Alfonso Marta P, Little Michael A
Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, USA.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2005;Suppl 41:163-95. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20355.
This translation of Juan Comas's Summary History of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists was originally published in Spanish by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico, in 1969 (Departamento de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Publication 22). Physical anthropologists from North America and members of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists owe Juan Comas a debt of gratitude for having labored to produce this Summary History of the AAPA. There is much useful and interesting material in this document: extensive endnotes that are helpful to the historian of the profession; an appendix of the Journal issues where the proceedings of annual meetings can be found; a detailed listing of contributors of papers to annual meetings from 1930-1968; a warm acknowledgment and history of the contributions of the Wenner-Gren Foundation to biological anthropology; a history of the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology; and comments on the short-lived PA Newsletter. In addition, there are appendices with the founding AAPA Constitution and By-Laws from 1930 and as they existed in 1968. All of this synoptic information saves the reader with interests in the history of the AAPA considerable effort, especially when few university and college libraries have the full (old and new) series of the AJPA on their shelves. We have tried to provide a translation of Comas's history that is faithful to the original Spanish-language publication. In a few cases, we shortened sentences and applied a slightly more modern usage than was popular in the late 1960s.
胡安·科马斯所著的《美国体质人类学家协会简史》译本最初于1969年由墨西哥国家人类学与历史研究所以西班牙语出版（人类学研究部，出版物第22号）。北美体质人类学家以及美国体质人类学家协会成员都应感谢胡安·科马斯，感谢他为撰写这部《美国体质人类学家协会简史》付出的努力。这份文献中有许多有用且有趣的内容：对该专业历史学家颇有帮助的大量尾注；可找到年会会议记录的《学报》各期附录；1930年至1968年年会上论文投稿者的详细名单；对温纳-格林基金会对生物人类学贡献的热情认可及相关历史；《体质人类学年鉴》的历史；以及对昙花一现的《体质人类学家通讯》的评论。此外，还有附录，其中包含1930年最初的美国体质人类学家协会章程及附则，以及1968年时的章程及附则。所有这些概要性信息为对美国体质人类学家协会历史感兴趣的读者节省了大量精力，尤其是在很少有大学和学院图书馆书架上有完整（新旧）系列《美国体质人类学杂志》的情况下。我们力求提供一个忠实于原西班牙语出版物的科马斯历史译本。在少数情况下，我们简化了句子，并采用了比20世纪60年代末更现代一些的用法。
