6 A CRANIOMETRIC STUDY 



The approximate Age of the SkiiU. — The sutures were prac- 

 tically obliterated on the internal surface of the skull, which 

 would suggest an individual somewhat beyond middle life. 

 The coronal and the sagittal sutures were all synostosed ex- 

 ternally, and therefore rather indistinct. The lambdoidal 

 suture was, however, still definitely marked along its whole 

 length, while the squamous suture was likewise quite appar- 

 ent. It is a striking fact that the synostosis of these latter su- 

 tures usually follows that of the coronal and sagittal. The 

 teeth had all dropped out of their sockets so that no evidence 

 as to age could be ascertained from that criterion. 



The Cranial Measurements. 



Cubic capacity of skull (approximate) 1495 cu. cm. 



Maximum length 182.5 mm. 



Inion-glabellar length 173 . 5 mm. 



Maximtim breadth 147 . 5 mm. 



Basion-bregmatic height 133.5 mm. 



Basion-nasion length 104 mm. 



Basion-alveolar length 104 mm. 



Nasal height 51 mm. 



Nasal width 25 . 5 mm. 



Orbital height 40.5 mm. 



Orbital width 46 mm. 



Minimum post-orbital breadth 105.5 mm. 



Inter-stephanic breadth 112.5 mm. 



Inter-zygomatic breadth 135 mm. 



Horizontal cranial circumference 53 . 34 cm. 



Vertical transverse circumference 44. 15 cm. 



Maxillo-facial height 63 . 5 mm. 



Inter-malar width 119 mm. 



Palato-maxillary breadth 64.5 mm. 



Palato-maxillary length 57.5 mm. 



Dental length 47 . 5 mm. 



