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to an earlier population. The only parts saved were an incomplete 

 skull, mandible, part of a left humerus and a pair of femora. On 

 the inner surface of the left parietal, the vascular impression of one 

 of the branches of the middle meningeal artery is enlarged and ter- 

 minates near the sagittal suture near obelion in an irregular foramen 

 about 10 mm. wide and 15 mm. long. The margins of this foramen 

 resemble those found when the skull vault is perforated by metas- 

 tases of cancer. The mandibular molars were lost long before 

 death ; the remaining teeth show second- or third- degree wear. The 

 left temporomandibular joint shows arthritic erosion. The humeral 

 shaft is slender and bent, suggesting a healed fracture. On both 

 femora, the origin of the medial head of the gastrocnemius is 

 roughened. 



Burial Ji.2 {USNM 38091S) .—Iniunt, from 6-12 months old; a 

 nearly complete skeleton with burial 41. Although femur length 

 suggests that this was a newborn or very young infant, the lower 

 central incisors, judging from the alveoli and the shape and color 

 of one tooth, had just begun to erupt. A fissure in the right side of 

 the basioccipital bone results in an incomplete separation of the su- 

 perior portion of the bone from the body. This anomaly is said to 

 occur in about 0.1 percent of crania (Le Double, 1903, pp. 80-81). 



Burial 43 {USNM 380919) .—Male, 35-45 years old; a nearly com- 

 plete extended skeleton, in good condition. The face and the left half 

 of the mandible are missing; the teeth in the remaining part of the 

 mandible show third-degree wear, but only slight alveolar resorption. 

 The spine shows extensive arthritic changes: on the articular facets 

 of the second, third and fourth cervical vertebrae ; on the cranial and 

 caudal surfaces of the fourth to seventh cervical vertebrae with 

 slight lipping on the anterior margins of several of the lower thoracic 

 vertebrae. There are indications of beginning arthritic changes at 

 the knees, affecting the femoral condyles, the patellae, and tibiae. 

 The fifth lumbar vertebra has fused with the sacrum, shortening the 

 lumbar spine and elongating the sacrum. 



CLARKSVILLE (Mcl4) BURIALS 



Burial 1 {USNM 38084£). — Adult, sex unknown; parts of a skull 

 and jaw, tlie only parts of a poorly preserved flexed burial retained. 

 Although the teeth show only first-degree wear, most of the teeth 

 present show advanced caries. Some of the molars had been lost, 

 probably as the result of decay. 



Burial 2. — Adult male ; poorly preserved, semiflexed skeleton ; post- 

 cranial skeletal parts discarded in the field; skull discarded in the 

 laboratory. 



