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Show THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH skull and was as pronounced in the women as in the men. The occipital deformity is so noticeable and so constant among Ph sical this Pe Ple that a normal cranium among a lot of skulls Character- would attract the attention of an investigator. Mr. istics. Wetherill discovered that two forms of human skulls occurred in the canons: the broad, short, flattened cranium of the Cliff Dweller and a narrow, elongate, normal cranium. The BASKET BURIAL, GRAND GULCH, UTAH latter was the only kind found buried under baskets, a fact which suggested to the discoverer the name " Basket Makers" as an appropriate appellation for the ancient people whose remains he had found. But these were not the only marked differences between the two people whose remains are so closely associated. That the Basket Makers used the bow is doubtful. They had, however, a form of weapon unknown in the Southwest, either in ancient or 6 |