The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25

spersed with larger which suggest pieces OF
brick Overiying this stratum was layer OF
sand with layer of more recent brick earth
above it. then red loan, and finally the vegetable
top soil-altogether four strata, averaging about
six feet in total thickness
The top of the stratum in which the remains
found appears to have been the land surface
OF the age In which the man lived. This is shown
by the fortunate discovery, 80 yards away.
of the charred and blackened remains OF pre-
historic IRE hearths, fragments of burnt bones
and wood, worked hints and many animal bones.
The worked hints have been submitted to expert
examination at the British museum where the
balance of opinion appears TO be in favor-of
assigning them to the paleolithic period or. at
any rate. to the time of transition between that
and the neolithic age which would place their
age at some $4,000 years. Geological evidence.
however dates them still further back for the
corresponding deposits on the opposite side of
the Midway have yielded fossils of plestocene
times. when the hairy mammoth arctic fox rein
deer and woolly rhfnoceros roamed the land. The
inference, therefore, is that have here paleo-
Ethic encampment. and that the skeleton was
one OF the party. who, judging from the position
OF the remains. was inferred short distance
below the then surface, while some religious sig
nincance is suggested by the body being buried
with the head to the east.
How did the human remains come to lie in
this stratum OF brick earth? Dr.. Edwards OBJ
served, from the position OF the bones which
remained fast in place, that the skeletoa lay on
its back. that all parts of the skeleton were rep
resented. and that the whole did not occupy
more than an extent of three feet in length
evidence that the body was in the contracted"
posture at death. complete skeleton. much
weathered and fragmentary, and in contracteds
posture. could only be explained by surprising
that it had been buried The solution OF the
problem became apparent later At some dis
lance from the site Of the skeleton there were
found extensive remains of ancient fire hearths
These lay Immediately over the stratum con,
tanning the skeleton. and under the everything or
fourth stratum. This level represented an old
land surface. and the skeleton was probably one
of the men who sat round the hearths on that
old land surface. That is the explanation Mr.
Cook suggested at a recent meeting or the Royal
Archaeological institute. when he save an ac
count Of his discoveries. Mr., A. S. Kennard
who is our highest suthority on the Sge Of val
ley deposits, regards the strata over the Halling
man as late pleistoesns in date, Mr. Cook de-
scribei the flint implements found on the old land
surface, but they belong to tyre which was
used by paleolithic as well as neoliShie men
The remains Of the skeleton We're forwarded 10
Professor Keith of the Royal College Of Surgeons
for expert examination. and. as be explained 60
the writer, close scrutiny revealed the s0rpr!s>
ing fact thst We have here type OF man who
in every rarticular-hfain caeScity. conformation
OF skull long oval face pointed projecting chin
stature (iye feet four inches( and general build