Project Gutenberg 2006-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 67 Powell, John Wesley 1834 1902 Powell, J. W. (John Wesley) Powell, Wes On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data Reading ease score: 39.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by PM for Bureau of American Ethnology and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data" by John Wesley Powell is a scientific publication that was likely written in the late 19th century. The book critically examines the use of anthropological data, particularly in the context of North American archaeology, mythology, and the understanding of Indigenous cultures. Powell addresses misconceptions and methodological challenges faced by researchers in the interpretation of anthropological evidence. In this work, Powell explores various aspects of human anthropology, including archaeological findings, pictographs, language, mythology, and social structures among Indigenous tribes. He argues against the hasty generalizations made about these groups and emphasizes the need for careful differentiation between tribes due to their unique languages, customs, and histories. Powell critiques the speculative use of data connecting Indigenous peoples to ancient civilizations and stresses the importance of understanding each culture within its specific context, cautioning researchers to avoid overgeneralization and misinterpretation of anthropological evidence. The writing serves as both a guide and a cautionary tale for scholars in the field. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Indians of North America Anthropology E011 Text Anthropology Browsing: History - American 71037 71038 2024-10-08T10:14:12.916811 2023-09-08T11:23:45.643770 text/html text/html 67523 2006-07-19T06:50:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 23829 2006-07-19T06:50:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 112253 2024-10-08T10:14:19.060768 application/epub+zip 110766 2024-10-08T10:14:16.386793 application/epub+zip 91790 2024-10-08T10:14:15.116818 application/epub+zip 281781 2024-10-08T10:14:20.927798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272119 2024-10-08T10:14:18.136781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231472 2022-09-09T06:17:14.192876 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 62052 61775 2024-10-08T10:14:12.593815 2023-09-08T11:23:45.430779 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61967 2006-07-19T06:50:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 22419 2006-07-19T06:50:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 61966 2006-07-19T06:50:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22392 2006-07-19T06:50:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21682 2024-10-08T10:14:21.056755 application/rdf+xml 19980 2024-10-08T10:14:15.659810 image/jpeg 4461 2024-10-08T10:14:15.388789 image/jpeg 109854 2024-10-08T10:14:12.923830 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia