﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist. 
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  It 
  is 
  also 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  and 
  narrower, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  higher. 
  

   The 
  molars 
  are 
  prominent, 
  the 
  extreme 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  zygomas 
  

   being 
  5.51 
  inches. 
  The 
  lower 
  jaw, 
  although 
  massive, 
  is 
  but 
  

   slightly 
  projecting, 
  giving 
  but 
  little 
  prognathism 
  to 
  the 
  skull. 
  

   The 
  teeth 
  are 
  heavy 
  and 
  much 
  worn, 
  even 
  the 
  incisors, 
  suggest- 
  

   ing 
  considerable 
  grinding 
  activity. 
  

  

  A 
  peculiar 
  supernumerary 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw, 
  just 
  above 
  

   the 
  first 
  right 
  incisor, 
  the 
  root 
  projecting 
  forward 
  slightly 
  and 
  

   the 
  crown 
  passing 
  into 
  the 
  enlarged 
  anterior 
  palatine 
  canal. 
  * 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  skull, 
  found 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  incomplete 
  skeletons, 
  

   was 
  restored 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  this 
  same 
  

   type. 
  It 
  is 
  rather 
  more 
  delicate, 
  the 
  supra-orbital 
  ridges 
  and 
  

   lower 
  jaw 
  being 
  less 
  heavy, 
  and 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  belonged 
  to 
  

   a 
  female, 
  presumably 
  an 
  aged 
  one. 
  The 
  sutures 
  are 
  partially 
  

   obliterated 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  contains 
  but 
  two 
  shallow 
  incisor 
  

   and 
  one 
  canine 
  socket. 
  

  

  5. 
  Antiquity 
  of 
  Remains. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  utensil, 
  implement 
  and 
  ornament 
  it 
  is 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  assign 
  any 
  definite 
  age 
  to 
  these 
  remains, 
  and 
  this 
  

   question 
  must 
  remain 
  largely 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  speculation. 
  The 
  

   state 
  of 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  bones 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  criterion 
  since 
  this 
  

   is 
  determined 
  by 
  local 
  conditions. 
  A 
  natural 
  or 
  artificial 
  mound, 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  bones 
  are 
  overlaid 
  by 
  hardened 
  clay, 
  is 
  most 
  

   favorable 
  to 
  their 
  preservation. 
  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  especially 
  

   characteristic 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  burial 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  associated 
  cere- 
  

   monial 
  fireplace. 
  Burial 
  upon 
  the 
  side 
  was 
  occasionally 
  

   resorted 
  to 
  bv 
  the 
  so-called 
  "mound-builders" 
  and 
  frequently 
  

   by 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  eastern 
  Indians. 
  From 
  such 
  a 
  limited 
  

   amount 
  of 
  material 
  no 
  safe 
  conclusions 
  can 
  be 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  

   osteological 
  characters 
  alone. 
  The 
  skulls, 
  however, 
  are 
  not 
  of 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  type, 
  being 
  characteristically 
  broader 
  throughout 
  

   their 
  length 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  lower 
  and 
  more 
  retreating 
  forehead. 
  

   According 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Busk 
  the 
  platycnemism 
  "may 
  undoubtedly 
  

   be 
  considered 
  a 
  character 
  betokening 
  remote 
  antiquity 
  ; 
  " 
  f 
  but 
  

   this 
  is 
  true 
  only 
  when 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

  

  * 
  Described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  L. 
  Benedict, 
  of 
  Buffalo, 
  in 
  the 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Medical 
  Journal, 
  August 
  26, 
  1893 
  

   p. 
  228. 
  

   t 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Ethnological 
  Society 
  of 
  London. 
  New 
  ser., 
  vol. 
  n, 
  1870, 
  p. 
  466. 
  

  

  