preserving the bones from decay.—The ancient works ax Circleville are extensive,
and when first discovered were in a fine state of preservation. Trees, the growth
of many centuries, covered the ground, hearing evidence of the antiquity of these
remains of a former race. Large quantities of human hones, in different stages of
decomposition, are found in the gravelly plain about half a mile north of Circleville,
showing that this had long been the burial place of a numerous people.”*
Longitudinal diameter,
MEASUREMENTS.
7.3 inches.
Parietal diameter, . 5.8 inches.
Frontal diameter, . 4.4 inches.
Vertical diameter, . 5.4 inches.
Inter-mastoid arch, . 14.6 inches.
Inter-mastoid line, . 4.2 inches.
Occipito-frontal arch, 14.1 inches.
Horizontal periphery, 20.3 inches.
Internal capacity, . 86.5 cubic inches.
Facial angle, . 76 degrees.
OTTTTT T U D AM A
PLATE LII.
SKULL FROM A MOUND ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI.
I am also indebted to Dr. Hildreth for this specimen, together with the
following memorandum, jj Skull taken from a mound seated on the high bluff
* The admirable preservation of this skull, is owing to its having been washed with spirit-varnish
immediately after exhumation, a process by which these relics may be readily and permanently
preserved.
Morton’s C r a n i a Am e ric a n a . PI. 52.
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tHV THE UPPER M IS SIS SIP PI.
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