Abstract: The authors studied 26 male and 33 female adult skulls (25-60 years of age). Most of them are 35-45 years of age. The materials were unearthed from Lopu County Shanpula Commune in 1984. The specimens are of 100 B.C. to 300 A.D. according to radioactive carbon dating and archeological records. Their sex and age diagnosis were based on morphology.
The morphological observation and craniometry show that the Shanpula inhabitants are mostly closely related to Mongoloid in some features. However, they are also related to European in other features.
The results of our survey indicated that the inhabitants of Shanpula are of mixed blood. Judging from historical literature, the skull represents the natives of Lopu County.

Key words: Cranial morphological observations; Craniometry; Lopu County; Xinjiang