Physical Anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares

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Author

Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943

Title

Physical anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares, and of the eastern Indians in general

Original Publication

New York: The Museum of the American Indian, Heye foundation, 1916.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Indians of North America -- Anthropometry

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77212

Release Date

November 10, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE LENAPE OR DELAWARES, AND OF THE EASTERN INDIANS IN GENERAL
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Introduction
7. 7.CONDITION OF THE COLLECTION — General — Age and Sex — Artificial Deformation — Pathology
8. 8.THE CRANIA — General Observations: Differences in Type — Chief Descriptive Features — Measurements — FORM OF THE VAULT — SIZE OF THE SKULL — RELATION OF SIZE OF SKULL TO STATURE — SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE FACE — ORBITS. NOSE — PROGNATHISM — PALATE — FORAMEN MAGNUM — LOWER JAW — Detailed Observations on the Crania — THE VAULT: FOREHEAD — SAGITTAL REGION — TEMPORO-PARIETAL REGION — OCCIPUT — SUTURES: SERRATION — OCCLUSION OF SUTURES — WORMIAN BONES — BREGMA AND INCA BONES — PARIETAL FORAMINA — RETROMASTOID FORAMINA — MASTOIDS — SUPRAORBITAL RIDGES — NASION DEPRESSION — NASAL BRIDGE — NASAL BONES — NASAL APERTURE — NASAL SPINE — ORBITS — SUBORBITAL FOSSÆ — MALAR BONES. ZYGOMÆ — UPPER ALVEOLAR ARCH — LOWER JAW — PALATE — BASE OF THE SKULL — MISCELLANEOUS ANOMALIES — The Teeth — Summary of Measurements and Observations on the Crania
9. 9.THE BONES — Humerus — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS — DETAILED OBSERVATIONS — Radius — Ulna — Femur — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS — MEASUREMENTS — HUMERO-FEMORAL INDEX — THE SHAFT — PLATYMERY — SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FEMORA — Tibia — Fibula — Clavicle — Sternum — Scapula — GENERAL FEATURES — DESCRIPTIVE FEATURES — Ribs — Spine — Sacrum — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS — SEGMENTS — CURVATURE — Ossa Innominata and Pelvis — THE OSSA INNOMINATA — THE PELVIS AS A WHOLE — Short and Other Bones — PATELLA — BONES OF THE HAND — BONES OF THE FEET — Summary of Measurements and Observations on Parts of the Munsee Skeleton other than the Skull.
10. 10.II. EASTERN INDIAN CRANIA IN GENERAL — General Observations — Cranial Index — Height of Skull — Size of Skull — Facial Measurements — HEIGHT OF THE FACE — BREADTH OF THE FACE — Orbits — Nasal Index — Palate — Prognathism
11. 11.APPENDIX
12. 12.Untitled

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