hkdliCka] discoveries ATTRIBUTED TO EARLY MAN 51 



DESCRIPnON OF THE BONES 

 Skeleton I 



The parts of this skeleton that have been recovered and now lie 

 spread out before the Avriter are as follows: 



Femora : Both, without the ends (part of liead of one present). 

 Tibiae: Right — only distal i. articular facet separated. Left — minus the 

 upper or proximal end. 



Fibulfe : About 3 of the shaft of left fibula. 



Patella: Right. 



Os calcis: Right. 



Astragali : Both. 



Scaphoid : Left. 



External cuneiform : Right. 



Metatarsals : Right 1st. 2d, 3d, and 4th ; left 3d, 4th, and 5th. 



Humeri: Lower (distal) i of left humerus. 



Metacarpals: Three specimens. 



Os magnum : Right. 



In color the bones when not bleached range from dirty-brownish 

 to almost black, or bluish-black. The fresh breaks, of which there 

 are many, show mosth^ a much lighter brownish color, approximating 

 that of ordinary clay. In a few places the bones are black, as if cal- 

 cined by fire. The interstitial spaces are infiltrated or packed with 

 dark and somewhat indurated but crumbling sand, which with the 

 cement used for repairs largely accounts for the weight of the speci- 

 mens. Parts that can be freed from the sand, while showing min- 

 eralization, are not very heavy. Many of the breaks in the bones 

 are so fresh that they must have occurred when the bones were dis- 

 turbed by the dredge or during the process of their extraction. 



The bones show no artificial markings or effects due to gnawing 

 by animals. Some of the missing parts have disappeared by decay; 

 others have been broken off and lost. There is no exfoliation of the 

 surface in any specimen. A few longitudinal cracks are seen, but 

 the light-colored surface showing within indicates that this splitting 

 is of recent date, probably since the bones were recovered. The 

 surfaces of some of the bones are slightly roughened by the action of 

 the soil, but no part shows any traces of ancient exposure to the 

 elements. The number of bones present indicates that there had been 

 very little disturbance of the remains before their exposure by the 

 dredge; and together with the lack of weathering and the state of 

 the bones in general it indicates also a sudden inclusion of an unde- 

 composed and entire body in the deposits where found — an inclusion 

 which, as shown by former discussion, could be satisfactorily explained 

 only on the theory of intentional burial. 



The skeleton is plainly that of a Avoman, probably adult. Judging 

 from approximations made on the long bones, she was about 150 cm. 



