. Crania americana, or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America [microform] : to which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species. Craniology; Indians of South America; Craniologie; Indiens; Indiens. 13 i SKULLS FROM CAVKS IN TIIi: VALLEY OF THE OHIO. It was a ciistoni of inaiiy Anicrican iialiims lo dcposilc tlicir dead in caves, Tlic Itodv \va^ -iiiiutiiiics placed entire in tlie^e receptacles; l)nt in dltiei' instance'^ tile bdiics weic exiiiinied alter tlie decdnipo-itidn nf the liiiily. and then removed to a cave as a tlnal
. Crania americana, or, A comparative view of the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America [microform] : to which is prefixed an essay on the varieties of the human species. Craniology; Indians of South America; Craniologie; Indiens; Indiens. 13 i SKULLS FROM CAVKS IN TIIi: VALLEY OF THE OHIO. It was a ciistoni of inaiiy Anicrican iialiims lo dcposilc tlicir dead in caves, Tlic Itodv \va^ -iiiiutiiiics placed entire in tlie^e receptacles; l)nt in dltiei' instance'^ tile bdiics weic exiiiinied alter tlie decdnipo-itidn nf the liiiily. and then removed to a cave as a tlnal rotin'^- place. 'I'lie two skulN finured on the annexed plates have so much interest iluit 1 have tiioni;lit liest to insert tiiem. althoni;h tlie circnin>tances in whieli tlie\ were found ail'ord ns no chie to tliiir national afliliation. I'LATE LXIL SKI , IKOM A (A\ i; .VT CI )I.(()M) A, IN i ⢠,,. ,â J Some few years airo a cave coiitainin:; many human skeletons, discovered near the town of (iolennda. on the Ohio liver. .\ c(uisidernl)|e niimher wa'^ trans- mittul to this city: of tiiesc nur i^ preserved in the Academy of Natural Sciences. and the other- in tln' rni\ersity of l'emhyl\auia. The fornu'r is llnured on Die tccomj)an_\ iuLi' plate. In iivm ral coidi'.:nration. i speeinlly in the frontal I'euion. it approximates to the Caucasian hut with a small facial 'iiile ami full parietal diameter. The other In ads from this locality an- sijlj mcue like the Toltecan model, and leave lillle douhl of thi ir origin and their anlii|uitv. Ml. AS| '.NI' Loiii;'itudiiial iliaimler. Parietal di;;nu'ter. , .7 iiiclics, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851. Philadelphia : J. Dobson; London : Simpkin, Marshall
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