Book reviews

Music in Java. Its history, its theory and its technique. J. Kunst. (Second, revised and enlarged edition translated from the Dutch language by Emile van Loo. Vol. I: XVI + 412 pp. 4°. With tables and musical examples. Vol. II: pp. 413–640, including 165 illustrations on art paper. The Hague 1949. Martinus Nijhoff. Price: Guilders 46.)

The Megalithic Culture of Melanesia. Alphonse Riesenfeld. (736 pp., 3 pls., 8 maps, 26 figs. E. J. Brill. 8°. Leyden 1950.)

Chimu. Eine altindianische Hochkultur. Gerdt Kutscher. (112 pp., 80 pls., 77 text illus. 4°. Verlag Gebr. Mann. Berlin 1950.)     

The changing criteria of social networks in a Cajun Community

The Zhi Mä Funeral Ceremony of the Na‐Khi of Southwest China. Joseph F. Rock. Studia Instituti Anthropos, Vol. 9. St. Gabriel's Mission Press, Vienna‐Mödling, 1955. 228 pp., 10 pls.

Mythen und Mysterien. Magie und Religian der Tibeter. M. Hermanns. Verlag Balduin Pick, Köln, 1956. 400 pp., 49 figs., 1 map.

Oracles and Demons of Tibet. René de Nebesky‐Wojkowitz. Mouton &; Co., ‘s‐Gravenhage, 1956. 666 pp., 10 pls., 25 figs.

Die Lamaistische Kunst in der Umwelt von Tibet. Siegbert Hummel. Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig, 1955. 149 pp., 134 figs., 1 map.

El Monte. Igbo Finda, Ewe Orisha, Vititinfinda. Notas sobre la religión, la magía, las supersticiones y el folklore de los negros criollos y del pueblo de Cuba. Lydia Cabrera. Ediciones C. R., Habana 1954. 564 pp., 25 pls.

Die Hieroglyphen der Maya‐Handschriften. Günter Zimmermann. Universität Hamburg, Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde, Band 62, Reihe B: Völkerkunde, Kulturgeschichte und Sprachen, Band 34. Verlag Cram, de Gruyter &; Co., Hamburg, 1956. 174 pp., 8 pls., ca. 2000 text ill.

Das Indianerbuch. Geb. F. A. Brockhaus Verlag. Leipzig 1956. Eva Lips. 443 PP., 32 pls., 11 text ill., 6 maps. Cloth bound DM 10.80.

Das doppelte Geschlecht. Ethnologische Studien zur Bisexualität in Ritus und Mythos. Hermann Baumann. Berlin 1955. 420 pp., 5 maps.

Von Fremden Völkern und Kulturen. Beiträge zur Völkerkunde. Hans Plischke zum 65. Geburtstage gewidmet von seinen Kollegen und Freunden, Schülern und Mitarbeitern. Herausgegeben von W. Lang, W. Nippold und G. Spannaus. Droste‐Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1955. 284 pp., 30 figs., 2 maps.

Die Wiener Schule der Völkerkunde — The Vienna School of Ethnology. Festschrift anlässlich des 25‐jährigen Bestandes des Institutes für Völkerkunde der Universität Wien (1929–1954). Herausgeber J. Haekel, A. Hohenwart‐Gerlachstein und A. Slawik, Wien 1956. VIII+ 568 S., 11 Taf., 21 Textill, und 2 Karten. $ 8.60.

Das Problem des Völkertodes. Eine Studie zur historischen Bevölkerungsbiologie. Ilse Schwidetzky. Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart 1954. 165 pp. This and the following review have been held over from former times, when these contributions were apt to prove rather exhaustive. Reviews are now heavily cut down irrespective of the significance of the work presented.     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Grzimek , B. (Ed.): Grzimeks Enzyklopädie der Säugetiere – Bund 2 : München: Kindler-Verlag 1988. 648 S., zahlreiche Abb. Lexikon-Großformat. Leinenausgabe: Subskriptionspreis DM 128,–, später DM 148,–, ISBN 3–463-42002-3; Luxusausgabe (Halbleder): Subskriptionspreis DM 168,–, später DM 198,–, ISBN 3–463-42102-X. Patterson , C. (Ed.): Molecules und morphology in evolution – conflict or compromise? Cambridge, London, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sidney: Cambridge University Press 1987. £25.00, $49.50, ISBN H/b 0–521-32271-5. £9.95, $15.95, ISBN P/b 0–521-33860-3. Kuhn , H.-J.; Zeller , U. (Hrsg.): Morphogenesis of the mammalian skull . Mammalia depicta (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde) Heft 13. Hamburg und Berlin: Paul Parey 1987. 144 S., 68 Abb., 5 Tab. DM 88,-; für Mitglieder der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde DM 70,40. ISBN 3–490-17718-5. O'Neill , R. V.; De Angelis , D. L.; Waide , J. B.; Allen , T. F. H.: A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems . Monographs in Population Biology 23. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1986. 254 pp., 20 figs. cloth $ 45,–, paper $ 14.50. Schram , F. R.: Crustacea . New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1986. XIV, 606 pp., num. figs. £50.00. ISBN 0–19-503742-1. Doolittle , D. P.: Population Genetics: Basis Principles . Advanced Series in Agricultural Science Vol. 16. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer Verlag 1987. X, 264 pp., 20 figs. Soft cover DM 70,–. ISBN 3–540-17326-9. Benirschke , K. (Ed.): Primates . The road to self-sustaining populations. With a foreword by Diamond , J. Proceedings of a conference held in San Diego, California, June 24–28. 1985, sponsored by the Morns animal foundation, Englewood, Colorado, and the Zoological Society of San Diego, California. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer Verlag 1986. 164 figs. XXIII, 1044 pp. Hard cover DM 198,–. ISBN 3–540-96270-0. Langer , P.: The Mammalian Herbivore Stomach . Comparative Anatomy, Function and Evolution. 557 pp, 246 figs and 72 tables. Stuttgart – New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag 1988. DM 248,–. ISBN 3–437-30568-9; US ISBN 0–89574-254-3. Müller , H. M.: Evolution, Kognition und Sprache. Die Evolution des Menschen und die biologischen Grundlagen der Sprachfähigkeit. Berlin und Hamburg: Paul Parey 1987. 162 S., 90 Abb. Kt. DM 39,80. ISBN 3–489-63034-3.     

Books

A ndrew R.J. (ed.) 1991. Neural and Behavioral Plasticity: the use of the domestic chick as a model
B eissinger , S.R. & S nyder , N.F.R. (eds) 1992. New World Parrots in Crisis: Solutions from Conservation Biology
B erthold , P. (ed.) 1991. Orientation in Birds
B urger , J. & G ochfeld . M. 1991. The Common Tern: its breeding biology and social behaviour. Pp. xvii + 413,121 figs incl. numerous black-and-white photographs, 59 text tables, 4 appendix tables. New York: Columbia University Press
D avis . L.S. & D arby , J.T. (eds) 1990. Penguin Biology
D ickinson , E.C., K ennedy , R.S. & P arkes , K.C. 1991. The Birds of the Philippines: an annotated check-list
D wenger .R. 1991. DasRebhuhn Perrfixperdix. 2nd edition
F inlayson , C. 1992. Birds of the Strait of Gibraltar
G osler , A. (ed.) 1991. The Hamlyn Photographic Guide to Birds of the World
G retton , A. 1991. The Ecology and Conservation of the Slender-billed Curlew
S mith , S.M. I 991. The Black-capped Chickadee: behavioural ecology and natural history. Pp. xi, 362. many figures and tables. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. $51.15 (hbk). ISBN 0–8014-2 382-1. $29.75 (pbk) ISBN 0–8014-9793-0.
S tap . D. 1991. A Parrot Without a Name: The search for the last unknown birds on earth.
T rodd , P., & K ramer D. 1991. The Birds of Bedfordshire
V aughan . R. 1992. In Search of Arctic Birds. Pp. xIII, 431, many monochrome photographs and drawings. London     

Book reviews

The Art of Primitive Peoples. J. T. Hooper and C. A. Burland. (168 pp., 68 pls. The Fountain Press, 46–47 Chancery Lane, London W.C.2. 1953. Cloth bound 42/—).

The God of the Witches. Margaret A. Murray. (2nd ed. Faber & Faber, London 1952).

Magic Books from Mexico. C. A. Burland. (31 pp., 16 colour pls. King Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England 1953. Bound 4/6 d).

Outline of South American Cultures. George P. Murdock. (Behavior Science Outlines, Vol. II, Human Relations Files, New Haven 1951. Price: $ 2.50).

Kunst im Reiche der Inca. Heinrich Ubbelohde Doering. (66 pp., 240 pls., 4 colour pls., one map. Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen 1952. Cloth bound DM. 42).

Tiahuanacu, Atacama und Araukaner. Walter Ruben. (262 pp., 70 ill., 3 maps. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Leipzig 1952. Paper wrapper DM 15.80, bound DM 17.20).

Kunapipi. Ronald M. Berndt. (223 pp. Melbourne 1951), and Djanggawul. (230 pp. London 1952).     

Book review

ALLEN M. YOUNG (1982): Population Biology of Tropical Insects. Plenum Press, New York and London. 511 pp., many black and white photographs, tables and figures, cloth, $ 57.50

Andreas Suchantke (1981): Der Kontinent der Kolibris. Landschaften und Lebensformen in den Tropen Südamerikas. [The Continent of the Hummingbirds ‐ Landscapes and Life Forms in the South American Tropics].

Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart. 420 pp., 265 drawings, 32 colour plates, hardbound, DM 88.00

ACKERY, P. R. & R. I. VANE‐WRIGHT (1984): Milkweed butterflies ‐ their cladistics and biology. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England. 425 pp. 74 plates (13 in colour) and 262 figures together with additional figs. and tables in the text. Size 22.5 x 28.5 cm, cloth. Price 50.00.     

XI.—Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. Bangs and Peters on Birds from Maratua Island.[Birds from Maratua Island, off the east coast of Borneo.

Sztolcman on the Birds in the Warsaw Museum . [†Xawery Branicki. By Jan Sztoloman. Ann. Zool. Mus. Polon. Hist. Nat. v. 1926, pp. 296–296; 1 portr.]
[Lea types d'oiseaux au Musee Polonaise d'Histoire Naturelle. J. Sztolcman i J. Domaniewski. Ib., vi. 1927, pp. 95–194.1     

Mayr on the Polynesian Region

[Borders and Subdivisions of the Polynesian Region, as based on our Knowledge of the Distribution of Birds, pp. 191–195. The Origin and History of the Bird fauna of Polynesia, pp. 197–216. By Ernst Mayr. Proc. Sixth Pacific Science Congress, held at Berkeley, Wis., in July and August 1939, vol. iv.]     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Scandinavian Ferns. Benjamin Øllgard and Kirsten Tind. 317 pp., 114 colour plates, 103 line drawings. Rhodos International Science and Art Publisher, Copenhagen. 1993. Hardback: ISBN 87–7245–532–2, Danish kr. 425.
Stewart & Corry's Flora of the North-east of Ireland. Third edition. Edited by Paul Hackney, xi + 419 pp., 14 colour & 9 black-and-white photographs, maps and tables. Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation. Christopher Grey-Wilson. 208 pp., 114 colour plates, 38 lines drawings. B. T. Batsford, London. 1993.
Wild and Garden Plants. Max Walters. 200 pp., 39 colour plates, 51 black-and-white illustrations. The New Naturalist Library. HarperCollins, London. 1993.
Phylogeny and Classification of the Orchid Family. R. L. Dressier. 314 pp., 16 colour plates (96 photographs) and numerous black-and-white drawings. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1993.
Flowering Plants of the World. V. H. Heywood (Consultant Editor). 335 pp., many part-colour illustrations and maps. B. T. Batsford, London. 1993.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Perspectives in chemoreception and behaviour Editors: Chapman, R. F., Bernays, E. A., Stoffolano, J. G. Jr., 1987 Hard cover, 207 pp., 73 figs., 3 in colour, subject index, author index, list of references after each chapter, price DM 125. Proceedings in Life Sciences F. Taylor and R. Karban (eds.) (1986). The Evolution of Insect Life Cycles.     

A critique of the methodology of Robert Redfield: ‘Folk culture’ and other concepts

The Raw and the Cooked. Claude Levi‐Strauss. Jonathan Cape 1970. 387 pp., ill., bibl. Price £3.5.0.

Folktales of Israel. Ed. by Dov Noy with the assistance of Dan Ben Amos. Transi, by Gene Baharav. The University of Chicago Press. Folktales of the World. Chicago 1963. 221 S. $ 4.00.

Politics of Social Research. An inquiry into the ethics and responsibilities of social scientists. Ralph L. Beals. Aldine Publishing Company. Chicago 1969. 228 pp.

African Stone Sculpture. Philip Allison. Percy Lund, Humphries &; Co., Ltd. London 1968. 71 pp. 99 pls. 3 maps. Price 56 s.

The Elementary Structures of Kinship. (Les Structures élémentaires de la Parenté). Claude Lévy‐Strauss. Rev. ed. translated from the French by James Harle Bell, John Richard von Sturmer and Rodney Needham, Editor. Beacon Press, Boston; Eyre &; Spottiswoode Ltd., London. 1969. 541 pp., 87 figs. Price $ 15.00.

Contes sous la Croix du Sud. Giselle de Goustine. (Les littératures populaires de toutes les nations. N.S., T. XIII). Editions G.‐P. Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris 1967. 208 pp.

La divination malgache par le sikidy. Raymond Decary avec la collaboration de Marcelle Urbain‐Faublée. Publications du centre Universitaire des Langues Orientales Vivantes, 6e série, vol. IX. Paul Geuthner, Paris 1970. 111 pp.

Über Lebensraum und Lebensformen des Frühsemiten. Joseph Henninger. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein‐Westfalen. Geisteswissenschaften, Heft G 151. Westdeutscher Verlag. Köln und Opladen 1968. 61 Seiten. Kart. DM 6.60.

Indianer von gestern, heute und morgen. Beobachtungen zum Kulturwandel in den Anden Boliviens. Hermann Trimborn. Kulturgeschichtliche Forschungen; 12. Band. Albert Limbach Verlag, Braunschweig 1968. 96 S., 104 Abb., 1 Karte. Preis DM 38:—.

Der Wandel ökonomischer Rollen bei den westlichen Dan in Liberia. Eberhard Fischer. Studien zur Kulturkunde, Band XXI. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden 1967. 481 S. 4 Taf. 7 Abb. DM 66:—.

An Anthropological Bibliography of South Asia. Together with a Directory of Anthropological Field Research. Vol. III. 1960–64. Compiled by

Elizabeth von Fürer‐Haimendorf and Helen Kanitkar. Le Monde d'Outre‐Mer Passé et Présent, Quatrième Série. Bibliographies VIII. Editions Mounton &; Cie, Paris 1970. 562 pp. Price 193 F.

Man‐apes or Ape‐men? The Story of Discoveries in Africa. Sir Wilfrid E. Le Gros Clark. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York 1967. 150 pp., 33 fig., bibliography, index. Price $3.95.     

Notices of Recent Ornithological Publications

Amadon on Pacific Island Birds.
[Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition.—No. 52. Notes on some Non-Passerine Genera, 3. Amer. Mus. Nov. no. 1237, 1943, pp. 1–21.]
THE IBIS. Vol. 86. APRIL, 1944. Some East African Birds of Prey. By Captain M. E. W. N orth , M.B.O.U. (Received 4 March, 1943.) (Plates VIII. & IX.)     

The relationship between ethnology and social anthropology 1

African Miniatures. The Goldweights of the Ashanti. Margaret Webster Plass. Lund Humphries, London 1967. 26 pp., 166 ill.

Anthropologists in the Field. Edited by D. G. Jongmans and P. C. W. Gutkind. Series: Non‐European Societies, nr 6. Royal van Gorcum &; Comp. N. V. Assen 1967. 277 pp. Price cloth Hf 32.50.

Races of Africa. C. G. Seligman. 4 ed. Opus 9 (Oxford Paperbacks University Series). Oxford University Press, London. 1966. 177 pp.

Hausa ba dabo ba ne. A collection of 500 Proverbs translated and annotated by A. H. M. Kirk‐Greene. Ibadan. Oxford University Press London 1966 84 pp. Price 5/3 d.

Human Evolution. An Introduction to Man's Adaptations. Bernard G. Campbell. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago 1966. 425 pp., 135 ill. Price $ 8.95.

Human Evolution. Readings in Physical Anthropology (2nd cd.) Noel Korn and Fred W. Thompson (editors). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York 1967, 466 pp. figs. $ 4.95.

Caste and Race: Comparative Approaches. A Ciba Foundation Volume. Ed. by Anthony de Reuck and Julie Knight. J. &; A. Churchill Ltd., London 1967. 348 pp. Price 60 s.

The American Negro. A Study in Racial Crossing. Melville J. Hersko‐vits. A Midland Book, Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1964. 92 pp. Price $ 1.65.

Strangers to the City: Urban Man in Jos, Nigeria. Leonard Plotnicov. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh 1967. 320 pp. Price hardbound $ 6.95, paperbound $ 2.95.

Ozeanien. Paul Collaer. Musikgeschichte in Bildern, Hrsg. von Heinrich Besseler und Max Schneider, Band I: Musikethnologie, Lieferung 1. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1965. 234 S., 178 Abb.

A Study of Polyandry. H. R. H. Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark. Mouton &; Co. The Hague 1963. 606 pages, 44 photographs, 4 figs., 2 sketches, 6 maps, 48 genealogical tables. Cloth. Price: Glds. 68.‐(=ab. US $ 19.00, £ 6.16.‐, DM 75.50, 94.50 F).

African Music. A Briefly Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by Darius L. Thieme. Library of Congress, Reference Department, Music Division, Washington 1964. 55 pp. 45 cents.

Tribes and forms in African Art. William Fagg. Methuen &; Co. Ltd., London 1965. 122 Pl. 6 Guineas net.     

Book review

PRANCE, G.T. ed. (1986): Tropical Rain Forests and the World Atmosphere. American Association for the Advancement of Science Selected Symposium 101. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado and London. 105 pp., some figs., paper. 20.50.

LOWE‐McCONNELL, R.H. (1987): Ecological Studies in Tropical Fish Communities. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne. 382 pp. with tables and figs., paper. 12.95 (hardbound 35.00).     

Book reviews

Wildbeuter in Ostafrika. Die Tindiga, ein Jäger und Sammlervolk. Ludwig Kohl‐Larsen. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin, 1958. 165 S., 119 Photos und 77 Zeichnungen.

Das Elefantenspiel. Mythen, Riesen‐ und Stammessagen. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Kohl‐Larsen. Erich Röth‐Verlag, Kassel, 1956. 233 pp.

Die Tierverkleidung der afrikanischen Naturvölker. Helmut Straube. Studien zur Kulturkunde, Bd. 13. Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, Wiesbaden, 1955. 233 pp., 1 map. DM 23.80.

Själavandringsföreställningar bos Nordamerikas Indianer. Arvid Wachtmeister. 195 pp. Stockholm 1957.

Altmexikanische Kulturen. Walter Krickeberg. Safari‐Verlag, Berlin, 1956. 616 pp., 6 colour pls., 120 pls., 309 figs., 1 map. Cloth. DM 29.80.

Cortés in Mexiko. H. D. Disselhoff. Janus‐Bücher, Bd. 2. Verlag R. Oldenbourg, München, 1957. 93 pp., 1 map. DM 3.20.

Wahrsagerei, Himmelskunde und Kalender der alten Azteken. Gliederung des alt‐aztekischen Volks in Familie, Stand und Beruf. Aus dem aztekischen Urtext Bernardino Sahaguns übersetzt und erläutert von Leonhard Schultze Jena. Quellenwerke zur alten Geschichte Amerikas, aufgezeichnet in den Sprachen der Eingeborenen, IV—V. Herausgegeben von der Lateinamerikanischen Bibliothek, Berlin. W. Kohlhammer Verlag. Stuttgart 1950, 1952. XIII + 400 pp., 4 pls., resp. X + 338 pp.

Tibetisches Kunsthandwerk in Metall. Siegbert Hummel. Otto Harrasso‐witz, Leipzig, 1954. 27 pp., 18 full‐page ill.

Geschichte der tibetischen Kunst. Siegbert Hummel. Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig, 1953. 123 PP., 124 full‐page ill.

Among the Savages of the South Seas. Memoirs of Micronesia 1862–1868. A. Tetens. Translated from the German by Florence Mann Spoehr. Stanford University Press. London: Oxford University Press, 1958. 107 pp., 13 figs., 1 map.

Die primitiven Seelenvorstellungen der nordeurasischen Völker. Eine religionsethnographische und religionsphänomenologische Untersuchung. Ivar Paulson. The Ethnographical Museum of Sweden, Monograph Series, Publication No. 5. Stockholm 1958. 407 S.

The Collecting of Folk Music and other Ethnomusicological Material. A manual for field workers. Ed. by Maud Karpeles. London 1958. 40 pp. (Issued by the International Folk Music Council and the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.)

Göttinger völkerkundliche Studien, Band II. Herausgegeben von Hans Plischke. Institut für Völkerkunde an der Georg‐August‐Universität zu Göttingen. Droste‐Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1957. 119 S.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: Observaciones sobre la alfareria de los Médanos de Colón. A ntonio S errano. (Memmorias del Museo de Paraná, No. 6, Paraná, 1933.) Las culturas protohistóricas del Este Argentino y Uruguay. A ntonio S errano. (Memorias del Museo de Paraná, No. 7, Paraná, 1933.) La estructura de los túmulos indígenas prehispánicos del Departamento de Guaieguaychú. H éctor G reslebin. (Apartado de la Revista de la Sociedad "Amigos de la Arqueología," Vol. 5, pp. 1–51, Montevideo, 1931.) Dos vasos indígenas—Hallados en Puerto Basilio. H éctor G reslebin.
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: Nueva hipótesis sobre el destino de las placas grabadas de la Patagonia prehistórica. H éctor G reslebin. (Physis, Vol. 9, pp. 223–33, Buenos Aires, 1928). Descripción de dos nuevas placas rectangulares grabadas de Patagonia prehispánica. H éctor G reslebin. (Physis, Vol. 10, pp. 8–16, Buenos Aires, 1930.) Instrumental lítico de Patagonia prehispánica. H éctor G reslebin.
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA: La antigüedad del hombre en la región de Sayape, Provincia de San Luis, República Argentina ( Nota preliminar ). H éctor G reslebin. (Proceedings, Twenty-third International Congress of Americanists, pp. 305–12, New York, 1930). Las llamadas "botijas" o "tinajas" de la Provincia de San Luis ( República Argentina ). H éctor G reslebin. (Physis, Vol. 9, pp. 46–71, Buenos Aires, 1928.) Los "morteritos" de Cerro Varela. H éctor G reslebin.     

Book review

R. R. Churchill and A. V. Lowe, The Law of the Sea (Manchester, U. K., and Dover, NH: Manchester University Press, 1984), 322 pp.; tables. $25.00.

James K. Sebenius, Negotiating the Law of the Sea (Cambridge, MA, and London, England: Harvard University Press, 1984), 251 pp.; tables. $20.00     

Maya and Altaic

Evolution and Human Behavior. Alexander Alland. Social Science Paperbacks. No. 49. Tavistock Publications. London 1969. 243 pp. 37 figs. Price 18/‐.

The Two Worlds of the Washo. An indian Tribe of California &; Nevada. (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology.) James F. Downs, Holt, Rine‐hart and Winston, Inc., New York 1966. 113 pages, 1 map, 1 pl.

West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. with an Introduction by Daryll Forde and P. M. Kaberry. Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press. Oxford 1967. 289 pp. Price 50 s.net.

Francisco de Avila. Hermann Trimborn und Antje Kelm. Quellenwerke zur Alten Geschichte Amerikas aufgezeichnet in den Sprachen der Eingeborenen. Herausgegeben vom Ibero‐Amerikanischen Institut Berlin der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Band VIII. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 1967. 308 pp. Price DM 105: ‐ (I, "Francisco de Avila” by Hermann Trimborn, pp. 1–198; II, "Götter und Kulte in Huarochirí” by Antje Kelm, pp. 199–307).

The Individual and Culture. Mary Ellen Goodman. The Dorsey Press. Homewood, Illinois 1967. 265 pp. Price $ 4.95.

Mythologie du Masque en Nouvelle‐Calédonie. Jean Guiart. Publications de la Société des Océanistes, No. 18. Paris 1966. 150 pp., 22 pls., 1 map.

Goldgewichte aus Ghana. Brigitte Menzel. Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde, Berlin. Neue Folge 12, Abteilung Afrika III, Berlin 1968. 242 S. Reich illustriert.

La division du temps et le calendrier rituel des peuples lagunaires de Côte d'Ivoire. Georges Niangoran‐Bouah. Université de Paris. Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie. LXVIII. Paris 1964. 164 S., 12 Abbildungen.

Boum‐le‐Grand, village d'Iro: Claude Pairault. Université de Paris. Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie. LXXIII. Paris 1966. 470 S., 225 Abb.

The Social Organization of the Western Apache. Grenville Goodwin. With a Preface by Keith H. Basso. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, 1969 (2nd edition), xxii+701 pp. Price $ 10.

The Gurage. A People of the Ensete Culture. William A. Shack. Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, London 1966. 222 pp. Ill. Price 50 s.net.

Die Erde in Vorstellungswelt und Kulturpraktiken der sudanischen Völker. Jürgen Zwernemann. (Habilitationsschrift.) Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1968. 545 S., 1 Karte. DM 80: ‐, broschiert.

The Medicine Man, Swifa Ya Nguvumali. Hasani Bin Ismail. Edited and translated by Peter Lienhardt. Oxford Library of African Literature. Clarendon Press. Oxford University Press. Oxford 1968. 208 pp. Price 42 s.

Das Rind in den Felsbilddarstellungen Nordafrikas. Walther F. E. Resch. Studien zur Kulturkunde, Band 20. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden 1967. 105 S., 24 Tafeln und 4 Abbildungen. Broschiert DM 20:‐.

Social Anthropology. Godfrey Lienhardt. 2nd edition. Oxford Paperbacks University Series Opus 15. London 1966. 177 pp. Price 7/6 net.

Churches at the Grass‐Roots. A Study in Congo/Brazzaville. Efraim Andersson. World Studies of Churches in Mission. Lutherworth Press. London 1968. 296 pp. Price 30/‐.

Os Macomdes de Moçambique. Vol. I‐II. Junta de Investigates do Ultramar. Centro de Estudos de Antropología Cultural. Lisboa 1964.

I. Aspectos históricos e económicos. Jorge Dias. 180 S., 109 Abb., 17 Zeichnungen, 7 Karten.

II. Cultura material. 192 S., 261 Abb., 74 Zeichnungen. Jorge Dias e Margot Dias.     

Chlorophyll content and the light response curve of shade-adapted conifer needles

Rates of photosynthesis were measured for shade-adapted conifer needles [ Picea abies (L.) Karst., Picea glauca (Moench) Voss, Picea mariana (Mill.) B. S. P., Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr., Pinus sylvestris L.] illuminated on i) their top surface, ii) their top and bottom surfaces simultaneously, or iii) uniformly in a light integrating sphere. The rate of bending of the light response curve of photosynthesis was strongly correlated with the amount of chlorophyll per unit of illuminated leaf area, when the amounts of chlorophyll were above 200 mg m⁻². Below 200 mg m⁻² only small differences in the rate of bending occurred and the light response curves took the form of a quasi-Blackman response. At chlorophyll contents below 200 mg m⁻² the rate of bending of the light response curves was insignificantly different from a mean published value for enzymatically isolated cells of angiosperm leaves (I. Terashima and T. Saeki. Ann. Bot. 56: 489–499, 1985). The apparent quantum yield of photosynthesis (based on incident light) also showed a response to chlorophyll content not different from the pattern reported for angiosperm leaves (E. K. Gabrielsen. Physiol. Plantarum 1: 5–37, 1948). Neither CO₂ nor O₂ concentration significantly affected the rate of bending of the light response curves. It is concluded that the light response curve of individual chlorenchyma cells is a quasi-Blackman response and that the rate of bending of the light response curve of intact leaves is a strong function of the development of gradients of light and thus the chlorophyll content of leaves.