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PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE ANCIENT HUMAN SKULL-REMAINS FROM THE TRANSVAAL.

1917; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00359191709520168

2154-0098

S. H. Haughton, R. B. Thomson, L. Péringuey,

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Towards the end of the year 1913 Mr. F. W. FitzSimons, of the Port Elizabeth Museum, was shown the portion of the skull-cap herein described which had been unearthed in making an underground drain on the farm Kolonies Plaats, Boskop, in the Potchefstroom district of the Transvaal.He recognised it as a human relic, and proceeded to make further excavations on the site.A year later further excavations were made by officers of the South African Museum and the Port Elizabeth Museum aided by a .grantfrom the Royal Society of South Africa, but the results obtained were very poor.The remains found consist of a large portion of a calvaria, the horizontal portion of the left ramus of the mandible, the major portion of .a. temporal bone, and some fragmentary limb-bones.It is intended that these remains shall be described more fully later; but in view of notices of .a. misleading character which have already appeared in print, it has been thought advisable to publish a preliminary note with a few details.For permission to do this, I have to thank Dr. Peringuey, the