THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH 
skull, and was as pronounced in the women as in the men. 
The occipital deformity is so noticeable and so constant among 
Physical this people that a normal cranium among a lot of skulls 
Character- would attract the attention of an investigator. Mr. 
setics: Wetherill discovered that two forms of human skulls 
occurred in the canons: the broad, short, flattened cranium of 
the Cliff Dweller and a narrow, elongate, normal cranium. The 
BASKET BURIAL, GRAND GULCH, UTAH 
latter was the only kind found buried under baskets, a fact which 
suggested to the discoverer the name “‘ Basket Makers” as an 
appropriate appellation for the ancient people whose remains he 
had found. 
But these were not the only marked differences between the 
two people whose remains are so closely associated. That the 
Basket Makers used the bow is doubtful. They had, however, a 
form of weapon unknown in the Southwest, either in ancient or 
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