HRDLICKA] SKELETAL REMAINS 85 
the excessive flattening met with in some parts of the country. Three of the 
bones (two of which belong to one skeleton) are diseased (probably syphilitic), 
and on three pieces with the head lacking are seen in the superior border 
(twice in the posterior part thereof) what are apparently cuts; some of these 
marks, however, resemble marks made by rodents’ teeth. None of the specimens 
show any trace of fossilization and a few look quite fresh. 
Details—Measurements 
| Diameter. nmalese Ail 
Specimen ate Antero-pos- ; pe 
P a spine). ENG terior at ee x om. 
middfe (A). ; 
em. em. em. 
MBE IONE eta aacr asCoe atiinstc cise sa ce casiiecnai- 40.7 3. 50 2.30 65.7 
Room edit aac seine create cele Sec ose eacecets Se secedecs 41.0 3. 30 2.20 65.7 
Jp, TSG ¢ SSS oe ee ee or (2) 3.50 2.50 71.4 
Peper UN Wop ae raters arcane Sete aeie cin woe Pes noeee ee (?) 3.55 2.90 81.7 
DAL, TARA 2 ae SOS ae See eee ae eee (?) 3. 50 2. 50 71.4 
RABI OM te epee eesti ie Powe Site ected na to Sa Sei See cine | (?) 3. 20 2. 60 81.2 
iD, TRIN, 30 So aoe aap SERCO EICe ee Oe See a tee (2) 3.50 2.45 70.0 
RUC Mer rerger eee synthe Sais) os ants Sei wis ese cee © (2) 3.10 2.25 72.6 
, WB eS oS Se age SE SE a oe (2) 3.00 2.10 70.0 
ty IGS SS aA ace oe Sos Se HEEe eae es ae eee (?) 3.30 2. 30 69.7 
JO NOs be Bet ee else Spe ee eee ee (2) 3. 40 2.25 66, 2 
Shapes of the shaft. Six of the specimens (a', a’, b, c, f, 1) are of, or closely 
approximate to, the prismatic (type no. 1); three (d', j, k) show a tendency 
to rhomboidal form (type no. 4); in e the internal surface is hollowed out 
(type no. 3), and g shows a lack of differentiation of the external border. 
FIBULA 
One adult specimen, about 39.5 em. long, of normal form and good strength, 
found in the mound by Mr. Gilder at a depth unnoted. No fossilization. 
A fragment of a fibula, dug out of the mound at an unknown depth, and 
given by Mr. Gilder to the writer, bears plain marks of cutting with both some 
sharp instrument and small rodents’ teeth. 
SCAPULA 
Found by Professor Barbour in the Gilder mound at a depth of 43 to 5 feet. 
A defective left shoulder blade of moderate size and not unusual form. The 
thin body of the bone looks fresh, and no part shows any fossilization. The 
superior border has been cleanly cut off along nearly its whole length close to 
the spine. 
RIBS 
Three pieces of ribs, found “ deep ” in the mound, of moderate proportions and 
ordinary form. No fossilization. On one of the specimens are seen marks 
which may have been made with a knife or by the teeth of rodents. 
