ABSTRACT

Craniometry determines the cePhal£c index, the relation of the breadth of skulls to their length, and from this standpoint the races are divided into three categories: the dolichocephalic or long-headed men, the brachycephalic or short-headed, and the mesocephalic or medium-headed. This process is, to be sure, somewhat crude. It is supplemented by an examination of the general shape of the skull and particularly of its curvature. Even then craniometry still leaves room for doubts, but in default of other information one cannot afford to ignore the indications supplied by it, and its voice must be heard along with that of archreology with its objects representing human figures. We can at least try to check them one against the other.1