This page has been validated.
INDEX
415
Aymara, distribution, 231; stock, 382
Aztec, 32, 134, 137, 139, 162, 182, 183, 185, 186, 228, 229, 261, 274; culture, similarity to Maya, 228-229; most typical of the Nahua culture, 227


Bakairi, 310
Balsa, distribution of, 42; in Plateau area, 211
Bands, found among hunting groups, 153-154; quill-worked, 86, 89
Bannerstone, 121; possibly a mesh gauge, 50
Barefoot regions, outlined, 64-66
Bark-beater, ridged, 130-131
Basketry, 50-56, 225; area, outlined, 79; California area, 54, 94, 212; cane, 89, 94; central group, North Pacific Coast tribes, 214; decorations on, 76; distinguished from cloth, 56; distribution of types, 53; eastern maize area, 89; Eskimo, 89, 216; Haida and Tlingit, 88-89; imbricated, 81; Northern Shoshonean tribes, 211; Pima, 226; Plateau area, 210; Southeastern area, 89; Southwestern area, 226; splint, 54-55; techniques, 79-80; Tlingit, 213
Baskets, Aleutian, 74-75; California, designs on analyzed, 84; California, specialization in, 338; cane, 77, 223; classification of, 52; cooking, 54; decoration of, 76-77; flexible, 58
Bast fibers, used in textiles, 45-46
Beadwork, 83; design elements in Plains, 85; floral designs on, 87; Plains designs analyzed, 84
Bear, belief in power of, 200
Bee, domestication of, 32, 41, 227
Betel nut culture, analogy of tobacco chewing to, 30
Berries, used as food, Déné, 218; Carrier, 14; salmon area, 15; and fruits, rarity in acorn area, 16
Birchbark, canoes of, 43; covers for tipis, 110; decorations on, 85, 86; high development of drawing on, 87; vessels and canoes associated, 55; work in, Mackenzie area, 338
Bison area, 34, 35, 39, 45, 109, 122, 153, 175, 176, 178, 197, 198, 200, 320; costume, 63; described, 11; designs, 82; pottery made in, 67; types of cultures in, 336
Bison, eastern range of, 19; methods of hunting, 11; use of centered in the Plains, 338. See also buffalo
"Black drink," Southeastern area, 223; widespread use of, 184
Black-on-white pottery, distribution, 257
Blanket, Chilkat, 56, 58, 60, 88-89, 214; Navajo, 77, 81; rabbitskin, 58-59, 225
Blind dupe, distribution of story, 196
Blood-clot Boy, story, 197
Blood feuds, among tribes with simple organization, 171
Blood, offering, among Maya and Nahua, 191; as a means of purification, 200; vengeance, right of recognized in North America, 168; vengeance, tribes of Gulf states, 170
Blowgun, distribution, 132; used in hunting, Amazon Basin, 23
Boats, Eskimo, 44; frame, distribution, 43; in the New World, 41, 43
Bochica, Chibcha culture hero, 198,
Bodily proportions, 309, 310, 311; unity of in the New World, 309
Bola, 38, 235, 236; stone, Patagonia,
Bone, artifacts, in Missouri Valley, 254; objects of, California area, 258; prevailing tool material in hunting areas, 122; process of working, 122-123
Boomerang, Pueblo area, 225
Boundaries, to culture areas, 242-243; of pottery area, 67
Bow, in bison area, 38; distribution, 133; musical, 147; sinew-backed, 358; universal use of, 132-133
Bowdrill, 127
Bowls, knot, Eastern Woodland area, 338
Boxes, and plank work, specialization in, 338