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Hokitika Guardian, 29 November 1923, Page 4

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FRENCH i)ISCOn:nv. 23,000 YEARS-OLD SKKLCTOX. IWRfK. September J 6. (•raves 2'j,OGG veins old am! eoptninl-{ ij'o.sv‘i veti .skeletons of thieo ! pro*historic warriors have keen discovered an Solutie. a village in the Cola* cl Or Department, known for its prehistoric remains.

I.'uriug ,the J;il W years jvmnr k.iMo |>o!ii*4*>ric! .specimens have liven found li u.‘]’«‘. ; in! a short time ago tlu- Lyons Facility of Science decided to umhnt dre a method!. a! search of the district. The first result proved rather tii~ttj)jio;ji tii;ji. hut the vorl; was carried cm. and after -0 days' toil there were found tlte skeletons of three men who lived dm in." the later paleolithic period. I lie three skeletons were buried in the same position at depths of Bft. fill, oit.. and (Ut. respectively. The heads were laid eastward. Lying m their hacks, the hands clasped over the stomach, the skeletons were resting on I a bed of ashes. On either side of each i head wore two roughly hewn stones in the shape of a eroinleen. indie.it in", it is thought, the exact position to lie occupied by file tody. The skeletons evidently b-ivim to extremely powerful men. as the smallest of the three, measures Oft. din. and the i tallc-t lift. Din. The shape of the skulls j is remarkable. The forehead is rather low. The eye sockets are square amM large. The jawbone is prominent. The! a ml rli-pie-jaws are powerit served teeth. The whole of tile skeletons, indeed. | are in excellent pre-o; cation. One | skull is intact, 'while tire trunk litnl’s of another are in perfect condition. To judge Ironi the teeth ike skeletons arc ihc.sc of men front dl to d 7 years old. who probably died while fighting, as the head of a stone arrow was lodged in one skull.

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