PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 32 1 



No. 90. Bronze instrument. — Obtained from the 

 vicinity of Finogasta, in the Province of Catamarca. This 

 is cast in a very rough manner, and the discoverer has cut 

 a large piece off it. It is an agricultural instrument, and 

 if restored w^ould have the form of an English hoe. It 

 seems to be too roughly formed to have belonged to the 

 period of the Spanish conquest. The inference is that it 

 belonged to the Indians, who were employed in cultivating 

 the soil. (See Garcilazo de la Vega and Prescott). An 

 analysis of its constituents may produce evidence of age. 



Nos. 91, 92, 93, 94, and 95. Bronze instruments. — 

 Discovered in the ruins of an ancient Indian smelting fur- 

 nace in the Province of Catamarca. It is difficult to 

 discriminate between the ruins of the Indian smelting 

 furnaces and those of the time of the Spanish conquest, 

 but these instruments appear to be of the Indian period, 

 and are of some interest as far as a determination of the 

 constituents are concerned. 



No. 96. Bronze handle. — Found near Finogasta, 

 (Province of Catamarca). It appears to belong to a tea- 

 caddy or small chest, of which it must have been the 

 handle. It is probably of the time of the Spanish conquest 

 or the Jesuits. 



Skulls, &c., of Indians 



Nos. 97, 98, 99, loi, 102, 105, 106, 107 and 108. 

 Skulls and other bones. — Found in an ancient tomb, 

 which had been made in soft micaceous schist between 

 beds of inclined rock in a dry situation, near Anillaco, 

 to the Fast of the ruined Indian village. La Troya, 

 (Province of (Catamarca). The tribe and age have not 

 been determined. No. 99 is much older than the other 

 two. Nos. 99 and 10 1 appear to belong to the same 

 skeleton. Nos. 102 nnd 105 also apjiear to belong 

 to the same skeleton. 



