Antiquities of central and southeastern Missouri / by Gerard Fowke.

  • Gerard Fowke
Date:
1910
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Credit: Antiquities of central and southeastern Missouri / by Gerard Fowke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Specimen A: Eight tibia, male, adult, damaged. Shape of shaft, 3; diameter aiitero-posterior at middle, 3.9 cm.; diameter lateral at middle, 2.3 cm. Quite marked bend backward above middle. Specimen B: Right tibia, female, adult, damaged. Shape, 3. Diameter antero-posterior at middle, 3.0 cm.; diameter lateral at middle, 2.3 cm. Slight outward bend. Specimen C: Left tibia, adult, probably female, damaged. Shape, 2, typical. Diameter antero-posterior at middle, 3.3 cm.; diameter lateral at middle, 2.0 cm. Specimen D: Left female adult fibula, normal; length, 33.9 cm. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. no. 249691; original ‘no. 16 (exact locality not given): Bones of a female adult skeleton, mostly damaged. Femora: Length, right, 42.4 cm.; left (?). Diameters of upper flattening at its greatest breadth, right, 3.1 X 2.4 cm.; left, 3.2 x 2.4 cm. Shape of shafts both approximat- ing elliptical; linea aspera in both pronounced. Third trochanter small but well-defined on right, moderate-sized on left; in addition each bone presents a pronounced gluteal ridge. A rather large bulge or tubercle is seen on each side at the upper extremity of the anterior inter-trochanteric line. Tibiae: Length, right, 35.8 cm.; left ('0- Diameter antero-poste- rior at middle, right, 3.5 cm.; left, 3.4 cm. Diameter lateral at mid- dle, right, 1.85 cm.; left, 1.9 cm. Shape of shaft in each, type 4. Head of right bone shows a pronounced bend backward; that of the left is missing. Upper third of the sacrum shows a defective, pos- teriorly open, neural arch. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. no. 249692 (exact locality not given): Bones of a male skeleton, mostly damaged. Femora: Diameters at greatest breadth of upper flattening, right, 3.65 X 2.6 cm.; left, 3.5 x 2.6 cm. Shape of shaft in both approxi- mates type 5; the linea aspera is strong in the right, moderately strong in the left bone. A medium-sized well-defined third tro- chanter is present on each side, and there is in each bone a well- marked tubercle at the upper end of the anterior inter-trochanteric line. Both bones show appreciably greater curvature backward than usual at the upper third of the shaft. Tibiae: Diameter antero-posterior at middle, right, 3.85 cm.; left, 3.75 cm. Diameter lateral at middle, right, 2.25 cm.; left, 2.15 cm. Shape of shaft: both type 4, pronounced. The left bone shows a marked exostosis of the popliteal ridge. Left fibula, length, 36.9 cm. Besides the above there is in this lot a specimen which shows a bony fusion, in a semiflexed position, of the proximal two phalanges of one of the fingers.