A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Fig. 2.—Braohycephalic skull, Cowlam, E. E. Yorks. cephalic; the intermediate form called mesaticephalic rangingbetween the indices 75 and 80. It must, however, be remem-bered that the proportionate width of the skull is only oneof many characteristics that distinguish the two types justexemplified; and the respective skeletons themselves supportthe view that the long and short-headed occupants of the PICTS AND GAELS 21 Round barrows belonged to different races. For instance,skeletons from the
A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Fig. 2.—Braohycephalic skull, Cowlam, E. E. Yorks. cephalic; the intermediate form called mesaticephalic rangingbetween the indices 75 and 80. It must, however, be remem-bered that the proportionate width of the skull is only oneof many characteristics that distinguish the two types justexemplified; and the respective skeletons themselves supportthe view that the long and short-headed occupants of the PICTS AND GAELS 21 Round barrows belonged to different races. For instance,skeletons from the Long barrows, in which the dolichocephalicpopulation is exclusively represented, give 5 ft. 5^ in. asthe average male stature, while the brachyeephalic men ofthe Round barrows (with index of 81-83) were on the average5 ft. 85 in. in height, and stronger in proportion. Thetypical inhabitant of this country in the Round barrow orBronze period has been compared by Professor Rolleston tothe modern Dane; but recent excavations in the East Ridinghave brought to light a large proportion of intermedia
Size: 1436px × 1739px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidcu3192402992, bookyear1904
