Some aboriginal sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas : Atchafalaya River, Lake Larto, Tensas River, Bayou Maçon, Bayou D'Arbonne, in Louisiana; Saline River, in Arkansas / by Clarance B. Moore ; a report on a collection of crania and bones from Sorrel Bayou, Iberville Parish, Louisiana / by Dr. A. Hrdlička.

Clarence Bloomfield Moore

Date:: 1913

Credit: Some aboriginal sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas : Atchafalaya River, Lake Larto, Tensas River, Bayou Maçon, Bayou D'Arbonne, in Louisiana; Saline River, in Arkansas / by Clarance B. Moore ; a report on a collection of crania and bones from Sorrel Bayou, Iberville Parish, Louisiana / by Dr. A. Hrdlička. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Iroquois. To the south westward, they are related to the few undeformed crania that we now know from the Port Arthur region and from Galveston. The above suggestions are about all that can at present be ventured with some safety. The anthropologist works under great difficulties in these regions, on one hand on account of the head deformations, and on the other because of lack of well-identified comparative material from such tribes as the Choctaw and their neighbors on one side, the Chitimacha and Atakapa on the other and the Fig. lb.—The lowest dorsal and upper three lumbar vertebrae of skeleton No. 277,730, U. S. N. M., showing diseased condition and bend forward. Side view. Natchez people to the north. However, if collections such as those of Mr. Moore continue to be made we shall a few years hence be in a position to give a more definite account of the nature of the remains from these territories than is now possible. Special Remarks: With the exception of a few insignificant impressions due to old knocks, occasional traces of arthritis in the glenoid fossa and on the

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