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the examination of the human remains, because the people who con- 

 formed to the type in question were those buried in the most sumptuous 

 graves and were obviously the most important people interred on this 

 site. 

 ' In my final Report I shall set forth the data in detail and return 

 to the discussion of these questions. All that I have attempted to do 

 at present is to indicate what seems to me to be the natural explanation 

 of the facts and to state the prima Jacie case in support of it. 



Anthropometric Investigations in the Island of Cyprus. — Report 

 of the Committee, consisting of Professor J. L. Myres 

 (Chairman) , Dr. F. C. Shrubsall (Secretary), and Dr. A. C. 

 Haddon. 



The Committee has received a report from Mr. L .H. D. Buxton, who 

 has been carrying out investigations on its behalf. Owing to the 

 outbreak of the European war no field work has been possible in 1914, 

 and Mr. Buxton has been with his regiment. He has forwarded a 

 preliminary report on further investigation of material obtained in the 

 autumn of 1913. 



Osseous Material. 



From a Bronze Age site at Lapethos were secured a number of 

 skulls and skeletons, among which two types — a long head with well- 

 developed glabella and retreating forehead (index 73), and the ordinary 

 short high Cypriote type (index 77 and upwards), have persisted 

 from the Bronze Age to the present day. 



Measurements of the Living. 



A large number of measurements of villagers have been obtained, 

 which will be analysed in full in later reports. The following table 

 shows the means of over fifty individuals in each group : 



Absolute Measurement. 



1915. 



