ARCHAHZOLOGICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL RESEARCHES IN CRETE. 257 
(iv) THE SmaLLeR Bongs. 
Twenty of the smallest femora have been set aside, and yield the 
following mean values :— 
Number Mean Value of Mean Value of Antero- Mean Value of 
Index posterior Diameter Transverse Diameter 
Right . 8 82-43 _ 22-62 25-93 
Left. . 12 80:97 21-12 26-12 
As with the larger bones, so here the left femora are more platy- 
meric than the right. And the small series is less platymeric than the 
large one. The factors (a) of sex (b) of absolute dimensions enter into 
this matter, as in the comparable instance of platycnemia. 
D. General Outcome of the Data considered in Sections B and C, supra. 
A general review of the data discussed in sections B and C leads 
to the conclusion that the prehistoric inhabitants of Sitia resemble 
other early Mediterranean representatives of that type in respect of 
their tibiz and femora, as well as in their cranial conformation. Other- 
wise the prehistoric Cretan bones follow a general rule whereby the 
longer bones (including a majority of males) differ from the smaller and 
shorter ones (including a majority of females). In both the tibia and 
femur alike the right and left limbs are seen to differ in a manner 
which has not been previously recorded and which has yet to find an 
explanation. Other data are provided, for which no comparable 
materials are yet on record. 
E. Other Observations on the Limb-bones of the Ancient Inhabitants of 
Palaikastro and its neighbourhood. 
The frequency of the perforation of the humerus (in the ‘ olecranon 
fossa ’ at its lower end) has been recorded in numerous instances. The 
excavations in Kastern Crete during 1903 provided 68 bones on which 
observations could be made. In regard to the perforation mentioned 
above, the following data were collected :— 
Per cent. 
No. of humeri examined (the sex was not determined) . 68 100 
No. of perforate bones . «§ . «© «. «... . WT 25 
No. of imperforate bones . . . . .. « . SI 75 
68 100 
The frequency of perforation is greatly in excess of that in modern 
European skeletons. I have the following records for comparison :— 
Taste XVIII. 
Per cent. 
Western Europeans (modern) . . . . . . . . 4to05 
FAEMCAIU NOPTOCS EL MEMS UO MAMA 6 ius RR Ru lod te a doi a DU 
OlynchMG itera . 5 SOORRA = 5 8 nes Gi, SERMUUSAIS 
‘Altaic’ and American races . . . . . . . . 362 
; Prehistoric, 
Guanches of the Canary Islands . . . . . . . 256 
Pre-dynastic Egyptians . . «© «© «© «© «© « « 60:0 
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