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5. Eepoet ox the Human Eejiains. 



By Pkofessok A. Macalister, Cambridge. 



The determination of the characters of the human remains was a 

 matter of veiy great difiienlty. The greater nmuber had been thoroughly 

 biirnt and broken, and most of the fragments were, in consequence, quite 

 unrecognizable. By a careful process of sorting of the fragments and 

 counting the bones that were best preserved, it was possible to arrive at an 

 estimate of the minimum number of indi^^duals represented. In this 

 manner I ascertained that there were bones representing thii'ty-one 

 skeletons. These, however, constituted only a very small portion, and 

 included only the least perfectly burnt. I think it is a safe conjecture to 

 estimate the number as at least double that limit. 



In my first examination I kept the remains from each earn and from each 

 compartment separate, but after carefully reviewing them I found that they 

 were so much alike I consider it unnecessary to describe the several fragments 

 from each place. 



In the determinable fragments males preponderated, but there were 

 certainly twelve recognizable females, and probably more. In all cams I 

 found fragments of infantile and foetal bones, but these were few. 



There were no men of conspicuously tall stature. The measurements of 

 such long bones as were sufficiently complete to give trustworthy results 

 indicated one man of 5 feet 9 inches, but most of the others ranged from 

 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 5 inches, and the female bones from 5 feet 5 inches (?) 

 to 5 feet. Ten femora and tibiae were sufficiently complete to give 

 definite measurements, and as many more, whose ends were damaged, gave 

 approximate results. The average stature deduced from these was for the 

 males 5 feet 6| inches, and for the females about 5 feet 1 inch. 



The femora were not unusually stout, and only one showed a slight 

 amount of platymeria. Some, indeed, were proportionally slender. The 

 tibiae were fairly strong, and about one-fourth showed a tendency to 

 platycnemia ; the others were distinctly euryenemic. On three tibiae there 

 were anterior marginal facets at the lower end, and on four astragali 

 there were the companion facets, and a forward prolongation of the 

 internal malleolar facet. These conditions have been correlated with a 

 habitual use of the squatting posture common among Orientals. The fibulae 

 were ridged and channelled with unusual shai-puess. A few bones, especially 

 some vertebrae, showed signs of rheumatoid disease at the joints. One fibula 

 was very much curved. The humeri were in general much broken, but the 

 fragments seem to indicate bones of considerable stoutness. 



