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DESCRIPTIONS OP CRANIA.
MEASUREMENTS.
Frontal Region.—Length
Height
Parietal Region.—Length
Heiffht
4-9 inches.
4-9 „
4-5 „
4-7 „
Occipital Region.—Length
Height
Pace.—Length . . . .
4-7 inches.
3-9 „
4-9 „
This remarkably elevated acro-cephalic skull deserves to be regarded as an example of one
of the aberrant forms of ancient British crania. It is not a singular instance of this conformation,
others being seen in the rich Celtic Museum of Mr. Bateman. A skull derived from the
primeval cisted barrow at Castern, about half a mile from Wetton in Staffordshire, presents the
same elevated character, but not quite so strikingly*. It is large, has a long face, and prominent
arched nose. Another from an aboriginal tumulus at Bostorn near Dovedale, bears a very
close resemblance to our Wetton example t- The lower jaw is almost as deep, and the face is
almost as long; the nose is arched; the occipital region not quite so capacious; and the parietooccipital
flatness not so marked. Still the whole conformation is strikingly acro-cephalic, and
like that of the cranium before us. It is unnecessary to do more than to refer to the remarks
on the diversity of conformation in skulls from the same source, in the Description of the platycephalic
skull from "Wetton (PL 12. p. (4)). A diversity, which points to caution in not too
strictly interpreting skull-forms.
* Vestiges, p. 73. Catalogue, p. 114. Nos. 73 to 75. t Vestiges, p. 70. Catalogue, p. 114. Nos. 71 to 72.
(J. B. D.)
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