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A Review of La Venta, Tabasco and Its Relevance to
the Olmec Problem, by William R. Coe and
Robert Stuckenrath, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . .    1
Some Interim Remarks on the Coe-Stuckenrath Review,
by Robert F. Heizer      ..............          45
Aspects of Ceremonial Life Among the Indian Shakers
of Smith River, California, by Richard A.
Gould and Theodore Paul Furukawa   ...... .       51
Blood Proteins and Primate Phylogenesis: Immuno-
chemical and Electrophoretic Techniques
Applied to Systematic Serology, by
Andrew P. Wilson, ............. . . 69
Culture as an Information System, by
Eugene A. Hammel........... *  ....la.......      83
Skin Color: An Example of Human Adaptation,
by Wade C. Pendleton, . . . . . . . . .*. . . .. 93
Culture Change Theory Implicit in the Writings of
A. L. Kroeber, by R. Clyde McCone . .   . . . . .  105
Values Relevant to Family and Social Relationships
among the Navahos, With a Special Reference to
Marriage, by E. Ojo Arewa . . ..    . .  . . . . . .   117
Civil Rights in California in the 1850's--A Case
History, by Robert F. Heizer. . . . . . . . . . 129
Cover Design
Fish motifs selected from loincloth designs from the
Lake Sentani area in northwestern New Guinea and
reproduced by our member-artist, Octavio Romano V.