2-2 PROCKKDIMiS OF ANATOMICAL AND ANTHKOPOMHJK'AL SOCIETY. 



11. Drums SHOUT C'ISTS. 



1 " Part of contents of three short cists found ;it Balbridie, 1 )iii-ris, 

 in 1S9I5. Presented by Mr. James Smith, Crathes." 



The bones preserved in the museum arc too much broken to 

 admit of any measurements being taken. There is part of the body 

 of the lower jaw with the teeth well preserved and little worn. The 

 pieces of the extremity bones indicate rather small and delicate 



bones. 



Two complete urns of the " drinking-vessel " type were found in 

 these cists and are now preserved at Durris House. 



Full notes as to these cists were taken by Mr. James Smith, 

 C'rathes, at the time of their discovery. Mr. Smith has kindly given 

 us a copy of these notes, to which we will refer later in speaking of 

 the structure of short cists. 



GENEKAL SUEVEY OF THE CHABACTEES OF THE 



SKELETONS. 



Since this paper was read to the society, Principal Sir William 

 Turner has issued in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edin- 

 burgh an important memoir entitled a " Contribution to the Craniology 

 of the People of Scotland". This memoir deals in detail with the 

 measurements and characters of Scottish skulls as seen in the people 

 of modern times. In our survey of the characters of the short cist 

 skulls we shall make use of Turner's measurements for purposes of 

 comparison. Hence when we speak of the modern Scottish skull it 

 is to be understood that the figures are obtained from Turner's 

 memoir. However, it is to be noted that the majority of these 

 measurements have been made on skulls from Lowland Scotland, 

 hence we have also recorded the measurements of three modern 

 male skulls contained in the Anatomical Museum and which 

 belonged to natives of Aberdeenshire. 



1 Museum label. 



