Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . n Warrior, found beside his Skeleton. (Half actual size. Depth, 23 ft.) this latter was also fractured on its way to London. Professor Yirchow,who kindly recomposed both skulls and made the accompanying excellentgeometrical drawings of them (Nos. 969-972 and Nos. 973-976), has sentme the following interesting note. 508 THE THIED, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. Dimensions of the Two Skulls (in Mill
Ilios; the city and country of the TrojansThe results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author . n Warrior, found beside his Skeleton. (Half actual size. Depth, 23 ft.) this latter was also fractured on its way to London. Professor Yirchow,who kindly recomposed both skulls and made the accompanying excellentgeometrical drawings of them (Nos. 969-972 and Nos. 973-976), has sentme the following interesting note. 508 THE THIED, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap. VII. Dimensions of the Two Skulls (in Millimetres). Nos. 969-972. Nos. 973-976. Length of the skull ... , Greatest breadth of the skull Auricular height Breadth of the frontal bone at its base Height of the face Breadth „ „ of lower jaw Orbit, height „ breadth Nose, height „ breadth Height of the alveolar apophysis of the upper jawHorizontal circumference of the skull 193 132-5?11090104-5 88? 47?2315521 191141110 9910689773038492616537 From which the following indices may further be calculated: Nos. 969-972. Nos. 973-976. Longitudinal index Auricular index Nasal index Orbital index 68-656-948-9 738 57-553-078-9 No. 969. No. Nos. 969-972. Professor Virchows geometrical drawing of the skull of one of the two warriors found, with helmetson their heads and a lance-head, in the room of a house of the burnt city. (Depth, about 26 ft.) The defi-ciencies replaced by gypsum are indicated by oblique lines. Chap. VII.] SKULLS OF TROJAN WARRIORS. 509 The skull Nos. 969-972 is evidently that of a male; judging fromthe good preservation of the teeth-crowns, it belongs to a young man,who, however, has had time to wear deeply down the edges of the forehead is broad; the glabella moderately deepened. The verticalcurve (curve of the vertex) is long and well shaped, with a rapid fallingoff of the occiput, which for the rest is rounded; lambdoidal suture ser-rated. The eyebrow projections are strongly developed;
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