. The Canadian naturalist and geologist. Natural history -- Periodicals. 434. Notes on Aboriginal Antiquities, They exhibit a very respectable development of brain, especially in the male skulls, and they show the fallacy of the conclusions hastily adopted by some ethnologists as to the supposed distinct- ness in form of the American skull from that of the populations of the old world, and its supposed general brachykephalic type. Facts to be stated in the sequel show that these skulls must have belonged to an ancient and unmixed American people, and they are markedly characterised by the Amer
. The Canadian naturalist and geologist. Natural history -- Periodicals. 434. Notes on Aboriginal Antiquities, They exhibit a very respectable development of brain, especially in the male skulls, and they show the fallacy of the conclusions hastily adopted by some ethnologists as to the supposed distinct- ness in form of the American skull from that of the populations of the old world, and its supposed general brachykephalic type. Facts to be stated in the sequel show that these skulls must have belonged to an ancient and unmixed American people, and they are markedly characterised by the American type of face; but the brain case in form and dimensions differs little from types prevalent among European races. 4. Remains of articles of food.—In and near the little hearths or ovens above mentioned, are numerous bones of animals, some in a condition sufficiently perfect to permit their determination. Among them are remains of the Bear, Beaver, Deer, Dog, Fox ; of several fishes; especially the Cat-fish, Corvina and Sturgeon ; and of birds. Shells of Unio gibbosa, the most common fresh water mussel in the St. Lawrence near Montreal, charred grains of Indian Corn and stones of the wild cherry, also occur. 5. Earthen Vessels.—These appear to have been of the usual form of those made by the aborigines, rounded below and rising with a graceful double curve toward the mouth, v/hich is either round or square with prominent corners, the latter form giving a very elegant outline. For the general form I may refer to the figure and description of an Indian vase from the Ottawa in this Journal, Vol. 4, p. 188. The sides and bottom of these vessels are usually smooth, but in one or two instances are covered with square indentations giving a sort of netted pattern. (Fig. 4). The. Fig. 4. mouths and necks are with depressed lines and notches variously arranged, with circles stamped on the clay, and with prints made by the point of the finger. The patterns are various
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