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SKELETAL REMAINS 



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the excessive flattening met with in some parts of the country. Three of the 

 bones (two of which belong to one skeleton) are diseased (probably syphilitic), 

 and on three pieces with the head lacking are seen in the superior border 

 (twice in the posterior part thereof) what are apparently cuts; some of these 

 marks, however, resemble marks made by rodents teeth. None of the specimens 

 show any trace of fossilization and a few look quite fresh. 



Details Measurements 



Shapes of the shaft. Six of the specimens (a 1 , a 2 , 6, c, f, /) are of, or closely 

 approximate to, the prismatic (type no. 1) ; three (fZ 1 , j, k) show a tendency 

 to rhomboidal form (type no. 4) ; in c the internal surface is hollowed out 

 (type no. 3), and g shows a lack of differentiation of the external border. 



FIBULA 



One adult specimen, about 30.5 cm. long, of normal form and good strength, 

 found in the mound by Mr. Gilder at a depth unnoted. No fossilization. 



A fragment of a fibula, dug out of the mound at an unknown depth, and 

 given by Mr. Gilder to the writer, bears plain marks of cutting with both some 

 sharp instrument and small rodents teeth. 



SCAPULA 



Found by Professor Barbour in the Gilder mound at a depth of 4$ to 5 feet. 

 A defective left shoulder blade of moderate size and not unusual form. The 

 thin body of the bone looks fresh, and no part shows any fossilization. The 

 superior border has been cleanly cut off along nearly its whole length close to 

 the spine. 



RIBS 



Three pieces of ribs, found &quot; deep &quot; in the mound, of moderate proportions and 

 ordinary form. No fossilization. On one of the specimens are seen marks 

 which may have been made with a knife or by the teeth of rodents. 



