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indistinct. A trace of a double frontal suture extends from the nasion
1 cm. upward. The occiput is flat, the lines nuche very distinct.
Mastoid processes large, incisuree mastoidese deep. The pars basilaris is
wide, the condyles far apart, much curved. The styloid processes are
large. The palate is high but flat-roofed. Teeth large; retention of

Fig, 28.—Chinook. (Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 38946.)

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second left incisor. On both sides very large exostoses in ears. Alveolar
arch rounded. Juga alveolaria large. Fosse canine deep. Nose large.
Nasal bones 30 mm. long, with many foramina. Cross-section of nose round.
Prenasal fosse. Septum asymmetrical. Edges of orbits overhanging.

3. Peabody Museum, 6782. Child. Pars basilaris lost; right side of

Fig. 29.—Chinook. (Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass., No. 6782.)

oceiput broken. Skull very much flattened ; deep groove behind coronal
suture. Sutures simple; frontal suture persistent. On inner side of
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