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The tradition of scholarly
publishing at the Smithsonian dates back to the Institution’s
origin. In keeping with James Smithson’s stipulation that his
bequest to the United States be “for the increase and diffusion
of knowledge,” Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian
(1846–1878), initiated in 1848 the Institution’s first
publication, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. The tradition
continues today with Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (SISP).
Operating within the Office of the Under Secretary for Science (OUSS), SISP together with its Publications Oversight Board support publications
by Smithsonian scholars in fields closely related to Smithsonian research and
collections, particularly science, art and art history, aviation and space,
and history and material culture.
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The Smithsonian Institution African Mammal Project (1961–1972): An Annotated Gazetteer of Collecting Localities and Summary of Its Taxonomic and Geographic Scope
David F. Schmidt, Craig A. Ludwig, and Michael D. Carleton
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 628
The African Mammal Project covered portions
of 20 countries and generated over 63,000 specimens of mammals.
This ambitious field program is documented here as an
annotated gazetteer that provides data for 785 collecting
localities, collectors’ names and dates of collection, general ecological
descriptions, and mammalian genera obtained at each site.
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Glorious Mud! considers the history, characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of earthen construction and describes building with soil and mud. It resurrects little-known building techniques that will enrich repertoires of contemporary architects and builders. It shows the continuity of traditions throughout the segment of the world between the Atlantic and SW Asia.
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A Revision of the New World Plant-Mining
Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)
Donald R. Davis, and Jonas R. Stonis
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 625.
The systematics, morphology, and distributions are summarized for the 91
species and 2 subspecies of New World Opostegidae. A phylogenetic analysis
using the “parsimony rachet” in Winclada and based on 34 morphological
characters for the seven currently recognized world genera indicates the
monotypic Chilean genus, Notiopostega, to be the basal taxon.
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A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites
Craig M. Johnson with contribution by Stanley A. Ahler, Craig M. Johnson,
Herbert Haas, and Georges Bonani Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, No. 47. A comprehensive and systematic research effort
focusing on refining the chronology of individual Plains Village tradition sites from the
Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains relies on a number of absolute and relative dating techniques.
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