. Bulletin. Ethnology. 248 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 52 * SlcuU No. 2.—The cranium of a female, probably adult, exact age not determinable; base and jaws missing (fig. 47). The dorsal surface of the specimen is covered with a thin peUicle of grayish-white calcareous matter and a less pronounced deposit of the same nature is seen all over the ventral surface. The bone on frac- ture is cream-white and probably largely devoid of organic matter, but it is not heavy or petrified. There is no deformation or disease. Over the glabella and lower ])art of the frontal are seen a few clusters o
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 248 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 52 * SlcuU No. 2.—The cranium of a female, probably adult, exact age not determinable; base and jaws missing (fig. 47). The dorsal surface of the specimen is covered with a thin peUicle of grayish-white calcareous matter and a less pronounced deposit of the same nature is seen all over the ventral surface. The bone on frac- ture is cream-white and probably largely devoid of organic matter, but it is not heavy or petrified. There is no deformation or disease. Over the glabella and lower ])art of the frontal are seen a few clusters of superficial, small, straight or curving grooves, apparently made by the teeth of small rodents;. Fig. 47. Ovejero skull No. 2 (side view). the depth of the most pronounced of these grooves does not exceed 1 mm. The parts present include the frontal (damaged), the larger part of the right and a small part of the left parietal, the right temporal (defective) and a part of the left temporal with the mastoid. The specimen is well reconstructed, so far as it goes, from 13 pieces; the right squama is restored in mastic. The skull was of moderate feminine dimensions, and in form is either highly mesocephalic or somewhat brachycephalic, and of medium 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. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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