410 REPORT— 1903. 



In Grave l!^o. 6 there were two interments. Fragmehts of both 

 skeletons remain ; the subject of primary interment was a slight man of 

 small stature ; the tibia was slightly flattened. The other bones do not 

 afford any certain indication as to the body or bodies secondarily interred. 



Other remains of approximately similar date are the female skeleton 

 (stature 1,.534 mm.) from Thoricus and a child's skull (index 74'9) from a 

 tomb at Salamis. Of much later date are the nine skulls of the Thebaus 

 who fell at Chaerontea : these skulls are either long or of mean propor- 

 tions, no brachycephalic examples being seen. Other skeletons, three in 

 number, are also in the vase-room of the museum : of the skulls of these 

 two (male) are dolichocephalic, while the third is a short and broad 

 female skull. On the whole, then, brachycephalic proportions are rare 

 among these ancient Greek crania. 



Section (ii.) The skulls in the Academy (in Professor Stephanos' 

 charge) include the following : — 



(a) Ancient skulls from Mycente (Tsountas' excavations), Nauplia, 

 Syros, and Paros. These are mostly dolichoceplialic ; but brachy- 

 cephalic examples occur with suthcient frequency to call for con- 

 sideration. 



(6) Skulls of the ' Dipylon ' period, from Eleusis : these are more 

 constantly dolichocephalic than the preceding (a). 



{c) ' Koman ' and ' Byzantine ' period skulls : these present a variety 

 of form. 



(c^) Recent skulls from Arcadia : these tend more frequently to 

 brachycephaly, and thus agree with the skulls of modern Greeks in 

 general. 



(e) Recent skulls from Thessaly : these bear out Professor Stephaiaos' 

 statement that long skulls are more frequent in Thessaly than in other 

 Greek districts at the present day. Artificial deformation occurs in this 

 series, which are of varying dates during the last two centuries. 



(,/') A collection of recent skulls from the ^gean island of Thera 

 comprises certainly one definitely brachycephalic skull. 



SjX'cial Heport (d). — On the Physical Characteristics of the Modern Oreek/i. 



The contribution to this subject consists in the collection of data 

 relating to about a hundred inmates of the reformatory for male juvenile 

 ofl'enders at Athens. On the theory that criminals are a selected class, it 

 may be objected that such observations are inadmissible, or that they 

 have no value as evidence of the conformation of the normal members of 

 the population. In answer to such objections it is submitted that the 

 majority of those persons observed were undergoing detention for 'first 

 oft'ences,' so that they need not be regarded as habitual offenders, who 

 n)ay possibly form such a select type or class as has been referred to. 



The measurements of the heads of these youths (for their ages ranged 

 from about fifteen to twenty-five) yield averages which in turn afford an 

 index of 82'04, so that on the average the head-form is brachycephalic. Not 

 only is this the characteristic of the average example, but no less than 73-6 

 per cent, of the individuals presented this feature (24-3 per cent, mesati- 

 cephalic, 2'1 per cent, dolichocephalic). Some photographs of the vertex 

 view of the head show the rotundity in a striking manner. The fore- 

 going result corroborates the results arrived at by earlier observers, but 



