HOFFMAN.] 



CHACO CEANIUM. 



457 



to illustrate the general comparison. Occipital flattening is remarkably 

 prominent, and I give the numbers in their order of nearest approach 

 to the Chaco skull, as regards shape, bearing in mind that the latter is, 

 to all appearance, that of a young female, and consequently somewhat 

 smaller than the cranium of a male would measure. 



The first is the skull of a Natchez, pll. 20, 21 ; the second and third 

 of Fames (Mexican), pi. 17a, and Mexican, pi. 17 ; and the fourth a Mexi- 

 can, pi. .18. 















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1. Natchez 



5.9 

 6.6 



6.6 

 5.3 



4.6 

 4.3 



5.1 



5.2 



19.6 

 19. 



17. IS 



2. Pames(Mex.) 



17.1 



3. Mexican 



6.8 

 6.4 

 6.20 



5.5 

 5.7 

 5.58 



4.6 



4.5 



*4. 75 



6. 



5.4 



5.13 



19.9 



20.2 

 18.90 



18.3 



4. Mexican 



17.5 



5. Chaoo skull.. . .. . 



16.91 







* Greatest diameter, as in the others. 



The general measurements and results are closely related, and might 

 be more so had we a skull of a mature adult, and of known sex. There 

 appears to have been some relationship between the ancient Cliff-Dwell- 

 ers and the modern Pueblos, and finally the Aztecs or Mexicans, at or 

 before the time of the Spanish conquest. The general designs in orna- 

 mentation appear traceable in the Aztec pottery, and the ruins at 

 Mitla, only in a higher state of cultivation. At the latter the designs 

 have appeared upon the walls of the ruined temple and upon a grander 

 scale. The Aztec traditions of a northwest origin are strongly in favor 

 of such a hypothesis, beside numerous arguments which might be 

 brought to bear upon the subject. 



The accompanying sketches illustrate the appearance and outlines of 

 the various positions of the cranium. 



