804 Inaugural Address by the President of the Society, 
Fifteen skeletons were found in the settlement, of which the bones 
were sufficiently perfect to enable a computation of their stature to 
be made, viz., twelve males and three females. Of these, two were 
buried in a crouched position, and the rest extended. A diagram 
was shown at the meeting by means of which their relative stature 
as compared with those found in the other ancient places in the 
neighbourhood, could be seen ata glance. The calculation of the 
stature from the bones was done according to Dr. Topinard’s method. 
Various methods of comparison may be adopted. The average 
height of any number of skeletons may be found by adding together 
the estimated stature of the several skeletons and dividing by the 
number of skeletons. In the case of a small number of skeletons, 
such as this, this is an imperfect means of comparison, because 
individuals of exceptional stature vitiate the result. The better way 
is to place the whole of the estimated heights in a diagram according 
to their sizes, side by side, from left to right, and take the central 
individual, if an odd number, or the mean between the two central 
individuals, if an even number, as the medium stature of the whole. 
A comparison may also be made by comparing the males and females 
taken together, of one place, with the males and females taken 
together, of another place, or by comparing the males of one place 
with the males of another place, and the females with the females. 
Adopting the latter, as the most reliable method, and using the 
medium stature, rather than the average, as a test of height, I find 
the following results. The medium stature of the males at Wood- 
yates was 5ft, 4°2in.; that of Woodcuts, 5ft. 4°7in.; Rotherley, 
5ft, 1-5in.; while that of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Winkelbury 
was 5ft. 6-9in. Of the females the medium stature at Woodyates 
was 4ft. 9°6in.; at Woodcuts, 5ft. 0'0in.; at Rotherley, 4ft. 9°9in. ; 
at Winkelbury, 5ft. 2:3in. Thus it will be seen that the stature of 
the Woodyates skeletons is slightly higher than that of the other 
Romano- British villages of Woodeuts and Rotherley ; but by what- 
ever method of computation the comparison was made, it was found 
that the stature of the Anglo-Saxon skeletons in the cemetery at 
Winkelbury was from 3in. to 4in. taller than any of the Romano- 
British settlements; whilst the only two Bronze Age skeletons that 
