KROEBER

ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY

PAPERS

A. l. KROEBER

MEMORIAL

NUMBER 25

FALL 1961

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA

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KR OE BE R ANT H RO PO LOG ICA L S O C I E T Y

P A P E R S

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ALFRED L. KROEBER: A MEMORIAL

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Berkeley, California

Fall, 1961

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THE KROEBER AINTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY PAPERS

Number 25 Fall, 1961

ALFRED L. KROEBER: A MEMORIAL

Published by the Kroeber Anthropological Society

William C. Smith, President; Mary Walpole,Vice President; Sue N. Denman, Secretary;Cynthia Kramer Prince, Treasurer; ZenonPohorecky, Program Chairman; Richard Roark,Editor; Ann Gibson, Thomas C. Patterson,Assistant Editors.

Address all correspondence to:

The Kroeber Anthropological Societyc/o Department of AnthropologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeley 4, California

TABLE OF CO:NTENTS

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Shropshire Revisited, by Theodora and A. L. Kroeber. . . . . 1On Being Critical, by Alex D. Krieger. . . . . . . . . . . . 19The Innovative Process, by H. G. Barnett . . . . . . . . . . 25Inferences on the Nature of Olmec Society Based Upon

lDta from the La Venta Site, by Robert F. Heizer. . . . 43The La Venta Olmec Support Area, by Philip Drucker . . . . . 59The Ecumene as a Civilizational Multiplier System, by

Gordon W. Hewes . . . . . . . . i * * . . . . . . . . . 73The Cultural Significance of Peruvian Textiles: Production,

Function, Aesthetics, by A. H. Gayton . . .... . . . . 110Kinship Terminology and Social Structure, by

Ralph L. Beals. . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Museums and Ethnological Research, 1961, by

Donald Collier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149American Indian Films, by S. A. Barrett. . . . . . . . . . v 155Culture Area: Parallel with Typological Homogeneity and

Heterogeneity to North American language Families, byC. F. Voegelin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 163

Kroeber and the Indian Claims Commission Cases, byOmer C. Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Mexican Spiritualism, by Isabel Kelly. . . . le .... . . 191Tlingit Shamanism and Sorcery, by Ronald L. Olson . . . .. 207Animals, Climate and Palaeolithic Man, by T. D. McCown . . . 221

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DED I CA TI ON

This Volume is affectionately dedicated to the memory of our dearfriend and great teacher, Alfred L. Kroeber. The Society which he so graci-ously allowed to bear his name has chosen to publish these essays as a meansof saying "thank you," and of paying him our final respects.

He died in the fullness of his vigor, still keenly interested inproblems of current research, still asking questions more often than answer-ing them. These pages contain no eulogies nor attempts to delimit Alfred L.Kroeber's contributions to anthropology. Rather, this Memorial is composed,for the most part, of articles by professional anthropologists who receivledtheir doctorates at the University of California during the years when Pro-fessor Kroeber was active there. Each article contributes, in some way, tohuman knowledge. We think that A. L. Kroeber would have liked this volume.

Richard Roark, Editor

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A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S

We-wish to express our sincere thanks to all those whose generousassistance, through all phases of preparation and publication, have madepossible this issue of the Papers. In particular, thanks are due to thefollowing persons:

Grover AllredThe Anthropology Club, University of ArizonaWilliam BascomRalph BealsMadison BeelerRuth BoyerAnn BrowerChester ChardHarold ConklinCharmian CrittendenLloyd FallersGeorge FosterJames GazawayClifford GeertzJane Richardson HanksRobert HeizerDell HymesA. V. Kidder IISydney LambEdwin LoebTheodore McCownWilliam McKernIavid MandeliumRobert MurphyEdward NorbeckPertti Pe ltoHoward PhillipsGene PrinceJohn RoweHariette ThomsenSherwood WashburnNatalie WoodburyRichard Woodbury

We also gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance given usby the Venner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Their gener-ous grant has helped make possible the continuing success of our publica-tion.

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Many of the Society's subscribers will be happy to learn thatEduardo Seler's "Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur Amerikanischen Spracheund Altertumskunde," long out of print, is again available in a hand-some new edition. It may be ordered from

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INFORMATION.FR AUTHOPS

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E D I T ORR' S N O T E

Footnotes and bibliographic citations are printedas received. The editors are not responsible fortheir form, nor for the accuracy of the materialtherein contained.

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