J Alden Mason
Biographic Data
| ID | 75106 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Alden Mason |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Alden |
| FAMILY NAME | Mason |
| SIGNATURE | MASON J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7435-9954 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 53 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 150 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 53 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1910 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volumes 2 And 3
Captives of conflict
A brief history of the conflict over the initially voluntary and subsequently mandated turtle excluder devices (TEDs) is given. Using surveys, focused interviews, and documentary evidence, the major stakeholders in the marine environment are profiled. Analysis is focused on the way each party to the environmental controversy over the protection of sea turtles contributed to escalating the conflict. It is argued that contenders for the resource be…
Principles and Problems of Music Education
News of Research
News of Research
Languages, Territories, and Names of California Indian Tribes. R obert F. H eizer
On the Problem of Describing the Grammar of Natural Languages
Difficulties encountered in an attempt to describe the syntax of English determiner phrases resulted in a reconsideration of the purpose and organizational principles of grammatical descriptions. Some illumination of the nature of grammatical descriptions is obtained by a consideration of systems of chess-notation. Problems of grammatical description discussed with reference to two specific examples of chess-notations include: (1) The problem of …
Archeology
Nels Christian Nelson, 1875-1964
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H. Newell Wardle 1875-1964
General and Ethnology
The Types of the Folktale in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Spanish South America
Comparison of Solo and Ensemble Performances with Reference to Pythagorean, Just, and Equi-Tempered Intonations
sStauffer, pp. 19-20. MANY METHODS of intervallic division of the octave for purposes of melodic and harmonic treatments have been developed. From these methods have come three theoretical and practical standards of intonation for use in contemporary Western music, (1) Pythagorean, (2) just, and (3) equitempered. Pythegorean intonation. system of intonation derives all notes from the interval of the perfect fifth. For example, the major third is …
The Ancient Civilizations of Peru
Inca gold no longer lures the conqueror - but the Quechua Indian still guides his llamas through the narrow-walled Inca streets of Cuzco, and the lost civilizations of Peru still call to the imagination across the centuries. And with reason - for radiocarbon dating places an embryonic civilization in Peru in 7566 BC, over 9000 years before Pizarro plundered the mature flowering of the Inca Empire. Other, less destructive, visitors have worked sin…
In the Land of the Grasshopper Song. Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed
Some Initial Phones and Combinations in Utaztecan Stems
R ejoinder
Practical Linguistics. Dean Pittman
Robert James Burkitt, 1869-1945
Note on the Popoluca
Medieval American Art
Medieval American Art
Archaeological Work in Middle America in 1941-1942
Many factors contribute to the result that archaeological field research in Middle America is done, not, as generally in the United States, by many small expeditions from many institutions, but by a few organizations whose activities are mainly or entirely devoted to this region. In recent years the Mexican government, the assistance of which is now embodied in the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, the Carnegie Institution of Washing…
Edgar Billings Howard, 1887-1943
His death occurred, as he doubtless would have wished, while he was at work for his country at his post in the Engineering Department of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. Having failed, because of the condition of his heart, to receive the army appointment to active service that he had sought, in September he removed with his family to La Jolla, California, so that he might both engage in defense work and be close to ancient archaeological s…
Vladimir J. Fewkes
Relief from several years of pain came to Vladimir J. Fewkes in the University Hospital, Philadelphia, December 11, 1941. His outstanding personality is missed by his colleagues and associates who, however, rejoice that his sufferings are over. He is survived by his widow, Berenice B. Fewkes of Philadelphia.Dr. Fewkes was born in Nymburk, Czechoslovakia, March 23, 1901. His family was old and prominent in Bohemia; his father was a member of the f…
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology
The Ancient Civilizations of Peru
Inca gold no longer lures the conqueror - but the Quechua Indian still guides his llamas through the narrow-walled Inca streets of Cuzco, and the lost civilizations of Peru still call to the imagination across the centuries. And with reason - for radiocarbon dating places an embryonic civilization in Peru in 7566 BC, over 9000 years before Pizarro plundered the mature flowering of the Inca Empire. Other, less destructive, visitors have worked sin…
Comparison of Solo and Ensemble Performances with Reference to Pythagorean, Just, and Equi-Tempered Intonations
sStauffer, pp. 19-20. MANY METHODS of intervallic division of the octave for purposes of melodic and harmonic treatments have been developed. From these methods have come three theoretical and practical standards of intonation for use in contemporary Western music, (1) Pythagorean, (2) just, and (3) equitempered. Pythegorean intonation. system of intonation derives all notes from the interval of the perfect fifth. For example, the major third is …
The Papago Harvest Festival
The Papago Migration Legend
Tepecano Prayers
T HE following prayers or perdones as they are locally termed were collected during the months of December, 191I, to March, 1912, and from November of the latter year to January, I913, while I was enjoying the facilities for field work afforded me as representative from the University of Pennsylvania to the International School of Mexican Ethnology and Archeology. They were secured in AzqueltAn, a little pueblo in the northeastern corner of the s…
Folk-Tales of the Tepecanos
Captives of conflict
A brief history of the conflict over the initially voluntary and subsequently mandated turtle excluder devices (TEDs) is given. Using surveys, focused interviews, and documentary evidence, the major stakeholders in the marine environment are profiled. Analysis is focused on the way each party to the environmental controversy over the protection of sea turtles contributed to escalating the conflict. It is argued that contenders for the resource be…
Robert James Burkitt, 1869-1945
H. Newell Wardle 1875-1964
General and Ethnology
Edgar Billings Howard, 1887-1943
His death occurred, as he doubtless would have wished, while he was at work for his country at his post in the Engineering Department of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. Having failed, because of the condition of his heart, to receive the army appointment to active service that he had sought, in September he removed with his family to La Jolla, California, so that he might both engage in defense work and be close to ancient archaeological s…
Transportation by Migratory Animals
Porto-Rican Folk-Lore. Riddles
Four Mexican-Spanish Fairy-Tales from Azqueltan, Jalisco
Principles and Problems of Music Education
On the Problem of Describing the Grammar of Natural Languages
Difficulties encountered in an attempt to describe the syntax of English determiner phrases resulted in a reconsideration of the purpose and organizational principles of grammatical descriptions. Some illumination of the nature of grammatical descriptions is obtained by a consideration of systems of chess-notation. Problems of grammatical description discussed with reference to two specific examples of chess-notations include: (1) The problem of …
The Types of the Folktale in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Spanish South America
In the Land of the Grasshopper Song. Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed
Some Initial Phones and Combinations in Utaztecan Stems
R ejoinder
Practical Linguistics. Dean Pittman
Note on the Popoluca
Medieval American Art
Medieval American Art
Myths of the Uintah Utes
Four Mexican-Spanish Fairy-Tales from Azqueltan, Jalisco
Folk-Tales of the Tepecanos
Porto-Rican Folk-Lore. Riddles
Remarks on the Aztec Calendar System
Tepecano Prayers
T HE following prayers or perdones as they are locally termed were collected during the months of December, 191I, to March, 1912, and from November of the latter year to January, I913, while I was enjoying the facilities for field work afforded me as representative from the University of Pennsylvania to the International School of Mexican Ethnology and Archeology. They were secured in AzqueltAn, a little pueblo in the northeastern corner of the s…
Porto-Rican Folk-Lore. Decimas, Christmas Carols, Nursery Rhymes, and Other Songs
J. Alden Mason, Aurelio M. Espinosa, Porto-Rican Folk-Lore. Décimas, Christmas Carols, Nursery Rhymes, and Other Songs, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 31, No. 121 (Jul. - Sep., 1918), pp. 289-450
The Papago Harvest Festival
The Papago Migration Legend
Porto-Rican Folk-Lore. Folk-Tales
Porto-Rican Folk-Lore. Folk-Tales (Continued)
Porto Rican Folk-Lore
Aurelio M. Espinosa, J. Alden Mason, [Porto Rican Folk-Lore: Decimas, Christmas Corols, Nursery Rhymes, and Other Songs: Reply], The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 35, No. 135 (Jan. - Mar., 1922), pp. 101-104
Porto Rican Folk-Lore
Porto Rican Folk-Lore Folk-Tales (Continued)
Porto Rican Folk-Lore; Folk-Tales (Continued) III. Cuentos de Encantamiendo
Porto Rican Folk-Lore, Folk-Tales
Porto Rican Folk-Lore; Folk-Tales
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology
Porto Rican Folk-Lore
American Anthropological Association
South America
Transportation by Migratory Animals
Mexico and South America
Brinton Anniversary
Observations on the Present Status and Problems of Middle American Archaeology, Part II
Middle American archaeological research has always been especially centered in the Maya region of Guatemala and Yucatan, for here, apparently, ancient American civilizations reached their culmination in art, architecture, writing, and probably in mathematics and astronomy. There are more specialists who limit their researches to one field in the Maya area than in any other branch of American archaeology, and among these are many whose sole intere…
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