Haddon — Neolithic Cist Burial at Oldbndge, Co. Meath. 579 



The following Table gives this series in a form more easy for com- 

 parison : — 



Oldbridge, 



dolicho. 



tapeino. 



— 





— 



— 



— 



PiLoenixPk. 1, 



)• 



» 



orthog. 



leptoprosop. 



leptorhiae 



microseme 



prosopic 



„ „ 2, 



mesati. 



metrio. 



)> 



j> 



mesorhine 



)) 



,, 



,. „ 3, 



»> 



akro. 



» 



») 



leptorhine 



,, 



raesopic 



Tyrone, 



brachy. 



.. 



»> 



») 



>) 



.> 



.1 



Homme Mort 3' 



dolicho. 



tapeino. 



orthog. 





leptorhine 



microseme 



— 



Guanche 3' 



mesati. 



j> 



)> 



leptoprosop. 



)) 



»> 



— 



The following are the indices adopted: — ''Length-breadth" of 

 Broca ; in order to equate this to the index of the ' ' Frankfurt 

 Agreement" it is necessary to add '5 to the indices given, or, to be 

 more exact, to add '6 to the dolichocephals and •? to the- extreme 

 brachycephals (cf. Otto Ammon : " L'Anthropologie," vii. 1896, 

 p. 682). The length-height is the glabello-occipital length (Broca), 

 and the basio-bregmatic height ; the height of auricular index is 

 obtained by a modification of the Busk-craniometer, which measures 

 the radius from the centre of the external auditory meatus to the 

 greatest parietal height. The nasal, orbital, alveolar, and naso-malar 

 measurements are those adopted by Flower ; the auriculo-alveolar 

 index corresponds to that of Flower, but it is taken from the ear-hole 

 instead of from the basion. The upper facial indices are those of 

 KoUmann and Yirchow respectively. The palatal index is that of 

 Turner. 



In comparing the Oldbridge cranium with Phoenix Park !N'o. 1, 

 the following points of resemblance and difference may be noted. 



Norma verticalis. — Both are of an elongated oval form ; but the 

 sides are flatter in No. 1, and the supra-ciliary ridges are more 

 prominent in 0. B. and the occipital bulging is larger. No. 1 is 

 phaenozygous ; 0. B. was apparently only very slightly so. 



Norma lateralis. — The length of both is striking (194-196 mm.), 

 but No. 1 appears flatter above. In 0. B. the cranial walls are better 

 filled, and there is a greater swelling in the roof in the parietal region ; 

 and also the parietal squame is more prominent ; the supra-ciliary 

 ridges and the parietal eminences are more prominent ; the frontal 



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