other bundles from this site, we find it representative. 
Only Scirpus appears to be somewhat unique, but its 
absence in many other instances may possibly be due to 
oversight or the poor condition of the plant materials. 
Plant remains found in other Paracas Necropolis bun- 
dles, but absent in the one at the Peabody Museum, 
include: remains of a sea alga (Yacovleff and Muelle, 
1934); seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Mangelsdorf, 
1942; Yacovleff and Muelle, 1934); and remains of a 
fruit of Capsicum annuum L. (Natural History, 19388, 
pp. 119-125). 
In addition, Mangelsdorf (1942) reports a specimen of 
Capsicum annuum and seeds of Phaseolus lunatus L. 
among the remains from a tomb at Paracas Cavernas; 
and also seeds of Inga Feuillei DC. among the materials 
from the general digging at Paracas Necropolis. 
Although these lists of plant remains from the Paracas 
sites represent only fourteen species, there are many spe- 
cimens that remain undetermined, the identification of 
which in all probability would greatly increase the list of 
plants known to have been utilized by the people of the 
peninsula of Paracas. All of the plants mentioned here 
have been found at other coastal Peruvian archaeological 
sites which cover a wide range in the cultural chronology 
of the area. 
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