STONF FORT AND OTHER ABORIGINAL REMAINS. lU 



Nashville. It is a large, well-formed, massive cranium ; skeleton over six feet in 

 length. Whilst the occiput is somewhat flattened, tlie shape is more symmetrical, 

 and the oval of the head more perfect, than in the majority of crania from the 

 jStone graves. 



No. 8 is from a stone grave in a burial mound on the Big Harpeth. The nose is 

 arched and prominent ; the occiput flattened on the left side ; the foramen magnum 

 situated nearer to the left side of the base of the cranium. 



No. 9 is from a stone grave at the residence of Col. Overton. Occiput but slightly 

 flattened ; it is also divided into two distinct portions by a well-defined suture, run- 

 ning directly across from the inferior angles of the parietal bones. 



No. 10 is from a stone grave in a burial mound opposite Nashville. Flattening of 

 the occiput, well marked ; general form of the calvarium compact and square, with 

 increase of parietal and vertical diameters, as the efl'cct of occipital pressure. 



No. 11 is from a stone grave in Cumberland Valley. A well-formed cranium; 

 occiput flattened more on the left side ; this has caused a greater prominence of the 

 bones of the forehead and face on the left side, whilst the parietal protuberance is 

 more marked and situated further back on the right side. 



No. 12 is from a stone grave on the banks of Harpeth, near Franklin. The 

 application of pressure during childhood, or, rather immediately after birth, has 

 destroyed the symmetry of the entire cranium, altering the position of tlie fora- 

 men magnum, throwing the articulations of the lower maxilla out of a right 

 line, and thus rendering one side of the face more prominent than the other. Even 

 the symmetry of the lower jaw is destroyed, each ramus having a difierent angle 

 and a diff'erent length. 



No. 13 is from a stone grave on Harpeth River. 



No. 1-i is from a stone grave on tlie banks of the Cumberland River. During its 

 plastic condition in infancy this skuU was evidently subjected to considerable 

 pressure, whicli appears to have been exerted both upon the occipital and frontal 

 bones. 



No. 15 is from Old Town. The efliscts of pressure are well marked; the longi- 

 tudinal and parietal diameters very nearly equal. 



No. 16 is from Old Town. A large cranium ; occiput but sliglitly compressed ; 

 marks of pressure more evident in the superior portion of the occiput and inferior 

 angle of the parietal bones. 



No. 17 is from Old Town. The parietal diameter is increased and the longitu- 

 dinal diminished by apparent flattening. 



No. 18 is from Harpctli River, near Franklin ; occiput flattened. 



No. 19 is from a stone grave on Harpeth River near Franklin; superciliary ridge 

 prominent; occiput more flattened on the riglit side. 



No. 20 is from a stone grave near Franklin. Cranium well formed ; occiput but 

 slightly flattened, compression greatest on the left side. 



No. 21 is from a stone grave near Franklin. It is a square pyramidal skull with 

 prominent superciliary ridge and high nasal bones. Occiput and inferior portions 

 of the parietal bones flattened. 



The outlines of the crania were obtained and compared by means of the cranio- 



