Eskimo Osteology 

 XIV F-15 



c23 



Lower part of the femur and upper part of the tibia of a mammal the size 

 of a large dog or wolf. Also the humerus of a small bird. 



XIV F-16 



The skull of a young adult female in excellent condition. The permanent 

 molars had all erupted, though the third had not as yet reached the level of the 

 others. Age about 25 years. 



Cubic capacity 1,180 



Maximum length 174 



Glabella-inion length 171 



Maximum breadth 126 



Basion-bregma height 118 



Basion-nasion length 94 



Basion-alveolar length 96 



Nasal height 49 



Nasal width 20 



Orbital height /R. 35 



\L. 34 

 Orbital width JR. 39 



\L. 38 



Minimum post-orbital breadth 94 



Interzygomatic breadth 126 



Interstephanic breadth 93 



Horizontal cranial circumference 489 



MaxiUo-facial height 69 



Palato-maxUlary breadth 61 



Palato-maxillary length 49 



Antero-posterior diameter foramen magnum 34 



Maximum depth of temporal fossa 24 



Glabella-bregma chord 99 



Bregma-lambda chord 106 



Lambda-inion chord 55 



GlabeUa-lambda chord 167 



Bregma-inion cord 136 



Bregmatie angle 53 



Height of bregma above glabella-inion line 79 



79-5X100 



Index of height of bregma above glabella-inion line — =46 



171 



CRANIAL INDICES 



Cephahc index 72-4 



Height index 68-4 



Breadth-height index 94-4 



Alveolar index 102'1 



Orbital index /R. 91-0 



\L. 89-4 



Nasal index 40-8 



MaxUlo-facial index 54-8 



Stephano-zygomatic index 73-8 



Fronto-parietal index 75-0 



Palato-maxillary index 124 • 5' 



Nasion-prosthion height index 33-0 



The eight ribs grouped with this cranium are very slender and would 

 probably belong to a young slenderly-built adult female. 



