SKELETAL REMAINS FROM PERU — STEWART 171 



TableS. — Individual measurements (em.) of the tibia and fibula 



No. 



Tibia 



Lt. 

 in position 



Diarn. a.-p. 

 at middle 



Diam. lat. 

 at middle 



Index of 



shaft 



Fibula: 

 Lt. max. 



Cupisnique, Male Left 



CU 4. 



CU 5. 

 CU 8. 

 CU10. 

 CU13. 



32.8 



M19. 



Mochica, Male Left 



32.6 



3.0 



1. 7 



56. 7 



Cupisnique, Female Right 



29. 2 

 28.3 



Cupisnique, Female Left 



DISCUSSION 



The foregoing analysis of the skeletal remains of two culturally 

 distinct populations from the north coast of Peru emphasizes the fact 

 that the only demonstrable morphological difference between them 

 is based upon the presence or absence of cranial deformity. Partly, 

 of course, this similarity may be due to the small number of specimens 

 available, for certain suggestive differences do appear to distinguish 

 the whole collection of deformed and undeformed crania of the 

 Chicama Valley. For the present, therefore, these data on culturally 

 identified skeletons are of value for this indication, since heretofore 

 there has been a lack of even this much information. 



In analyzing the culturally identified material I have introduced 

 measurements on a larger and probably statistically adequate series 

 of undeformed crania from the Chicama Valley, and have shown that 

 it is fairly homogeneous. Unfortunately, we can never know the cul- 



