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 . th. The Sutura frontalis is with the other skulls, we find a great contrast to the femaleskull, No. 147, which is brachycephalic; but, on the other hand, a nearapproach to the two male skulls, especially to Nos. 969-972. There can,therefore, be no objection to join these three skulls in one group. Inconnection with this it is not without importance that the new skull, aswell
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 . th. The Sutura frontalis is with the other skulls, we find a great contrast to the femaleskull, No. 147, which is brachycephalic; but, on the other hand, a nearapproach to the two male skulls, especially to Nos. 969-972. There can,therefore, be no objection to join these three skulls in one group. Inconnection with this it is not without importance that the new skull, aswell as the skull Nos. 973-976, has an open Sutura frontalis. Kegarding this skull, I can only repeat what I said of the firstskulls; namely, that the bones give one the impression of a delicate,civilized, settled population. If this population were pre-eminently adolichocephalic one, then we have the choice between Aryan, Semitic, and 512 TEE THIRD, THE BURNT CITY. [Chap VII. perhaps Hamitic races. A definite decision on this point cannot yetbe made from a purely anthropological point of view, but I may saythat the last skull can hardly be distinguished in the midst of ancientGreek skulls. No. Nos. 977, 978. Skull found iu ajar, together with ashes of animal matter, probably human ashes, at a depth of 23 ft. Professor Virchow kindly sent me also the following note on theskeleton of a foetus which was found in a vase in the third or burntcity : — This skeleton is very defective, because there are only a few frag-ments of the head, breast, pelvis, hands and feet. On the other hand, theupper and lower extremities as far as the hands and feet are prettycomplete. Their bones give the following measurements :— mm. mm. Os humeri ... 36 Os femoris . .37 Ulna . . .34 Tibia , 34 Radius . . .31 Fibula . . 33 It may, therefore, be a foetus of from 6 to 7 months. Unfortunately both the helmets, which were on these skulls, had beenso much destroyed by the chloride of copper, that they
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