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PROCEEDINGS OF THE XATIO]S[AL MUSEUM. 



VOL. 63. 



Alaska and Athapascan crania: Sumviary of measurements. 



MALE. 



Number of skulls 



Vault: 



Length 



Breadth 



Height 



Cranial Index 



Mean Height Index .' . 



Module 



Capacity 



Face: 



M.-N. Height 



Alv. Pt.-N. Height.... 



Alv. Pt.-N. Breadth . . 

 Facial Index: 



Total 



Upper 



Orbits: 



Mean height 



Mean breadth 



Mean Index 



Nose: 



Height 



Breadth 



Index 



Aleuts. 



(25) 



18.29 

 15.06 

 12.76 

 82.3 

 76.6 

 15.36 

 ,561 



12.07 

 7.42 

 14.62 



82.5 

 SO. 7 



3.61 



4.03 



89.5 



5.32 

 2.58 



48.5 



Miscella- 

 neous 

 Alaskan. 



Tlinkit. ' Haida. 



(2) 



17.75 

 14.90 

 13.40 

 83.9 

 82.1 

 15.35 

 1,500 



12.20 

 7.35 

 13.95 



87.5 



52.7 



5.45 



2.75 

 60.6 



D6ne. Hare. 



(2) 



18.80 

 14.95 

 13.25 

 79.5 

 78.6 

 15.67 

 1,495 



12.40 

 7.50 

 14.90 



83.2 

 60.3 



(1) 



18 



14.90 

 13.40 

 8g.8 

 81.6 

 15.43 

 (1,700) 



11.90 

 7 

 14. 40 



82.6 



3.32 3.30 



4. 02 4. 05 



81.6 



5.45 

 2.50 

 46.9 



5.20 

 2.45 



47.1 



Apache 

 (Arizona 

 and New 

 Mexico). 



(15) 



17.42 

 14.76 

 12.90 

 84.7 

 80.3 

 15.03 

 1,425 



11.52 

 7.13 

 14.06 



81.5 

 60.9 



3.53 

 3.86 

 91.5 



5.16 

 2.6 



50.4 



FEMALE. 



NOTES ON THE ALASKAN AND ATHAPASCAN CRANIA. 



The results of the measurements of these crania show a number of 

 noteworthy features, which may be briefly pointed out as follows: 



1. In their main characteristics there is a high degree of relation in 

 all the Alaska Indian and the Athapascan crania. The groups they 

 represent are clearly all of one and the same basic type, marked, on 

 the average, by higher meso- to brachycephaly, an extraordinarily 



