Notes on the crypt and bones of Hythe Church / by H.D. Dale and F.G. Parsons.

  • Dale, Herbert D.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Notes on the crypt and bones of Hythe Church / by H.D. Dale and F.G. Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Avhicli only appeared in England after the Crusades. We innst next consider Avliat lielp Ave can get from an examination of these skulls in detei’- inining their nationality, and Ave liaAm seA^eral theories to choose from. 1. They are Britons slain by the Saxons in A.D. 4o0, according to Hasted. 2. They are Celtic (British ?), Crothic (Saxon?), and Eoinan, according to ]\lr. Walker. d. They do not belong to a hardy, coarse, primitive race, according to Dr. Knox, although some Boinano-Saxon pottery and media?Ami coarse eartheuAvare Avas found among^ them in restack- ing a portion of the pile, but aim probalily Frenchmen slain in the time of EdAvard T. 4. 4Tiey are Celts, Saxons, Komans, and Laps, according to Mr. Brideanx and Sir Benjamin Bichardson. o. TTiey are mediaeval Kentish skulls shoAving some similarity to modern Grermans, according to Dr. Barnard Davis, Avho saAV only four of them. d. They are skulls Avhich do not differ markedly from those of Englishmen of the ju’esent day, according to Dr. Randall DaAus.