hrdliCka] skeletal REMAINS OP EARLY MAN Si 3 



imperfect, especially as regards the face. The parts present include 

 both jaws, the right malar and zygoma, the frontal bone, part of the 

 right parietal, and the right temporal. 



The surface of the bones of the vault is very defective and eroded, 

 some of the losses of substance reaching nearly to the compact 

 ventral layer. 



The bones are not heavy, yet they appear somewhat fossilized; 

 at least they are largely devoid of animal matter. vSome dark min- 

 eral substance adheres to parts of what remains of the base. 



The skull is without doubt artificially deformed, the type of the 

 deformation approaching that of the Aymara. 



There is nothing to indicate the age of the individual except the 

 teeth, which show advanced wear. The condition of the sutures can 

 not be determined; no trace is seen of the coronal. 



In form the skull was doubtless dolichocephalic. The face also 

 was originally, in all probability, rather long and narrow, but it has 

 been made very perceptibly longer by faulty reconstruction. This 

 applies particularly to the orbits and the nose. 



The skull was of submedium size, though not microcephalic. 



As to detailed features, there is a fairly prominent glabella. The 

 supraorbital ridges are small and there is no tendency to supraorbital 

 arch. The orbital borders are only slightly dull. 



The forehead is very sloping, especially from a point about 3 cm. 

 above the glabella. This slope is not natural, however, but is due to 

 the above-mentioned artificial deformation. The posterior part of 

 the parietals and the occipital bone are wanting, so that their exact 

 character and the extent of the deformation in the rear can not be 

 determined. 



The forehead is also narrow but the diameter frontal minimum 

 can not be measured or even closely estimated, owing to the destruc- 

 tion of the bone on the left side and its imperfect state on the right. 

 There is no medio-frontal crest. 



The parietals show but few features of interest. The eminences 

 are large and quite prominent, though not pointed. 



The base presents on the right side a deep glenoid fossa; the left 

 side is deficient. 



The walls of the skull were not thick, Ventrally there are seen a 

 few shallow brain impressions. 



As to the facial parts, the nasal bones and the nasal process show 

 no unusual features. The nasal aperture was 2.6 cm, broad and was 

 probably mesorhinic, in measurement and form typical of Indians. 

 The nasal spine is of submedium dimensions as compared with that 

 of the whites but very ordinary when compared with the average 

 form among the American natives. 



