Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar

by T. Rice Holmes

[1705] J. B. Davis and J. T. Thurnam, Crania Britannica, ii, pl. 59, p. 3. See also Brit. Barrows, pp. 127, 713-4.

[1706] See Dr. Beddoe’s article in L’Anthr., v, 1894, p. 515; Rev. mensuelle de l’École d’anthr., v, 1895, p. 171; Rice Holmes, Caesar’s Conquest of Gaul, 1899, p. 251; and Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., xxxvi, 1902, pp. 161-2. Still, Rolleston points out (Brit. Barrows, p. 710) that ‘the orbital index [the relation between the length and breadth of the socket of the eye], which does put ... the Caverne de l’Homme Mort into a position of similarity to skulls such as those of the Tasmanian, Australian, and Melanesian races, puts the neolithic skulls of British Barrows into a position of superiority’, &c.

The average height of the people of l’Homme Mort was, according to M. Rollet, 1 m. 578, or nearly 5 ft. 1-9/10 in.; according to M. Manouvrier, 1 m. 620, or nearly 5 ft. 2-9/10 in. (Mém. de la Soc. d’anthr. de Paris, 2^e sér., iv, 1892, p. 388). See, however, p. 379, n. 3, supra.

[1707] Rev. mensuelle de l’École d’anthr., v, 1895, pp. 163-4. The cephalic indices of 35 Baumes-Chaudes skulls varied from 64·3 to 76·1.

[1708] Mem. Anthr. Soc., i, 1865, p. 160.

[1709] See pp. 393-4, supra.

[1710] Mem. Anthr. Soc., iii, 1870, pp. 72-3.

[1711] Ethnology, 2nd ed., 1896, pp. 135-6.

[1712] Journ. Anthr. Inst., xxix, 1899, p. 308.

[1713] Man, i, 1901, No. 88, p. 110.