456 FOSSIL HUMAN REMAIlSrS FOUND NEAR LANSING, KANSAS. 



tunnel cluji; by the Concannon^^, expo.sing- the full depth of the deposits 

 for a horizontal distance of about 40 feet. Besides this the main 

 cellar tunnel was carried some 12 feet farther, and a chanilier was 

 excavated on the east side of the tunnel, opposite the point where the 

 remains of the man were found. When this work was completed 

 Professor Chamberlin joined me in a second visit to the site, and 

 examinations of all the phenomena were made under the most favor- 

 able conditions. 



In the following- brief summary 1 rely for geological interpretations 

 largely on the views of Professor Chamberlin, whose mastery of the 

 intricate problems of glacial and post-glacial geology is everj^where 

 acknowledged. 



The remains were found })eneath 20 feet of undisturbed deposits 

 forming a little bench on which the Concannon dwelling stands. The 

 child's jaw was encountered about 00 feet from the entrance of the 

 tunnel and the skull of the man 10 feet farther in. There can be no 

 doubt of the correctness of these observations. 



The skull is well preserved and corresponds closely in type with 

 crania of the historic Indians of the general region. It presents no 

 unique features and oifers no suggestion of great age or of inferior 

 organization. Front and back views are presented in PI. I and profile 

 and top views in PI. II. Its characteristics are briefly summarized by 

 Dr. Dorsey as follows: 



"The specimen, after such reparation as has been possible, lacks all 

 the bones of the face and small i)ortionsof the occipital, temporal, and 

 frontal bones; hence no observations are possil^le on the face or hase 

 of the skull. 



"The ])ones are firm, hard, and comparatively thin. The sutures 

 are moderately serrated, 



"From above the skull is ovoidal in form, with somewhat Inilging 

 parietals and occiput. The glabella is only fairly high; the supra- 

 orbital ridges near the glabella are well marked. The forehead retreats 

 gradually and is uniformly convex. The vault reaches a considerable 

 height and retr(>ats rapidly to near inion. The occipital region ))ulges 

 decidedly. 



"The t(Mnporal lines are fairly well marked, l)ut not pronounced, 

 and extend slightly above the middle of the parietals. The mastoids, 

 though nuich damaged, were evidently not al)()ve medium. The occip- 

 ital ridges, with the exception of the superior one. and the ordinary 

 occipital depressions are very faint. 



"The skull is of an individual probably from 40 to 5(> years of age, 

 and, I am inclined to believe, that of a male. In its general shape the 

 skull b(nirs a striking resemblance to the crania of the Plains Indians, 

 foi' (^xample, the Blackfoot. Its measurements are as follows: 



"Maxiiniiiii lenu;th 1S9 mm. 



"Maximum hri^adth L'W mm. 



"('ei)lialic index 7:^. 5" 



Tli(> oidy (|U('stion likely to give i'is(> to serious discussion is tliat of 

 the aii'e of the fonnations witii which the remains were nssociated. and 



