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60,000 to 80,000 graves of pilgrims who had come from widely 

 separated regions. The valley of Chicama, near Trujillo, with the 

 neighboring country, was the seat of the powerful people known after 

 one of their chiefs as Chimu. 





Fig. 6. — View of the southwestern part of Pachacamac, from the north. 



Fig. 7. — Figure cast from a mold found in 

 the valley of Chicama, Peru. 



As to the importance of the 

 material collected, Dr. Hrdlicka 

 remarks : 



" Peru may well be regarded, 

 even in its present territorial re- 

 strictions, as the main key to the 

 anthropology of South America. 

 Due to the numbers of its ancient 

 inhabitants, and to their far- 

 reaching social differentiations, 

 indicating long occupancy, a 

 good knowledge of the people of 

 Peru from the earliest times is 

 very desirable, and would con- 

 stitute a solid basis from which 



