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1. Anthropological map of the Indian population of eastern
United States and Canada according to present knowledge 11
2. General view of the locality of the Munsee cemetery at
Minisink, New Jersey 15
3. Plan of the Munsee burial site showing location and
position of the burials 17
4. Two typical Munsee burials in moderately contracted position 18
5. Two burials in extended position 20
6. Male Munsee skull No. 285,303, U.S.N.M. (front view) 22
7. Male Munsee skull No. 285,303, U.S.N.M. (side view) 25
8. Male Munsee skull No. 285,303, U.S.N.M. (view from above),
showing typical features 26
9. Male skull No. 99-6669, A.M.N.H., from Manhattan Island
(front view) 28
10. Male skull No. 99-6669, A.M.N.H., from Manhattan Island
(side view) 31
11. Male skull No. 99-6669, A.M.N.H., from Manhattan Island
(view from above), showing long ovoid outline 32
12. Male Munsee skull No. 285,308, U.S.N.M. (front view) 34
13. Male Munsee skull No. 285,308, U.S.N.M. (side view) 37
14. Male Munsee skull No. 285,308, U.S.N.M. (view from above) 38
15. Undeformed typical female Munsee skull No. 285,309, U.S.N.M.
(view from above) 40
16. Male Munsee skull No. 285,306, U.S.N.M., showing fine
ovoid outline 40
17. Large male skull No. 2010-4423, A.M.N.H., from Manhattan
Island, showing fine elliptical outline 40
18. Adult male skull from Manhattan Island, No. 99-6667, A.M.N.H.,
showing an exceptionally high and narrow face 42
19. Brachycephalic extraneous female skull, No. 285,311, U.S.N.M.
(view from above), found with the Munsee Indians 44
20. Skull of Munsee child of about six years of age, No. 285,329,
U.S.N.M., showing fronto-occipital compression 45
21. Base of female skull No. 285,311, U.S.N.M. (brachycephalic
extraneous), found among the Munsee burials, showing
excessive size of the foramina ovale, especially on the
right side 48
22. Lower jaw of female Munsee skull No. 285,307, U.S.N.M.,
showing complete fusion of the right lower lateral incisor
and canine 49
23. Supracondyloid process in a femur, and a spurious
supracondyloid foramen in a humerus of the Munsee 54
24. Fusion of humerus and ulna; male Munsee skeleton
No. 285,303, U.S.N.M. 58
25. _a._ The seventh cervical vertebra of female Munsee
skeleton No. 285,311, U.S.N.M., with a cervical rib.
_b._ Scapula of female Munsee skeleton No. 285,328,
U.S.N.M., showing semilunar shape of the superior border 76
26. _a._ Male Munsee sacrum showing bilateral articulation
with an extra segment introduced between the last lumbar
and the sacrum.
_b._ Female Munsee sacrum showing bilateral articulation
with extra segment 81
27. Female Munsee sacrum showing unilateral articulation with
the fifth lumbar 82
28. _a._ Patella of female Munsee skeleton No. 285,311,
U.S.N.M., showing marked obliquity.
_b._ Patellæ of female Munsee skeleton No. 285,309,
U.S.N.M., showing pronounced vastus notch.
_c._ Internal cuneiforms of male Munsee skeleton
No. 285,301, U.S.N.M., showing each a double metatarsal
facet.
_d._ Pair of female Munsee scaphoids showing unusual
broad talus facet and peculiar tuberosity 90
29. _a._ The right and left first metatarsal of Munsee
skeleton No. 285,326, U.S.N.M., showing disproportion
in size; also a canal in the smaller bone, possibly the
vestige of an early fracture.
_b._ The calcanei of male Munsee skeleton No. 285,313,
U.S.N.M., showing wide separation of the two facets for
the astragalus 96
FIGURE 1. Map showing the location of the Munsee cemetery 12

PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE LENAPE
OR DELAWARES, AND OF THE EASTERN
INDIANS IN GENERAL

I. SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE MUNSEE

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