46 NOTES ON A PRE-HISTORIC BURIAL-PLACE AT MEGDALE. 



are upright and parallel, and the points of greatest breadth 

 are low down, abutting upon the temporal sutures. The sutures 

 are partially obliterated. A loose right maxillary, with its 

 malar bone, evidently belongs to this skull, and is shown 

 replaced in the front view on the plate, from which it will be 

 seen that the face was long and narrow. The teeth are 

 moderately worn. I hesitate tO' venture an opinion as to sex 

 and age, but it seems to me that a man in early middle life 

 and of small and slender build is indicated. 



Skull B is less perfect, lacking both base and temporal 

 regions. Like the preceding it is dolichocephalic, but the fore- 

 head and vault are low, and the supraciliary ridges moderately 

 developed. Of Skull C, only the frontal remains. It appears 

 to have closely resembled A. Its supraciliary ridges are 

 confluent and very pronounced (a strong male characteristic), 

 and the nasal bones spring forward in such a way as tO' suggest 

 a " Roman " nose. Of D, only the vault is left, and this 

 indicates a thick, dolichocephalic skull, with unusually intricate 

 sutures. 



One of the perfect mandibles is strongly built, and has a bold 

 and deep chin. The other is slight, and its wisdom teeth have 

 not appeared. Both of these jaws are too wide for Skull A. 

 The teeth of the various upper and lower jaws are free from 

 decay, and exhibit varying degrees of wear, some, as those 

 which certainly belonged to the last-mentioned skull, exhibit 

 a degree of wear which, while only moderate for a pre-historic 

 individual, would be deemed excessive or impossible in the 

 case of a modern EngHshman. 



Among the long bones, is one perfect femur and portions 

 of several others, relating in all to four individuals. The per- 

 fect bone is somewhat slender, and in consequence of the great 

 projection of the liiiea aspera, the shaft has an ill-filled appear- 

 ance. It is 17-6 in. in length, which, taken as 27-5 per cent. 

 of the stature in life, give 5 ft. 4 in. for the latter. With the 

 exception of one shaft, which has a very youthful look, the 

 other fragments closely resemble the above. There is one 



