. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. MOUND-BUILDERS AND PLATYCNEMISM IN MICHIGAN. 375 The mound shown on the southwest side of Chambers Island [Fig. 5] was noticed and partially examined by me several years ago. It was then much undermined by the waters of Green Bay; the contents, prin- cipally human bones, being somewhat exposed by the giving way of the high bank. I have lately learned that within the last few years this mound has totally disappeared, owing doubtless to the c
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. MOUND-BUILDERS AND PLATYCNEMISM IN MICHIGAN. 375 The mound shown on the southwest side of Chambers Island [Fig. 5] was noticed and partially examined by me several years ago. It was then much undermined by the waters of Green Bay; the contents, prin- cipally human bones, being somewhat exposed by the giving way of the high bank. I have lately learned that within the last few years this mound has totally disappeared, owing doubtless to the cause just referred to. It belonged unquestionably to the larger class of burial- mounds, and was probably of like age and origin as the mound at the northwest end of the island. Fig. 5 MoTiads, Oiiamlbers Island, Green Bay, "Wisconsin. A, cfnijjEir. BA yr =j In this connection it is of importance to refer to the late discovery by Mr. Dawkins of platycnemic men at PertM-Chwaren, in Denbighshire, Wales, and to Prof. G. Busk's valuable notes on those ancient remains.* Professor Busk and Dr. Falconer were the first, I believe, to call atten- tion, in 1863, to this particular conformation of the leg-bone in the * Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, January, 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 Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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