984 REPORT—1890. 
but also in the form of the brain case or calvaria, The outline of the latter ranges 
from a long and narrow to a moderately broad oval. The parietal bosses are, as a 
rule, not pronounced. The sutures tend to show extreme conditions, either being 
very open or nearly obliterated, although the skulls are chiefly those of adults not 
apparently far advanced in life. Four instances of metopism, or persistence of the 
median frontal suture, occur in the seventeen skulls examined, which is a 
higher percentage than usual among modern skulls. In these metopic skulls the 
forehead is broad and the frontal bones well marked. In the other specimens the 
forehead is receding to a greater or less extent. The muscular ridges above the 
eyes and at other parts of the skull and the glabella are, as a rule, moderately 
developed. When viewed from the front it is seen that the arch of the vault of 
the cranium is moderately high and follows a well-proportioned curve in about 
one-third of the specimens, in about a third of them it is very acute or pointed at 
the apex, while in the remainder it is very flat. The cephalic index varies from 
69°2 to 82°6. Two of the crania are brachycephalic, nine are mesaticephalic, five 
are dolichocephalic, and one is hyper-dolichocephalic. The breadth of the calvaria 
exceeds the height in all the specimens, except one in which the height is creater 
than the breadth by 1 mm. The form of the face is long and narrow in some 
cases, while it is short and proportionately broad in others. The nasal index 
shows great diversity in the form of this part of the face, varying from 33 to 58. 
Six of the specimens are leptorhine, four mesorhine, and two are platyrhine. The 
shape of the orbits is very diverse, as well as the angle at which they are set. 
A maxillary notch is present in some cases and not in others. The face is straight, 
fo particular prominence of the alveolar part of the maxille being observable. 
The chin is long and pointed in some cases, short and square-like in others. 
These human remains from Woodyates present much more mixed characters 
than either the Woodcuts or Rotherley series, the latter being the most homo- 
geneous of the three sets. As far as the author is able to judge, the mixture is due 
to crossing between the Romans and the early dolichocephalic British race. There 
is no evidence of mixture arising from crossing occurring between either of these 
races and the Celtic population. 
aS Report of Prehistoric Inhabitants Committee—See Reports, p. 548. 
9. Report of the Nomad Tribes of Asia Minor Committee. 
See Reports, p. 535. 
10. Report of the North-Western Tribes of Canada Committee. 
See Reports, p. 553. 
11. Report of the Indian Committee—Sce Reports, p. 547. 
