43, 87, 113, 119, 120, 127, 175, 190, 196, 199, 210, 289, 338; archæological characterization of, 260; characterization of culture, 213-215

Nose, great variety in form, 299; skeletal structure of, 307

Numbers, recorded by quipu, 130; sacred in the New World, 201

Nuts and seeds, wild, area of, defined, 7

Oath, in the New World, 172-173

Objective characters of man, most definitive, 312

Offerings, at shrines, 225

Ollantaitambo, 113

Ollantay, an Inca play, 139

Orbital index, distribution table, 308

Orbits, symmetrical distribution, 307

Ordeals, in the New World, 173

Organization, political, Inca and Mexican, 90, 149-150; simple tribal, nomadic tribes, 151; tribal, bands fundamental units in, 154

Origin, age-grading systems in America, 359-360; art, theories of, 95; Asiatic, New World man, 355; Chilkat blanket, 89; culture centers, due to ethnic factors, 339; culture, theories of, 342-354; culture traits, 278; defensive armor, 131; double-curve art, 87; independent, age-societies in the Plains, 163; independent, designs, Plains and California, 84; language a reliable index to, 361; linguistic stocks, 291-292; New World peoples, 4, 298; New World totemic complex, 164; Plains art, 82-84; rituals, 192; single place of, fundamental Old World traits, 357; single, of culture traits having continuous distribution, 343; Siouan stock, 296; southern, of Iroquoian culture, 220; unity of, culture and somatic types, 337; verse in song,

Origins, frequently detailed in mythology, 194-195; New World, 355-305

Ornamentation, Maya and Nahua buildings, 105, 106; textiles and pottery, 76

Ornaments, copper and gold, Maya and Aztec, 228; stone, 123

Pachacamac, 273

Pacific Islands, ceremonies, 182; New World culture correspondences with, 356

Packing, methods of, 39

Paddles, 43

Painting, 137; body, 94; building interiors, 105; pottery, 72, 75; skins, 86

Palenque, 101, 135

Paleolithic, culture, 118, 270, 273, 275, 276, 328; races, similarity of Eskimo to, 319