The fashionable horse : Ute saddlebags and saddle blankets 1870-1925

This research paper examines the creation, design, and functions of ten Ute double saddlebags and four beaded Ute saddle blankets fabricated between 1870 and 1925. Based on this sample and comparison with additional Basin and Plains tribal dressings, it appears that Ute saddlebags and blankets possess a combination of characteristics that reflect Ute territory, lifestyle, and aesthetics. These attributes, including fabrication from hide; similar rectangular dimensions; simple geometric beadwork patterns that emphasize triangles; preference for blue, white, and yellow beads; largely solid colored backgrounds; and back entries into the bags, work together to create a style that is specifically Ute.

The genome of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior suggests key adaptations to advanced social life and fungus farming.

We present a high-quality (>100× depth) Illumina genome sequence of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior, a model species for symbiosis and reproductive conflict studies. We compare this genome with three previously sequenced genomes of ants from different subfamilies and focus our analyses on aspects of the genome likely to be associated with known evolutionary changes. The first is the specialized fungal diet of A. echinatior, where we find gene loss in the ant's arginine synthesis pathway, loss of detoxification genes, and expansion of a group of peptidase proteins. One of these is a unique ant-derived contribution to the fecal fluid, which otherwise consists of "garden manuring" fungal enzymes that are unaffected by ant digestion. The second is multiple mating of queens and ejaculate competition, which may be associated with a greatly expanded nardilysin-like peptidase gene family. The third is sex determination, where we could identify only a single homolog of the feminizer gene. As other ants and the honeybee have duplications of this gene, we hypothesize that this may partly explain the frequent production of diploid male larvae in A. echinatior. The fourth is the evolution of eusociality, where we find a highly conserved ant-specific profile of neuropeptide genes that may be related to caste determination. These first analyses of the A. echinatior genome indicate that considerable genetic changes are likely to have accompanied the transition from hunter-gathering to agricultural food production 50 million years ago, and the transition from single to multiple queen mating 10 million years ago.

Camp, clan, and kin among the Cow Creek Seminole of Florida / by Alexander Spoehr, Assistant Curator, American Ethnology and Archaeology.

v.33:no.1(1941)

Social life and vegetarianism /

Cooking recipes on p. 17-24.

The nomads of the Balkans, an account of life and customs among the Vlachs of Northern Pindus,

"Vocabulary": p. [305]-324.

The Russian peasantry, their agrarian condition, social life and religion;

The Russian agrarian question.--The moujiks and the Russian democracy.--Paternal government.--Hard times.--Popular religion.--The rascol.--Rationalistic dissent.--Modern sectarianism.--The tragedy of Russian history.

Oraibi natal customs and ceremonies / by H. R. Voth. The Stanley McCormick Hopi expedition. George A Dorsey --

v.6:no.2(1905)

Insect-musicians and cricket champions of China / by Berthold Laufer, Curator of Anthropology. 12 plates in photogravure.

no.22(1927)

Archaeology of South America /

no.33(1936)

The Japanese New Year's festival, games and pastimes / by Helen C. Gunsaulus, Assistant Curator of Japanes Ethnology.

no.11(1923)