DOI Artikel:
Derry, Douglas Erith: Anatomical report (B)
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18103#0032
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These people were small, five males (all that could be directly
measured), averaging 1-528 metres, and five females, 1*529. The
bones were, for the most part, slender and without well-marked bony
prominences for muscular attachments. The hair, where found,
appears to have been dark and wavy, or in some cases straight, but
not curly. The teeth were almost uniformly healthy, in marked
contrast therefore to those found in cemeteries of later periods.
With regard to the form of skull in these ancient Nubians, it was
generally somewhat small, and usually of the type which has been
called " coffin-shaped," though anteriorly it is narrower in relation to
its maximum breadth and more pointed than the typical coffin-shaped
Egyptian skull. Nor is it a true Negro skull. The maximum and
minimum breadth-dimensions approximate more nearly than in either
the Nubians or Egyptians (see projection drawing of Negro skull in
Bulletin No. 2, PL LXXVIII).
It was, however, in the facial characters that the Negroid influence
appeared most marked. Here, there was almost invariably definite
apparent prognathism, though this was not always borne out on
measurement. The nose was never large, but more prominent than
in the Negro. It was also narrower and not so flat as in the latter
race. The magins of the nares were occasionally rounded, but were
often sharp, and the orbits usually elliptical. In the mandible the
Negroid influence was as a rule pronounced ; the jaw being small,
pointed or rounded, never square, the chin somewhat receding, and the
ramus low and with a distinct backward slope. As already remarked,
this group of bodies formed a series of such uniformity that it was
possible to establish a standard by which to gauge the differences in
the various types met with. While exhibiting definite evidences of
Negro admixture, they were quite distinct from the true Negro found
in the same cemetery. The faces of those Middle Nubians were rather
long in proportion to the general size of head, and tended (particularly
in the females) to taper off towards the chin, giving them a pointed
ovoid appearance, as contrasted with the long Egyptian ellipsoid face
with square chin, or the short broad face of the true Negro. They
may with justice be referred to as the Nubian type, in contradistinction
to the Egyptian and Negro.
In several of the bodies examined in this cemetery, the bones were
found to be stained with a deep red-brick colour. In one case, that
These people were small, five males (all that could be directly
measured), averaging 1-528 metres, and five females, 1*529. The
bones were, for the most part, slender and without well-marked bony
prominences for muscular attachments. The hair, where found,
appears to have been dark and wavy, or in some cases straight, but
not curly. The teeth were almost uniformly healthy, in marked
contrast therefore to those found in cemeteries of later periods.
With regard to the form of skull in these ancient Nubians, it was
generally somewhat small, and usually of the type which has been
called " coffin-shaped," though anteriorly it is narrower in relation to
its maximum breadth and more pointed than the typical coffin-shaped
Egyptian skull. Nor is it a true Negro skull. The maximum and
minimum breadth-dimensions approximate more nearly than in either
the Nubians or Egyptians (see projection drawing of Negro skull in
Bulletin No. 2, PL LXXVIII).
It was, however, in the facial characters that the Negroid influence
appeared most marked. Here, there was almost invariably definite
apparent prognathism, though this was not always borne out on
measurement. The nose was never large, but more prominent than
in the Negro. It was also narrower and not so flat as in the latter
race. The magins of the nares were occasionally rounded, but were
often sharp, and the orbits usually elliptical. In the mandible the
Negroid influence was as a rule pronounced ; the jaw being small,
pointed or rounded, never square, the chin somewhat receding, and the
ramus low and with a distinct backward slope. As already remarked,
this group of bodies formed a series of such uniformity that it was
possible to establish a standard by which to gauge the differences in
the various types met with. While exhibiting definite evidences of
Negro admixture, they were quite distinct from the true Negro found
in the same cemetery. The faces of those Middle Nubians were rather
long in proportion to the general size of head, and tended (particularly
in the females) to taper off towards the chin, giving them a pointed
ovoid appearance, as contrasted with the long Egyptian ellipsoid face
with square chin, or the short broad face of the true Negro. They
may with justice be referred to as the Nubian type, in contradistinction
to the Egyptian and Negro.
In several of the bodies examined in this cemetery, the bones were
found to be stained with a deep red-brick colour. In one case, that