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preA'ioiis publication. They are in the possession of the Joos family 

 in Schajft'hausen. 



THE CAVE OF KESSERI.OCH. 



It is not necessary to dilate on the palcontological anil archeo- 

 logical importance of this station, which is located in the immediate 

 neighlwrhood of the village of Thayngen, 8 kilometers northwest of 

 Schati'hausen. The cave was explored in exemplary manner in 1874: 

 by K. Merk, and again in 1893 by M. J. Xuesch, and since 1903 by 

 J. Heierlei. The quaternaiy fauna consisted of Felis leo, Fells //lanul 

 (s. catys), Lyncus lynx^ Cants lag opus, Gido ho7'ealis, Ursus arctos, 

 Elephas primigenius, Rhinoceros tichorhinus, Equus caballus, Equus 

 hemionus, Stis scrofa, Ectngifer tairindns, Cervus elaphus, Bos priseus, 

 Bos prmiigenius, etc. P^lint imiDlements were very numerous, and 

 the same applies to those of bone and reindeer horn ; some of the 

 specimens Avere partly carved or engraved. They are characteris- 

 tically Solutrean. As to skeletal remains of man, Merk declares 

 expressly that he encountered in the deposit from the Reindeer epoch 

 only a single clavicle, belonging to a young individual. A skeleton 

 of an infant, exhumed from near the surface of the modern debris, 

 can not be considered. 



In view of the above exact old reports it is surprising that J. Nuesch 

 found, several years ago, in the Schati'hausen Museum a skeleton of a 

 young adult of small stature (the femur measured but :28 centi- 

 meters in length) , which, according to an old label, came from Kesser- 

 loch. In the vicinity of these human bones were those of deer and 

 pig, and fragments of pottery. The}^ are not to be regarded as 

 quaternary', but rather belong to the so-called Switzerland '' p^^gmies." 



II. Indications to he discarded. 



THE STATION OF SCHWEIZERSBILD. 



This celebrated shelter near Schaffhausen gave to J. Nuesch 22 

 tombs containing the remains of 27 persons, of whom 14 were adults 

 and 13 were children below 7 years of age. Among the children's 

 skeletons 3 Avere apparently of a recent date. Of the adult bodies 

 several indicated people of small stature, and were classed by Koll- 

 mann as pygmies, but may mereh^ represent the shorter individuals 

 of a small race. The burials, excepting those of more recent age, 

 must be attributed to the neolithic period of culture in the country. 

 This opinion, which is shared by Xuesch, is confirmed by the dis- 

 covery of neolithic burials — in which occurred individuals of very 

 small stature — by Doctor Mandach, in 1874, in the cave Dachsenbuehl, 

 Canton Schaffhausen. 



