The American plant migration. The potato. / by Berthold Laufer, Late Curator, Dept. of Anthropology. Prepared for publication by C. Martin Wilbur, Curator, Chinese Archaeology and Ethnology.

v.28(1938)

Egyptian stelae in Field Museum of Natural History / by Thomas George Allen, Assistant Curator of Egyptian Archaeology. 43 plates and 43 copies of inscriptions in the text. Paul S. Martin, Curator, Department of Anthropology, editor.

v.24:no.1(1936)

The domestication of the cormorant in China and Japan / by Berthold Laufer, Curator, Department of Anthropology. 4 plates in photogravure.

v.18:no.3(1931)

Three new species of Mesabolivar (Aranea, Pholcidae) from leaf litter in urban environments in the city of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

In this study we describe three new litter inhabiting species of Mesabolivar González-Sponga, 1998 from nine urban forest remnants in the metropolitan region of the city of São Paulo, Brazil: M. forceps, M. mairyara and M. cavicelatus. In three of these remnants, we conduced a three year sampling using pitfall traps. Mesabolivar forceps sp. nov. was the most abundant pholcid (n=273 adults), always present in the samples, but with highest numbers in spring and summer. Mesabolivar mairyara sp. nov. was the second most abundant species (n=32), but the majority of individuals were collected in March 2001. Only three individuals of M. cavicelatus sp. nov. were collected.

The Medora site, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana / by George I. Quimby, Curator of Exhibits, Dept. of Anthropology.

v.24:no.2(1951)

Tobacco and its use in Asia / by Berthold Laufer, Curator of Anthropology.

no.18(1924)

A bibliography of the anthropology of Peru. By George A. Dorsey --

v.2:no.2(1898)

The solar year of the Mayas at Quirigua, Guatemala / by J. Eric Thompson, Assistant Curator of Central and South American Archaeology; 2 text-figures; Berthold Laufer, Curator, Department of Anthropology, editor.

v.17:no.4(1932)

Contributions to the anthropology of Iran / by Henry Field.

v.29:no.2(1939)

Two decades of colonization of the urban environment of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, by Drosophila paulistorum (Diptera, Drosophilidae)

Drosophila paulistorum Dobzhansky & Pavan, 1949 had initially been considered absent in anthropogenically disturbed environments, but in 1985 the detection of the species in Porto Alegre city, southern Brazil, suggested its potential to colonize new habitats and laid the foundations for ecologic studies on this species' populations. This study followed the variations in D. paulistorum populations in this town almost 20 years after its first local record. Drosophilid specimens were collected in sites with different urbanization grades and the results point to the expressive decline in D. paulistorum populations in Porto Alegre. This decline may be linked to urban growth and to naturally driven population decline, as imputed to climatic changes like variations in maximum and minimum temperatures as a consequence of a global climate warming. Also, the recent introduction of exotic species Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970 seems to play a role in this scenario, changing the interactions between native species.

Agate : physical properties and origin, archaeology and folk-lore / By Oliver C. Farrington, Curator of Geology, [and] Berthold Laufer, Curator of Anthropology.

no.8(1927)

Digging into history : a brief account of fifteen years of archaeological work in New Mexico / by Paul S. Martin, Chief Curator, Dept. of Anthropology ; drawings by Gustaf Dalstrom, Artist, Dept. of Anthropology.

no.38(1959)

Geophagy / by Berthold Laufer, Curator, Department of Anthropology.

v.18:no.2(1930)

Habitat use by a tree frog species of Scinax (Amphibia, Hylidae) at an urban forest fragment from south-eastern Brazil

We studied the pattern of habitat use by the tree frog Scinax aff. perereca. Fieldworks were performed from August 1996 to August 1997 at Parque das Mangabeiras, Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Calling males were observed in September, October and December 1996, February to April and June 1997. Females were found only in October 1996. Specimens were found perched on vegetation, on the ground or on stones near waterfall. At Parque das Mangabeiras, S. aff. perereca occupied nine types of substrata. The most frequently used substrata were shrubs, stones at the stream edges, and fallen trunks. The pattern of spatial occupation varied among months. Males were found calling in aggregations on the vegetation and spatial niche breadth was related to species abundance.

The giraffe in history and art / by Berthold Laufer, Curator of Anthropology. 9 plates in photogravure, 23 text-figures, and 1 vignette.

no.27(1928)