Preservation of Boas' North Amerindian Anthropometric Data
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{'SignBlockName': 'Jonathan S. Friedlaender'}
During the late 1800s the eminent anthropologist, Franz Boas,                   conducted an anthropometric survey of nearly 200,000 native North               Americans.  This is the largest and most comprehensive set of                   data ever assembled on North American Indians.  Boas even                       recorded the genealogical relationships among individuals in most               of the tribal samples.  However, no systematic compilation or                   analysis of these data has ever been carried out.  In their                     present form the data are of limited value for research.                                                                                                        The goal of this research is: (1) to enter the information from                 Boas' study into a computerized data base; (2) to preserve the                  data sheets by microfilming; and, (3) to catalog and cross-                     reference the data sheets, microfilm, and data base so they will                be a useful research tool for students of human biological                      variation.  These data offer the only opportunity, with                         historical depth, for a continent-wide synthesis of                             anthropometric variation among North American Indians.
[{'FirstName': 'Richard', 'LastName': 'Jantz', 'EmailAddress': 'rjantz@utk.edu', 'StartDate': '02/01/1989', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}, {'FirstName': 'Patrick', 'LastName': 'Key', 'EmailAddress': None, 'StartDate': '02/01/1989', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Co-Principal Investigator'}]
{'Name': 'University of Tennessee Knoxville', 'CityName': 'Knoxville', 'ZipCode': '379163801', 'PhoneNumber': '8659743466', 'StreetAddress': '1331 CIR PARK DR', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Tennessee', 'StateCode': 'TN'}
{'Code': '1392', 'Text': 'Biological Anthropology'}
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