Bone Studies
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
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content: Aleš Hrdlička papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1893-1929
label: Date
content: most undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1974-31, Series 16
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Descriptions in quotations marks are Hrdlička's own.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of osteometric measurements on various human bones. It includes original measurements, calculations, derived comparative tables, drawings, adding machine tapes, manuscripts, and photographs. Sometimes the measurements are organized by bone; sometimes by race, tribe, or ethnic group; and sometimes by geographic area. Related materials may be dispersed through several folders. For some material, several versions or copies are included. Most specimens examined are in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History. The specimens of whites were usually from the George S. Huntington collection, originally in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and later in the Smithsonian. The Egyptian material came from excavations of XII Dynasty rock pits at the pyramid of Lisht. The Peruvian material came from burials at Pachacamac and the Valley of the Chicama that Hrdlička attributed to the Yungas. Many American Indian specimens came from excavations widely distributed over the United States and Alaska, some dug by Hrdlička himself. Hrdlička also collected specimens while on world travels and others through correspondence.