Notes on the crypt and bones of Hythe Church / by H.D. Dale and F.G. Parsons.

  • Dale, Herbert D.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Notes on the crypt and bones of Hythe Church / by H.D. Dale and F.G. Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    have hitherto met with ; this |)rol)al)ly i)oiiits to their owners being of sinall statni‘e, and also of the lower class. I have carefully compared the so-called Laps and ancient Konian skulls with a series of ex- amples in our great collection at the College of Surgeons, and do not think that there is enough real similarity to speak definitely. The Ancient Eoman hypothesis at least is a pure surmise, and I should say an unlikely one, judg- ing by the state of preservation. The so-called Jaips have probably been selected on account of the prominence of the cheek bones, but the unlikelihood of Tjaps being in Kent makes it more probable that these belonged to English- men with prominent cheeks and short heads, such as one occasionally meets with now-a- days. The teeth, where they remain, show signs oF a good deal of wearing down, probably pointing to rough food and badly-ground grain. Actual decay is not nearly as common as in modern teeth. It is of course quite easy to tell whether the teeth have been lost during life or after death, because in the former case the sockets have closed up.