U 0 1 an 0 0 00 dI 0 fall 1958 I.| berkeley, california NFMATION FOR AUIHORS The Kroeber Ant pological Society Papers publish articles In the general fTeld o? anthropology, tn d iose whlch it Is difficult, for various reasons, to publish elsewhere. In addition to articles of theoreti- cal interest, the Papers will welcome descriptive stuiies putting factual information on recodi,as well as bibliographies, linguistic texts, vocabu- laries and historical documents of anthropological interest. The Society welcomes student research papers of high quality. Manuscripts must be typewritten, double spaced on good quality 8-1/2 by 11 Inch paper, and on one side of the page only. Endnotes (the P do not ploy footnotes) and bibliography should be placed on separate sheets. The bibliographic style to be followed is that used In this number of the Paer. Authors will note that the bibliographic style Is an extended7 irslon of that employed by the American Anthro ologist. A style sheet containing further information concerning manuscripts and biblio- graphic style may be obtained from the Society upon request. Authors will receive without charge twenty reprints of their articles. Additional reprints may be ordered at the price of one cent per page. A small extra charge will be mode If Illustrations must be reproduced by photolithography. When notified of the acceptance of their manuscripts, authors will be asked how many additional reprints they desire. Manuscripts should be addressed to: Editor Kroeber Anthropological Society d/o Te Department of Anthropology Uliversity of California Berkeley it, California ACKNOWLEDGPENTS We wish to express our sincere thanks to all those whose generous assistance, through all phases of preparation and publication, made possible this issue of the Papers. Special thanks go to John H. Rowe, who as faculty advisor to our Societyhas been of constant assistance and support. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance given us by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Their generous grant for publishing equipment has made possible the continuing success of our publication. The Executive Committee THE KROEBER ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOC ITY PAPERS Number 19 Fall, 1958 Published by the Kroeber Anthropological Society Bruce Drewitt, President; Richard Randolph, Vice President; Richard Henderson, Secretary; Stanley Byrne., Treasurer; James Mackle, Program Chairman; Thomas S. Chambers, Chair- man of Annual Meeting; Paul E. Simonds, James F. Downs, Co-Editors. Address all correspondence to. The Kroeber Anthropological Society c/o The Department of Anthropology University of California Berkeley 4, California Cover design for 1958-59 by Jack E. Smith, University of California, Los Angeles. The 1958 cover design is adapted from a Northwest coast representation of a killer whale. i CONTENTS The Personality of Anthropology, by A. L. Kroeber 1 Aggression Channeling and Conflict Function in a Nudist Camp, by James F. Downs 7 The Current Status of the Fluorine Method of Age Determination, by H. C. Ezra, S. F. Cook and H. A. Leon 17 Japanese Contributions to the Study of Bone Chemistry 21 The Preservation of Bony Substances in the Soil of Prehistoric Sites, by Naotsune Watanabe 23 On the Calcium and Phosphorus Content of Human Bone From the Stone Age Shellmound of Homi, by Giichi Tanabe 35 Fluorine Content of Human Bones, by H. lamaguchi and M. Tatsumoto 41 Tachi Yokuts Music, by James Hatch 47 A Study of the' Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, by B. K. Swartz 67 The Timing Mechanism in Culture Lag Reduction, Changing Kinship in a Danish Community, by Robert T. Anderson and Gallatin Anderson 87 Abstracts of Ph.D. Dissertations, University of California, 1952-1953. 103 i4i fINTRODUCTION A. L. Kroeber is Professor of Anthropology., Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley, and during the fall semester 1958 is Visiting Pro- fessor at Yale University. James F. Downs is a graduate student in Anthropology and Teaching Assistant at the University of California, Berkeley. H. C. Ezra is Graduate Research Assistant in Physiology at the University of California, Berkeley. Sherburne F. Cook is Professor of Physiology at the University of California, Berkeley. H. A. Leon is Teaching Assistant in the Department of Physiology, University of California, Berkeley. James Hatch, a graduate of the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, is now with the Welfare Department in Portland, Oregon. B. K. Swartz is a graduate student in Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Robert T. Anderson is at present with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. His wife, Allatin Anderson, is co-author.