Investigations in this department are of great interest, and haveattracted to the field a host of workers; but a general review of themass of published matter exhibits the fact that the uses to which thematerial has been put have not always been wise.In the monuments of antiquity found throughout North America, in campand village sites, graves, mounds, ruins, and scattered works of art,the origin and development of art in savage and barbaric life may besatisfactorily studied. Incidentally, too, hints of customs may bediscovered, but outside of this, the discoveries made have often beenillegitimately used, especially for the purpose of connecting the tribesof North America with peoples or so-called races of antiquity in otherportions of the world. A brief review of some conclusions that must beaccepted in the present status of the science will exhibit the futilityof these attempts.It is now an established fact that man was widely scattered over theearth at least as early as the beginning of the quaternary period, and,perhaps, in pliocene time.If we accept the conclusion that there is but one species of man, asspecies are now defined by biologists, we may reasonably conclude thatthe species has been dispersed from some common center, as the abilityto successfully carry on the battle of life in all climes belongs onlyto a highly developed being; but this original home has not yet beenascertained with certainty, and when discovered, lines of migration