HRDLICKA] DISCOVERIES ATTRIBUTED TO EARLY MAN 51 
DESCRIPTION OF THE BONES 
SKELETON I 
The parts of this skeleton that have been recovered and now lie 
spread out before the writer are as follows : 
Femora: Both, without the ends (part of head of one present). 
Tibiae: Right only distal i. articular facet separated. Left minus the 
upper or proximal end. 
Fibulse : About 5 of the shaft of left fibula. 
Patella: Right. 
Os calcis: Right. 
Astragali : Both. 
Scaphoid : Left. 
External cuneiform: Right. 
Metatarsals : Right 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th ; left 3d, 4th, and 5th. 
Humeri: Lower (distal) of left humerus. 
Metacarpals: Three specimens. 
Os magnum : Right. 
In color the bones when not bleached range from dirty-brownish 
to almost black, or bluish-black. The fresh breaks, of which there 
are many, show mostly a much lighter brownish color, approximating 
that of ordinary cla}^. In a few places the bones are black, as if cal 
cined by fire. The interstitial spaces are infiltrated or packed with 
dark and somewhat indurated but crumbling sand, which with the 
cement used for repairs largely accounts for the weight of the speci 
mens. Parts that can be freed from the sand, while showing min 
eralization, are not very heavy. Many of the breaks in the bones 
are so fresh that they must have occurred when the bones were dis 
turbed by the dredge or during the process of their extraction. 
The bones show no artificial markings or effects due to gnawing 
by animals. Some of the missing parts have disappeared by decay ; 
others have been broken off and lost. There is no exfoliation of the 
surface in any specimen. A few longitudinal cracks are seen, but 
the light-colored surface showing within indicates that this splitting 
is of recent date, probably since the bones were recovered. The 
surfaces of some of the bones are slightly roughened by the action of 
the soil, but no part shows any traces of ancient exposure to the 
elements. The number of bones present indicates that there had been 
very little disturbance of the remains before their exposure by the 
dredge; and together with the lack of weathering and the state of 
the bones in general it indicates also a sudden inclusion of an unde- 
composed and entire body in the deposits where found an inclusion 
which, as shown by former discussion, could be satisfactorily explained 
only on the theory of intentional burial. 
The skeleton is plainly that of a woman, probably adult. Judging 
from approximations made on the long bones, she was about 150 cm. 
