Report on the human remains found by F.J. Bennett Esq., F.G.S., in the central chamber of a megalithic monument at Coldrum, Kent / by A. Keith.

  • Keith, Arthur, Sir, 1866-1955.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Report on the human remains found by F.J. Bennett Esq., F.G.S., in the central chamber of a megalithic monument at Coldrum, Kent / by A. Keith. 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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    with flattened tibia, and foot bones which indicate short wide feet possessing free movements. They were a race with only a moderate muscular development. No. 1. No. 2. No. .3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 8. No. 9. List of Crania. A fragment of the frontal bone. Probably of a young Peculiar elongated (Platform 2.) woman. (Platform 1.) Man between 50 and 70 years, coffin-shaped skull. Palate. (Platform 1.) Woman. Probably between 50 and 70 years. (Platform 2.) Kepresented by temporal bones and fragments of the parietal. Probably male. (Platform 2.) Woman. Aged. Frontal bone, face and base of skull are absent. (Platform 2.) Young man, 18 and 20 years. (Platform 2.) Young man, 30 and 40 years ; occipital bone absent. (Platform 2.) Woman 20 and 25 years. Skull with face and palate. (Platform 1.) (Mr. Lindsay of Edinburgh.) Man 20 and 25 years. Table 1.—Coldrum Crania. No. 2. Platform 1. No. 3. Platform 1. No. 4. Platform 2. No. 5. Platform 2. No. 6. Platform 2. No. 7. Platform 2. No. 8. Platform 2. No. 9. Platforml. No. 1 Platform 2. Sex. M. F. M. F. M. M. F. M. F. Age. aged. aged. adult. aged. 18-20 30-40 20-25 20 20 ? Maximum length 200 177 178? 187 190? 190 186 Maximum width 140 142 140 142 140 141 138 Width to length 70 80 -2 78-7? 75 -9 73-7 74 -2 74 -2 ('erebral height 105 106 102 104 103? 104 98 Auricular height 117 122 124 124 113 Min. front, width 98 98 94 98 96 100 Ext. orbit, width 104 104 101 108 100 104 Mean length of males 190'5 mm., of females 182 mm. „ width „ ,, 140 „ „ „ 141 „ „ height „ „ 118 „ „ „ 123 „ The crania.—Although nine crania are enumerated in the list, two of these. Nos. 1 and 4, are so fragmentary that little more than a statement of their sex can be given ; two are very incomplete. No. 5 consisting of the parieto-occipital segment of the cranial vault; No. 7 of the fronto-parietal part of the vault. There are thus only five specimens sufficiently complete to afford definite evidence as to the cranial