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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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Available Now! Glorious Mud! Ancient and Contemporary Earthen Design and Construction in North Africa, Western Europe, the Near East, and Southwest Asia

Gus W. Van Beek with Ora Van Beek

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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Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Crocodilia and Testudines in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Robert P. Reynolds, Steve W. Gotte, and Carl H. Ernst

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 626.

The known type specimens of Crocodilia and Testudines in the collection of the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, published through 2006 represent 93 names of taxa. The catalog presents a list of 249 type-specimen records consisting of 39 holotypes, 52 syntypes, 3 lectotypes, 2 neotypes, 132 paratypes, and 21 paralectotypes.

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