DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES OP SKULLS. 603 



LANGTON WOLD. 



[ii. 1. p. 136.] 



SKULL OP A MAN OF FROM THIRTY TO THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE, 

 AND 5 FT. 9 IN. IN STATURE. 



I. Measurements of Calvaria. 



Extreme length . . . 7-8" suture, approximatively . 4'4"' 



Fronto-inial length . . 76" Circumference 21'2" 



Extreme breadth . . 5'25" 

 Vertical height . . . 5*8" 

 Absolute height . . . 5- 4" 

 Basi-cranial axis from an- 

 terior margin of foramen 

 magnum to naso-frontal 



Frontal arc . . . .5" 

 Parietal arc .... 5-2" 

 Occipital arc .... 5'0" 

 Minimum frontal width . . 3-8" 

 Maximum frontal width . . 4*7" 

 Maximum occipital width . 45" 



II. Measurements of Face. 



Length of face : * naso-alveolar ' line .... 3" 



Breadth of face : ' interzygomatic ' line .... 5'05" 



' Basio-sub-nasal ' line, approximatively .... 4-05" 



* Basio-alveolar ' line, approximatively .... 4 05" 



Height of orbit 1-4" 



Width of orbit 1-65" 



Length of nose 2'3" 



Lower 3 aw, width of ramus on level of grinding surface of 



molar teeth 1-7" 



III. Indices. 



Length -breadth index : ' cephalic index ' . . . . 68 

 Antero -posterior index 45 



Facial angle to nasal spine 67 



Facial angle to alveolar process 63 



The femora and pelvic bones taken together with the cranium 

 show that the skeleton, Langton Wold i, belonged to a strong man 

 in the early part of middle life, that is to say probably between 

 30 and 35, of very considerable muscular strength, and about 5ft. 9 in. 

 in stature. The sacrum and ossa innominata have their sutures 

 and epiphyses completely anchylosed. The two posterior molars 

 however on each side of the jaws are comparatively worn. The 

 femur is of great strength, flanged out in the region of the upper 

 insertion of the glutseus maximus so as to give this part of the 

 bone a flattened appearance ; the inner division of the upper bifurca- 

 tion of the linea aspera is prolonged into a spiral ridge continuous 



