Abstract
THIS compilation of the work of Russian archæologists and physical anthropologists covers a period of some ten years. The author is indeed to be congratulated on producing a volume which is absolutely indispensable for all archæologists and physical anthropologists outside the Soviet Union. One of the tragedies of the present world political situation is the lack of contact between Soviet researchers in these sciences and the rest of the world. How far any conclusions reached are coloured by their political theories of to-day cannot be discussed in this review ; but certain it is that greater personal contacts would result in a greater understanding, not only of all the fine work which is being accomplished, but also in the attitudes of mind of researchers to their work.
Contributions to the Anthropology of the Soviet Union
Compiled by Henry Field. (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 110, No. 13 : Publication 3947.) Pp. vii + 244 + 5 plates. (Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1948.)
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BURKITT, M. Contributions to the Anthropology of the Soviet Union. Nature 163, 661–662 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163661b0
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