DESCRIPTION OF FTGUEES OF SKULLS. 



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LANGTON WOLD. 



[ii. 1. p. 136.] 



Skvll 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" 

 Fronto-inial length . . 7 6" 



Extreme breadth . . 5*25" 



Vertical height . . . 5*8" 

 Absolute height . . . 54" 

 Basi-cranial axis from an- 

 terior margin of fonimen 

 magnum to naso-frontal 



suture, approximatively 

 Circumference 

 Frontal arc 

 Parietal arc 

 Occipital arc 



Minimum frontal width . 

 Maximum frontal width . 

 Maximum occipital width 



4-4" 



21-2" 



5" 



5-2" 



5-0" 



3-8" 



4-7" 



4-5" 



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 14" 



Width of orbit 1-65" 



Length of nose ........ 2*3" 



Lower jaw, width of ramus on level of gi-inding 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 5 ft. 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 



