Another Miami Valley Skeleton. 



237 



Anthropological Notes. "* Inasmuch as this skeleton was 

 found in the vicinity of this famous cemetery, it seemed 

 advisable to so arrange this paper, that it might be the more 

 easily compared with the results of Dr. Langdon's investi- 

 gations. 



The measurements of the skull are tabulated below in com- 

 parison with Dr. Langdon's summary, which was based upon 

 the measurements of eighty-three skulls. 



Measurements. 



Iinwood Langdon's Summary. 



Skeleton. Maximum. Minimum. Mean. 



Capacity 



Length 



Breadth 



Height 



Index of Breadth 



Index of Height 



Width of Frontal.- 



Zygomatic Diameter.. . . 

 Height of Orbit— Right 

 Left. . 



Width of Orbit— Right . 



Left . . 



1470 



1660 



1 1 10 



185 



187 



151 



145 



158 



122 



142 



151 



124 



•783 



•955 



.711 



•767 



.894 



.689 



102 



107 



84 



146 



157 



119 



341 

 35 i 



39 



3i 



. 46 1 



46 



37 



1337 

 139 

 139 

 135 



.825 



•799 

 93 

 !36 



35 

 45-5 



From the above table it will be seen that in length, width 

 of frojitals, and width of orbit the skull in question corre- 

 sponds almost exactly with Dr. Langdon's maximum meas- 

 urements, and agrees only in height of orbit with his mean 

 measurements. The capacity, breadth, height, and zygomatic 

 diameter range about midway between the maximum and 

 mean measurements, while the indices of breadth and height 

 are somewhat below the mean. The index of breadth being 

 between .740 and .800, namely, .783, places this skull among 

 the Orthocephalic types, while those from the Madisonville 

 Cemetery were mostly of the Brachycephalic type. 



The temporal process of the malar bone, upon which Dr. 

 Langdon laid particular stress, would be classed by him as 

 well developed. The right process has been broken off, but 

 the left one measures four and one-half mm. in length. 



The orbits are no exception to the Madisonville specimens 

 in their marked angularity or extreme proportionate width. 



* See Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, Vol. IV. p. 237. 



