 | 1858 - 394 pages
...— "I at first found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could he changed into this fantastic form ; and was led to...observation and comparison have since convinced me that all these variouslyformed heads were originally of the same rounded shape." Such are the latest views of... | |
 | Samuel George Morton - 1849 - 670 pages
...conformation. I at first found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form ; and was led to...artificial elongation of a head remarkable for its natural length and narrowness. I even supposed that the long-headed Peruvians were a more ancient people... | |
 | Samuel Foster Haven - 1856 - 596 pages
...he continues, "found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form; and was led to suppose...artificial elongation of a head remarkable for its natural length and narrowness. I even supposed that the long-headed Peruvians were a more ancient people... | |
 | 1857 - 594 pages
...I, at first, found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form ; and was led to...observation and comparison have since convinced me that all these variously formed head» were originally of the same rounded shape." his favourite science, Dr.... | |
 | 1857 - 520 pages
...I, at first, found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form ; and was led to...its length and narrowness. I even supposed that the long- headed Peruvians were a more ancient people than the Inca tribes, and distinguished from them... | |
 | 1858 - 388 pages
...— "I at first found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form; and was led to suppose...observation and comparison have since convinced me that all these variouslyformed heads were originally of the same rounded shape." Such are the latest views of... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1863 - 470 pages
..." I at first found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form, and was led to suppose...observation and comparison have since convinced me that all these variously-formed heads were originally of the same shape, which is characteristic of the aboriginal... | |
 | 1863 - 506 pages
..." I at first found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form : and was led to...narrowness. I even supposed that the long-headed Peruvians \rere a more ancient people than the Inca tribes, and distinguished from them by their cranial configuration.... | |
 | sir Daniel Wilson - 1865 - 1014 pages
...BRACHYCEPHALIC CRANIA. In his earlier observations, as has already been seen, Dr. Morton was led to believe " that the long-headed Peruvians were a more ancient...distinguished from them by their cranial configuration." This opinion, however, he subsequently abandoned, and set forth as his final belief that the elongated... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1883 - 818 pages
...: "I at first found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form ; and was led to...than the Inca tribes, and distinguished from them 03- their cranial configuration. In this opinion I was mistaken. Abundant means of observation and... | |
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I at first found it difficult to conceive that the original rounded skull of the Indian could be changed into this fantastic form; and was led to suppose that the latter was an artificial elongation of a head remarkable for its length and narrowness.... 
