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is normal with the following exceptions: There is a slight depres 

 sion behind the left lower portion of the face, and the angle between 

 the plane of the posterior nares and the basilar process is somewhat 

 more acute than usual; the left border of the foramen magnum is 

 slightly irregular, and on the left side the upper half of the border 

 of the occipital is situated somewhat higher than that of the parietal 

 bone. The left mastoid also is situated a little more posteriorly than 

 the right. All of the features indicate some disturbance in the devel 

 opment of the inferior portion of the left side of the skull. These 

 defects were not of a serious enough character, however, to affect the 

 general conformation of the skull, and the vault together with other 

 parts is symmetrical. 



The surface of the skull shows a large abrasion on the left parietal, 

 and several cuts, such as could be made with the edge of a not very 

 sharp shovel, on the left parietal bone ; considerable and deep scaling, 

 particularly over the frontal and left parietal regions ; and two dark- 

 greenish (copper or brass) discolorations of oval shape about 2 cm. 

 in the longer diameter, situated one on the left squama behind the 

 pterion, the other near the middle of the right squama, on the parietal 

 bone adjoining. Both squamse and the occipital bone give evidence 

 of defects caused by injuries. 



Inspection as well as measurements show the Riverview skull to 

 be very closely allied to that from Burlington county and in common 

 with the latter to differ radically from all other crania described in 

 this paper. The Riverview skull presents similar rounded outlines 

 of its planes, similar small height, narrow face, and megaseme orbits, 

 in comparison with that from Burlington county. The differences 

 between the two are only slight, such as are commonly met with in 

 the two sexes. a 



The face in the Riverview skull is orthognathic, but this character 

 is undoubtedly due in part to the previously mentioned backward 

 depression of the facial parts. The alveolar process, fairly well 

 preserved, presents also but little slanting. The alveolar arch is 

 regular and massive; it is rather low (alveolar point to nasal 

 border 1.85 cm.), but not very narrow (maximum external width 



a The peculiar features of these crania were well recognized by Prof. F. W. Putnam 

 as early as 1888, and are also acknowledged by Doctor Russell in his paper on the Human 

 Remains from the Trenton Gravels (148-150). Doctor Russell wrote under the difficulty 

 of lacking sufficient material, a circumstance which undoubtedly influenced his incorrect 

 final conclusions. Professor Putnam s remarks, made after the presentation by Mr. Volk 

 of the Riverview Cemetery specimen to the Peabody Museum, are as follows (Peabody 

 Museum Report, iv, no. 2, 35, 1888) : &quot; This human skull (the Riverview specimen) is 

 small and of a remarkable form, and agrees with two others (Burlington County and 

 Gasometer skulls) which we have from New Jersey, one of which was certainly from 

 the gravel. These three skulls are not of the Delaware Indian type,&quot; etc. The only 

 error in these remarks relates to the gasometer skull which, after all, was shown to be 

 closely similar to the crania of the Lenape (see The Crania of Trenton, Bulletin of 

 American Museum of Natural History, xvi, 23, New York, 1902). 



