Alaska -- Antiquities; Eskimos; Eskimos -- Anthropometry; Indians of North America -- Alaska; Indians of North America -- Yukon
_Skull No. 333950._--Of the third skull, recovered from the sands of
the beach at low water in 1927 by Mr. Lawrence, there are only the two
parietals. The specimen is that of a young adult female. The bones,
rather submedium in thickness, indicate a skull of slightly smaller
size and slightly shorter than the preceding but of much the same
general type.
_The skeletal parts of male No. 332513._--Humeri: The long bones all
give the impression of straightness, length, and of a certain gracility
of form combined with strength, but without massiveness. The right
humerus presents a small but distinct supracondylar process, a rarity
among Indians. The fossae are not perforated. Measurements:
Length, maximum:
Right cm 35.8
Left cm 35.3
Major diameter at middle:
Right cm 2.5
Left cm 2.4
Minor diameter at middle:
Right cm 1.65
Left cm 1.6
Index at middle:
Right _66_
Left _66.7_
Type of shaft at middle,
prismatic:
Right cm 1
Left cm 1
Right radius:
Length, maximum, near cm 27
Radio-humeral index,
approximately _75.5_
The shaft approaches type IV (quadrilateral). There is but small
curvature.
Right ulna: Lacks the olecranon; shaft prismatic, with anterior and
posterior surfaces fluted; but a moderate curvature backward upper
third.
Femora:
Length, bicondylar, right cm 48.2
Humero-femoral index _74.3_
Diameter antero-posterior
maximum at middle--
Right cm 3.05
Left cm 3.2
Diameter lateral maximum
at middle--
Right cm 2.5
Left cm 2.65
Index at middle--
Right _82_
Left _82.8_
Diameter maximum at upper
flattening--
Right cm 3.5
Left cm 3.7
Diameter minimum at upper
flattening--
Right cm 2.1
Left cm 2.25
Index at upper flattening--
Right _60_
Left _60.8_
Type shaft at middle--
Right 1
Left, near 1
The bones, especially the right, are remarkable for their graceful form
and approach to straightness. The linea aspera is high but not massive
or rough.
Right tibia: Length (?), extremities wanting. A moderate physiological
curvature forward, middle third.
Diameter antero-posterior at middle, right cm 3.25
Diameter lateral at middle cm 1.95
Index at middle _60_
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