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Bronze Age. 
Five skulls of this period, but not apparently very exactly dateable, were found 
in Leukas during Dorpfeld's excavation'*". They were remarkable in their homo- 
geneity, all having cephalic indices from 74 — 76. The cranial bones were reported 
to be noticeably thin, but no other details have been published. 
We have a fairly complete series of Bronze Age skulls from Crete 
coming from Hagios Nikolaos, Palaikastro and Gournia. 
The Palaikastro series numbered 64 (of which 46 were male). No Bronze Age 
skulls appear to have been excavated in Asia Minor. The Cypriot series from 
Lapithos number fifteen The contrast on which Velde has insisted so strongly 
between thick and thin bones of the cranial vault could be observed in the Bronze 
Age skulls at Lapithos extending over a series of about a hundred, which could not 
be measured, but both types were present often in the same tombs. 
Early Iron Age. 
The early Iron Age appears to be represented only by three skulls from Amathus 
in Cyprus excavated by Myres"-'. Two are now in the Department of Human 
Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford, and one was in 1913 in the Cyprus Museum. 
Hellenic, Hellenistic and Roman. 
There are nine skulls in the University Museum in (Jxford, vai-ying in date 
from early Hellenic to Hellenistic Four fourth century Athenians excavated by 
Schliemann were examined by Virchow There are seven skulls of this period in 
the Cyprus Museum and one of Roman date from Leukas. 
In addition to the above there are four series of " ancient " Greek crania in the 
Williamson Collection, whose date is uncertain. They include six from Samos, four 
from Corfu, and two from Myrma on the coast of Asia Minor. 
There is a small series, presumably of Roman date, from Halicarnassus in Caria 
also in the Williamson Collection, but unfortunately they were not sufficiently well 
preserved for accurate measurement. 
Modern skulls whose geographical provenances are authenticated are rare. 
Weisbach''"' published a large series but from so wide an area that it has been 
unfortunately necessary to reject them. The only series available for statistical 
treatment come from Crete and Adalia"' in Asia Minor. 
Measurements on the living are available for statistical treatment from the 
following peoples. A small number of men were examined by Velde'-' in Leukas 
(St Maura), an island off the west coast of Greece just north of the Gulf of Corinth. 
Schiff measured 99 men from Mani on the Southern Peloponnese and a small 
series from Meligala in Messenia. A considerably larger series of Albanians were 
examined by Haberlandt and Lebzelter Unfortunately these latter came from 
a rather large area. Measurements were made in Crete by Hawes, v. Luschan and 
Schiff The first has unfortunately not yet published his figures, v. Luschan is 
the author of several exceedingly interesting papers on Lycia. The Cypriot 
