The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and a Dictionary of Color Names. Kenneth L. Kelley and Deane B. Judd National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, Washington, 1955. v + 158 pp., 12 figs. $2.00.

ing each title, and grouping them according to categories such as "Archaeology," "Inca Empire," "Chroniclers." At the end of each theme, discussion, and chapter, the bibliographic references are given by numerical listing of the titles. For this report his system works extremely well and it should be noted that his bibliography is well chosen (320 titles) and contains the best references on the various subjects. The reviewers feel that this book is one of the most outstanding contributions in the series because Valcarcel did not just take the sequence of obscure archaeological periods and place them in a chronological sequence ending with the conquest of the Inca Empire by the Spanish. Instead he tried to explain and interpret cultural development in ancient Peru. His method is illustrated by citing some of the major chapters headings with their subordinate themes. Chapter 1, Andent Peru: Its Identification; . . . Chapter 4, Man, Population, Ecology: Theme 7— Man reconstructed from physical anthropological evidence; Theme 8 — Demographic distribution, historic, estimated for Inca Empire; Theme 9 — Man in relation to his faunal and floral environment; Chapter 5, Theme 17 — Establishment of culture periods and the reasons for doing it; Chapter 7, Basic Cultures and Styles; Chapter 8, Subcultures and Styles; Chapter 9, The Ancient Culture: Theme 26 — Language; Theme 27 — Economics; Theme 28 — Politics, and so on; Chapter 10, The Inca Empire and its Interruption by the Spanish; Chapter 11, The Indian after the Spanish Conquest; and Chapter 12, Major Problems Confronting the Historian in the Study of the Ancient Cultures of Peru. The nonspecialist in Andean culture history will find ValcarcePs book an excellent introduction to a study of the area; the specialist should find it a helpful outline to follow if required to offer a concentrated, generalized history of ancient Peru either for exhibit purposes in a museum, for lectures to a lay audience, or for the organization of a general course at the university level. Mar'quez Miranda in Region Meridional de America del Sur stressed both archaeology and ethnology in order to give the total picture of the indigenous cultures of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. In contrast to the other volumes in this series, Marquez Miranda wrote out his discussions in more complete essay form, developing most of his themes into longer compositions. As a result, his report is not only the longest, but often the most detailed. The bibliography is extensive, often with helpful critical comments about certain references.