In this work W J McGee sheds light on one of the least-studied tribes of North America, The Seri Indians. This is a unique tribe in habits, customs, and language, living in Tiburon Island in Gulf of California and a small adjacent area on the mainland of Sonora (Mexico). McGee covers everything about the tribe from their habitat, history, features, language, characters, and their place in society. Excerpt from the book "The Seri men and women are of splendid physique; they have fine chests, with slender but sinewy limbs, though the hands and especially the feet are large; their heads, while small in relation to stature, approach the average in size; the hair is luxuriant and coarse, ranging from typical black to tawny in color, and is worn long. They are notably vigorous in movement, erect in carriage, and remarkable for fleetness and endurance."

Reproduction of the original: The Seri Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 1-344*)) by W J McGee

Introduction: the scientific investigation of Kennewick Man / Douglas W. Owsley -- Establishing context. Introductory remark -- The people who peopled America / Brad Lepper -- Geography, paleoecology, and archaeology / James C. Chatters -- Chronology of the Kennewick Man skeleton / Thomas Wier Stafford, Jr. -- The precedent-setting case of Kennewick Man / Alan L. Schneider and Paula A. Barran -- Reflections of a former Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist / Larry D. Banks -- Curation history and overview of the plaintiffs' studies / Cleone H. Hawkinson -- Skeletal studies. Introductory remark -- Skeletal inventory, morphology, and pathology / Douglas W. Owsley, Aleithea A. Williams, and Karin S. Bruwelheide -- Dentition / Christy G. Turner, II -- Dental microwear / Mark F. Teaford and Sireen El-Zaatari -- Orthodontics / John L. Hayes -- Body mass, stature, and proportions of the skeleton / Benjamin M. Auerbach -- Reconstructing habitual activities by biomechanical analysis of long bones / Daniel Wescott -- Bones of the hands and feet / Troy Case -- The natural shocks that flesh is heir to / Della Collins Cook -- Occupational stress markings and patterns of injury / James C. Chatters -- Stable isotopic evidence for diet and origin / Henry P. Schwarcz, Thomas Wier Stafford, Jr., Martin Knyf, Brian Chisholm, Fred J. Longstaffe, James C. Chatters, and Douglas W. Owsley -- Taphonomic indicators of burial context / Douglas W. Owsley, Aleithea A. Williams, Thomas Wier Stafford, Jr. -- Benthic aquatic algae: indicators of recent taphonomic history / James L. Norris and Douglas W. Owsley -- Postmortem breakage as a taphonomic tool for determining burial position / Hugh Berryman -- Applications of technology. Introductory remark -- Computed tomography, visualization, and 3D modeling / Rebecca Snyder -- Prototype accuracy and reassembly / David Hunt -- Molding and casting methods / Steve Jabo -- The point of the story / Dennis Stanford -- Population studies. Introductory remark -- The Ainu and Jōmon connection / C. Loring Brace, Noriko Seguchi, A. Russell Nelson, Pan Qifeng, Hideyuki Umeda, Margaret Wilson, and Mary L. Brace -- Cranial morphometric evidence for early Holocene relationships and population structure / Richard L. Jantz and M. Katherine Spradley -- Two-dimensional geometric morphometrics / M. Katherine Spradley, Richard L. Jantz, and Katherine E. Weisensee -- Morphological features that reflect population affinities / George Gill -- Identity through science and art / Karin S. Bruwelheide and Douglas W. Owsley -- Early Holocene contemporaries. Introductory remark -- Evidence of maritime adaptation and coastal migration from southeast Alaska / E. James Dixon, Timothy H. Heaton, Craig M. Lee, Terence E. Fifield, Joan Brenner Coltrain, Brian M. Kemp, Douglas W. Owsley, Eric Parrish, Christy Turner, Heather J.H. Edgar, Rosita Kaaháni Worl, David Glenn Smith, and G. Lang Farmer -- A new look at the double burial from Horn Shelter no. 2 / Margaret A. Jodry and Douglas W. Owsley -- Kennewick Man's future. Storage and care at the Burke Museum / Cleone Hawkinson -- Who was Kennewick Man? / Douglas W. Owsley and Richard L. Jantz