206 PREHISTORIC INTERMENT NEAR WALTON-ON-NAZE.
" The features are altogether modern : the nose is prominent
and narrow, it has a high bridge, and a suspicion of the Roman
in its curve. The supra-orbital ridges are scarcely marked.
The jaws and teeth are regular ; the chin is not markedly pro-
minent. The face is long and narrow, and of the oval type ;
the cheek bones not being high nor projecting.
" It is when the teeth and jaws are examined that we see
that we cannot be dealing with a modern Englishman. At the
present day the lower incisors are brought up behind the upper
ones in the action of mastication : there is very little side to side
movement of the lower jaw. But in this man and in the English
people of prehistoric times the incisor teeth were brought edge
FlG. 2.—DIAGRAM SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE POSITION OF THE SKELETON
IN THE GRAVE. (FROM A SKETCH MADE ON THE SPOT.)
to edge. They were rubbed against each other from side to side
during mastication, so that the crowns became worn down with
use. When this change in mastication came about in England,
we do not know, but it would be interesting to find out.
" Your evidence points to a death in the autumn, and also
gives us a clue to the nature of the food. The amount of the
seeds found within the body would hardly be an excessive one,
or likely to have caused death. It needs a lot of haws and black-
berries to keep even a little man going for 24 hours. The cause
of death one cannot discover : the skeleton is healthy, and shows
no evidence of violence.
" Another interesting point is the marked specialization of