Physical anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares and of the eastern Indians in general / Aleš Hrdlička.

  • Alex Hrdlicka
Date:
[1916]
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Credit: Physical anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares and of the eastern Indians in general / Aleš Hrdlička. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ILLUSTRATION'S Page Plate 1. Anthropological map of the Indian population of eastern United States and Canada according to present knowledge. 11 2. General view of the locality of the Munsee cemetery at Minisink, New Jersey. 15 3. Plan of the Munsee burial site showing location and position of the burials. 17 4. Two typical Munsee burials in moderately contracted position. 18 5. Two burials in extended position. 20 6. Male Munsee skull No. 285,303, U.S.N.M. (front view). 22 7. Male Munsee skull No. 285,303, U.S.N.M. (side view). 25 8. Male Munsee skull No. 285,303, U.S.N.M. (view from above), show¬ ing typical features.•.. 26 9. Male skull No. 99-6669, A. M. N. II., from Manhattan Island (front view). 28 10. Male skull No. 99-6669, A.M.N.H., from Manhattan Island (side view). 31 11. Male skull No. 99-6669, A.M.N.H., from Manhattan Island (view from above), showing long ovoid outline. 32 12. Male Munsee skull No. 285,308, U.S.N.M. (front view). 34 13. Male Munsee skull No. 285,308, U.S.N.M. (side view). 37 14. Male Munsee skull No. 285,308, U.S.N.M. (view from above). 38 15. Undeformed typical female Munsee skull No. 285,309, U.S.N.M. (view from above). 40 16. Male Munsee skull No. 285,306, U.S.N.M., showing fine ovoid out¬ line . 40 17. Large male skull No. 2010-4423, A. M. N. II., from Manhattan Island, showing fine elliptical outline. 40 18. Adult male skull from Manhattan Island, No. 99-6667, A. M. N. II., showing an exceptionally high and narrow face. 42 19. Brachycephalic extraneous female skull, No. 285,311, U.S.N.M. (view from above), found with the Munsee Indians. 44 20. Skull of Munsee child of about six years of age, No. 285,329, U.S.N.M., showing fronto-occipital compression. 45 21. Base of female skull No. 285,311, U.S.N.M. (brachycephalic ex¬ traneous), found among the Munsee burials, showing excessive size of the foramina ovale, especially on the right side. 48 22. Lower jaw of female Munsee skull No. 285,307, U.S.N.M., showing complete fusion of the right lower lateral incisor and canine. 49 23. Supracondyloid process in a femur, and a spurious supiaeondyloid foramen in a humerus of the Munsee. 54 24. Fusion of humerus and ulna; male Munsee skeleton No. 285,303, U.S.N.M.'. 58
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