PLATE VII.
PERUVIAN CHILD FROM SANTA.
This juvenile skull was obtained by Dr. Ruschenberger at Santa, which was
once a great cemetery of the Peruvians. Of the many crania observed there, Dr.
R. observes that the occiput “ is almost vertical, and rises quite abruptly from the
great hole at the base. The left side is generally much more prominent than the
right, and the forehead is narrow and retreating.”* This head is figured merely
to show the characters of the genuine Peruvian as developed in infancy, and a
few only of the more important measurements are subjoined.
Longitudinal d i a m e t e r , ...................................... 5.4 inches.
Parietal diameter,
Frontal diameter,
Vertical diameter,
Internal capacity,
5.4 inches.
4. inches.
4.6 inches.
61 cubic inches.
PLATES VIII AND IX.
PERUVIAN FROM THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN.
This head is remarkable alike for its squared form and its small size, and yet
it is of adult age, and probably belonged to a female. It is very thin and delicate
throughout; the breadth between the parietal protuberances is nearly the same
with the longitudinal diameter, and there is a symmetry of parts rarely observed
in Peruvian heads. The peculiarities of this relic are represented with great
* Three Years in the Pacific, p. 374.
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