Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . theabsence of lateral flattening in the male tibiae, and the small development of thelineae asperse of the femur will serve as additional evidence, since the males of Mul-berry Mound must have spent their time mainly in canoes. The greater platyc-nemic tendency among the women is not difficult to explain under the same theory,as the constant ascent and descent of the steep sides of the mound imposed uponthose remaining upon the shell-heap the greater portion of their time, would be pe-culiarly conducive to a lateral flattening of the
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . theabsence of lateral flattening in the male tibiae, and the small development of thelineae asperse of the femur will serve as additional evidence, since the males of Mul-berry Mound must have spent their time mainly in canoes. The greater platyc-nemic tendency among the women is not difficult to explain under the same theory,as the constant ascent and descent of the steep sides of the mound imposed uponthose remaining upon the shell-heap the greater portion of their time, would be pe-culiarly conducive to a lateral flattening of the shin bone. IMPLEMENTS, ORNAMENTS, ETC. With the calcined bones already referred to, in immediate association with theskeleton of a woman, was the closed shell of a small tortoise, which probably hadserved as a rattle. 13 JOURN. A. N. S. PHILA., VOL. X. 102 CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF But three arrow points were met with; one superficially, two with originalburials. With the lowest layer of bodies were two fragments of tobacco pipes of clay.(Figs. 112 and 113)..
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