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The head of the right tibia and the lower two-thirds of the left are 

 preserved ; the '/tlnliinoiiic index is 60'6. The left os calcis is complete, 

 and measures 68 mm. in length. The left astragalus measures 47 mm. 

 in length, and its neck measures 22 mm. ; the index of its neck is 46 '8 

 and the angle of the neck 34. 



The pelvic bones are somewhat broken, but sufficiently intact to 

 permit of their being fitted together so as to give approximately the 

 diameters of the pelvic inlet : transverse diameter 118, conjugate 117 

 and oblique 117. These diameters give a pelvic index of 99' 1. 



The height of the individual, as calculated from the femur, accord- 

 ing to Pearson's formula, would have been 5 feet 4 inches. 



The bones thus indicate an individual of low stature with a hyper- 

 brachycephalic skull, having a low breadth-height index, and showing 

 parieto-occipital flattening, and with narrow orbits and a broad nose. 

 These are characters common to the series of skeletal remains re- 

 covered from short cists and now preserved in the Anatomical 

 Museum here. 



UKN. Lying in the cist near the skull were recovered frag- 

 ments of an urn. These pieces have been fitted together so that 

 the size, shape and ornamentation of the urn can readily be seen 

 (Fig. 3). 



The urn is an example of the low-brimmed type of " drinking 

 cup " or beaker urn with a distinct neck. It measures 6f inches in 

 height, and its external diameters are 5^ inches at the brim, 5 inches 

 at the neck, 5^ inches at the bulge, and 3 inches at the base. The 

 thickness of the wall is -?- of an inch, and of the base I of an inch. The 

 paste is fairly fine and of a chocolate brown colour. On the outer 

 surface of the urn there are four bands of ornamentation passing hori- 

 zontally round the vessel and separated by unornamented areas. The 

 ornamentation has evidently been produced by a notched die im- 

 pressed on the soft clay. 



The cist contained : 



1. The skeleton of an adult brachycephalic male about 5 feet 

 4 inches in height. 



