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W'c took <l<i\vii tlic stones of this aim in sncli a manner as 

 to be able to restore them. To onr snr])rise. we fcnmd the base 

 ai)i)r<iximately a rectangle, 6)^ feet on the north and sonth, 5 feet 

 on the east, and 5}^ feet on the west. It rests on a flat surface 

 produced by dii;\i;ing into the side of the crater. Excavation for 

 a depth of about two feet under the south end of the ahu brought 



FIGURE 2. Sketch of the ahu in the Crater of Kamoa o Pele showing 

 manner of Imriaf 



into relief the remains of a body placed face downward, lying 

 southeast and northwest, the head under the south edge of the 

 ahu (fig. 2). The body had been buried grasshopper fashion, the 

 hands were on the back and the legs, bent at the knee, lay along- 

 side the ribs. Two sticks of mamani wood, three inches in diam- 

 eter and longer than the remains, were above, one on either side 

 of the skeleton. They suggested a stretcher by which the body had 

 been borne to this isolated grave. Near the hand were a few 

 pieces of decayed calabash. The skull and jawbone were in good 

 condition, the teeth almost ])erfect, and all present except the right 

 canine and the premolar, which had been lost during life. The 

 bones of the lower part of the body were mtich less well preserved. 



