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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 59 



KHAEGA OASIS, MEN: RELATION OF SIZE OF HEAD, AS EXPRESSED BY THE 



MEAN CEPHALIC DIAMETER, OR MODULE, TO THE FORM OF 



HEAD AS SHOWN BY THE CEPHALIC INDEX 



Sizes of Head Corresponding to Most Oblong and to Most Rounded Head 



Shapes 



22 lowest cephalic indices: below 72.0 



19 highest cephalic indices: above 78.0 



Cephalic index 



Corresponding cephalic 

 module 



Cephalic index 



Corresponding cephalic 

 module 



68.2 



69.1 

 69.6 

 70.2 

 70.3 

 70.7 

 70.7 

 70.9 

 70.9 

 71.2 

 7i-3 

 71-3 

 7i-4 

 71.6 

 71.6 

 71.6 

 71.6 

 71.6 

 71.6 

 71.7 

 71.8 

 71.8 



cm. 



14.95 

 14.92 



15.15 

 15.23 

 14.43 

 15-02 



15.77 

 15.52 

 15.08 

 15.25 

 14.98 



15.53 

 15.88 



15.13 

 15-13 

 l6.I3 

 15.85 

 15-22 

 15.70 

 14.82 

 15.23 

 15.60 



78. 1 

 78.4 

 78.5 

 78.6 

 78.8 

 78.9 

 78.9 

 79.1 



79-4 

 79-4 

 79-5 

 79-5 

 79-7 

 79-8 

 79.8 

 80.0 

 80.1 

 80.7 

 80.9 



cm. 



15.32 

 15.47 

 15.40 

 I4.80 

 15.48 

 15.87 

 15.03 

 15.20 



15.77 

 15.22 



14.87 

 15.32 

 15.42 

 15.48 

 15.80 

 15.87 

 15.77 

 15.25 

 15.85 



Averages: 



70.9 



(68.2-71.8) 



15-30 



(14.82-16. 13) 



79-4 

 (78.1-80.9) 



15.43 

 (14.80-15.87) 



THE FACE 



Chin-Hair Line Height 

 The total height of the face in the Kharga men averages 17.6 cm., 

 which, compared with the same dimensions in other races, is rather 

 low. 1 The range of variation is quite large ; this is due partly to the 

 inclusion in the measurement of the forehead, which varies inde- 

 pendently of the face proper. The variation amounts to 51 mm., or 

 ± 0.145 per cm. of the average, which is more than shown by any of 

 the principal head measurements. The curve of distribution (fig. 

 6) even when condensed, is not entirely uniform. 



1 Compare for this and other face measurements especially Weisbach, A., 

 Korpermessungen verschiedenen Menschenrassen, Supplement z. Zeitchr. f. 

 Ethnologie, Vol. 9, 1877; 8° Berlin 1878; Pfitzner, W. : Social-anthropolo- 

 gische Studien Zeitschr. f. Morphol. und Anthrop., Vol. 1, 1899, and Vol. 

 3, 1901 ; and Myers, Chas. S., Contribution to Egyptian Anthropology, Jour. 

 Anthr. Inst., Vol. 38, 1908, (detailed measurements only). 



