hrdliCka] skeletal KEMAINS OF EARLY MAN 239 



culine. Looking again on the specimen from a European rather than 

 an American standpoint, he considers it related to cranial forms preva- 

 lent in the ^lediterranean littoral and especially among the north 

 European dolichocephals ; and probably likewise with the Quaternary 

 and modern skulls of the Cro-Magnon type. It corresponds to the 

 pi aty dolichocephalic Patagonian type of Verneau, which is found, 

 though very rarely, among the existing South American natives. 

 In the few measurements given, Mochi seems to follow I^ehmann- 

 Nitsche, still augmenting, however, the length (he gives 19.6 cm.). 

 The basion-bregma height is estimated at 13.3 cm. 



Examination by the Writer 



Through the courtes}^ of Doctor Lehmann-Nitsche the writer had 

 the opportunity of studying the Chocori bones. The examination 

 brought out a few additional points but none of great importance. 



The bones apparently all belong to one skeleton, adult and much 

 more probably male than female. In color superficially all the parts 

 are j^ellowish-wliite, with not very marked, scattered, blackish, prob- 

 ably manganese spots, such as are frequently seen on skulls of pre- 

 historic and even more recent times. None of the bones is decidedly 

 heavier than normal, and there is no evidence of any considerable 

 degree of mineralization. 



The skull presents traces of a bilateral posthumous compression, 

 especially of the temporal regions; on the left, this compression 

 extends somewhat farther backward. The foramen magnum and the 

 basal parts anterior to it have been narrowed by the compression. 

 Tltere is no trace of any artificial deformation in life. In general 

 type the cranium approximates the skull of Arrecifes (see fig. 45). 



The left side of the skull has been reconstructed of nearly 20 pieces, 

 and the temporal region of that side has been largely rebuilt in mastic ; 

 a similar rebuilding with the same kind of material has been employed 

 extensively along the coronal and forepart of the sagittal suture ; the 

 neighborhood of the foramen magnum also has been rebuilt. All 

 this work has evidently been as well done as possible, without, how- 

 ever, rendering the specimen safe as a subject for exact measurement. 



The surface of the skull is nearly everywhere more or less abraded, 

 in many places down to the diploe. It is yellowish in color, but where 

 scaled or worn off it is grayish- white. Ventrally, it is still yellowish, 

 of exactly the shade shown by many relatively modern skulls. The 

 facial parts, from slightly below the nasion, are wanting, and the same 

 is true of most of the base. 



The skull is that of an elderly person; the sutures appear to be for 

 the most part obliterated, though their exact state is difficult to 

 ascertain, and the teeth are worn. 



