528 ANNUAL EEPOKT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, l'J13. 



THE DILUVIAL MAN OF KRAPINA. 



One of the most important finds relating to the Tlojno TWander'tha- 

 leiisis is unquestionably that of the Krapina cave, in northern Croa- 

 tia. It comprises a whole series of human bones of well-determined 

 age, and the remains were not recovered accidentally or by ignorant 

 laborers, but through prolonged, painstaking exploration. The bones 

 themselves are for the most part fragmentary, which is much to be 

 regretted, but they represent numerous individuals, and they show 

 on one hand such similarities and on the other such variation of 



Fig 7.— a schematic view, in transverse section, of the Krapina hollow. (After GorjauoviC 



Krambcrger.) 



M. S. = Mediterranean sandstone: I, the lower deposits, mostly pebbles (a) and 

 aluvium (b), with fireplaces (x) and some large pieces of sandstone (y); II, the 

 upper strata, composed of disintegrated rock and (ci, ok) cultural remains. 



structure, that they are of the greatest value to the student of ancient 

 humanity. 



The Krapina cave or more properl}?^ rock shelter, is an ancient, not 

 very deep hollow, worn out in sandstone rock by the small stream 

 Krapinica, and subsequently filled with water-worn stones and al- 

 luvia brought in during overflows of the stream, together with detri- 

 tus resulting from the decomposing rock (fig. 7). Since the forma- 

 tion of the hollow, the Krapinica has cut its channel so that it now 



