CONTENTS
Chap. pages
Introductory ......................................................................................................... I_3
I. Outlines of the History and A r c h a e o l o g y ...................................................4-33
II. The Various Measurements employed and the methods of making them 34-45
III. Numerical A nalysis of the Series ............................................................... 46-48
IV. New Methods of A nalysis explained and their Results recorded . 49~53
V. T he System of Schematic Diagrams and its Results . . . . 54~58
VI. On Professor Sergi’s System and the Results obtained from it . 59-6*
VII. T he General Theory of the Mathematical Treatment of Series . 63-74
VIII. A Limited A pplication of the Mathematical Theory to the Present
Se r i e s ....................................................» ....................................................75~85
IX. Detailed Examination of the Periods from the Early Predynastic to
the Fifth Dynasty ................................................................................................86-93
X. Detailed Examination of the Periods from The Sixth to the Eighteenth
Dynasties (inclusive) ....................................................................................... 94-102
XI. Detailed Examination of the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods . . 103-107
XII. General Co n c l u s i o n s ........................................... 108-na
A P P E N D IX
Details of T ombs and Bibliographical References . . . . . . . . 1 13-122
Notes on the Orientation of the Skull . . . . . • • • • • 122—124
Notes on the ‘ Mathematical T reatment of Series’ ...................................................................i 25- I 3°
Note on the ‘ Nagada Series’ ................................................................................................................. i 3° - I3I
Comparison of Conclusions derived from Statistical Methods with those otherwise obtained 132-133
T abulations referring to the Occurrence of Microcephaly and its Possible Association with
a Pygmy Ra c e ...................................................................................................................... . i 34- I 35
Catalogue Numbers of the Specimens assigned to the several Racial Groups . . . i 35- I 37
Mathematical Properties of Probability Curves for Combined Periods . . . . i37- I 39
I N D E X .......................................................................................................................................................................................................
IN S E T CONTAINING THE ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS OF THE CRANIA IN MILLIMETRES . . . At end of VOl.
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