﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  525 
  

  

  or 
  subdolichocephalic, 
  none 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  brachycephalic 
  type 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  to 
  the 
  mound-builder 
  region 
  ioo 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  A 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  skulls 
  in 
  Erie 
  sites 
  40 
  miles 
  east 
  is 
  

   characterized 
  by 
  alveolar 
  prognathism, 
  but 
  among 
  those 
  found 
  at 
  

   Ripley 
  only 
  two 
  showed 
  this 
  development. 
  The 
  os 
  incae 
  was 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  instances 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  some 
  skulls 
  having 
  wormian 
  

   bones 
  [see 
  pi. 
  17]. 
  In 
  one 
  skull 
  the 
  os 
  japonicwm, 
  that 
  is, 
  the 
  lower 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  malar 
  bone 
  when 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  suture, 
  was 
  observed. 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  skulls 
  is 
  1587 
  cubic 
  centimeters 
  for 
  

   males 
  and 
  1440 
  for 
  females. 
  The 
  average 
  cephalic 
  index 
  would 
  be 
  

   perhaps 
  74.4 
  and 
  the 
  nasal 
  index 
  47. 
  A 
  careful 
  study 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   morphological 
  characteristics 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory 
  and 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  in 
  another 
  place 
  and 
  may 
  slightly 
  modify 
  the 
  averages 
  here 
  

   given. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  few 
  cases 
  humeri 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  olecranon 
  

   cavity 
  was 
  perforated. 
  In 
  two 
  cases 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  femora 
  

   revealed 
  the 
  process 
  termed 
  the 
  third 
  trochanter 
  and 
  the 
  hypotro- 
  

   chanteric 
  fossa. 
  Some 
  femora 
  are 
  platycnemic. 
  

  

  Pathological 
  conditions 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  two 
  cases 
  of 
  ankylosis, 
  no 
  pathological 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  were 
  noted. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  bones, 
  however, 
  that 
  

   show 
  the 
  repair 
  of 
  breaks. 
  

  

  Only 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  cases 
  were 
  possible 
  clues 
  to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  death 
  dis- 
  

   covered. 
  In 
  several 
  skeletons 
  triangular 
  arrow 
  points 
  were 
  found 
  

   between 
  the 
  vertebrae 
  or 
  in 
  some 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  osseous 
  struc- 
  

   ture. 
  A 
  remarkable 
  form 
  of 
  ankylosis 
  was 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   an 
  aged 
  male 
  whose 
  entire 
  spine 
  had 
  become 
  cemented 
  into 
  one 
  solid 
  

   bone. 
  Such 
  conditions 
  are 
  probably 
  rare 
  in 
  Indian 
  skeletons. 
  One 
  

   low 
  type 
  female 
  skull 
  marked 
  by 
  prognathism 
  and 
  wormian 
  bones 
  

   had 
  the 
  frontal 
  bone 
  crushed 
  and 
  the 
  perforation 
  filled 
  and 
  repaired 
  

   by 
  osseous 
  matter. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  permitted 
  to 
  judge 
  character 
  from 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  one 
  would 
  be 
  strongly 
  tempted 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  de- 
  

   ceased 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  no 
  congenial 
  companion, 
  to 
  say 
  the 
  least 
  

   [see 
  pi. 
  17]. 
  

  

  Identity 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  

  

  Eries 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  artifacts 
  discovered 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  

   excavations, 
  especially 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  pottery, 
  closely 
  resemble 
  Iro- 
  

   quoian 
  forms. 
  In 
  particular 
  they 
  resemble 
  the 
  Erian. 
  The 
  fact 
  

   that 
  pieces 
  of 
  iron 
  and 
  copper 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  graves 
  and 
  ash 
  pits 
  

  

  