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■collected by the writer, and those from Cuzco were col- 

 lected by Sr. Emelio Montez in the tombs atHuaracondo, 

 near Cuzco. 



I greatly regret that other localities are not represented 

 by sufficient material in this Museum so that the paper 

 might be made more complete. It will be evident, how- 

 ever, that at least three regions, widely separated from 

 each other, are well represented. 



It is l)elieved that the material from the North-west 

 Coast is sufficient to enable us to draw conclusions which 

 shall be applicable to that entire region. 



The Ohio material may be regarded as typical of the 

 older populations of the Ohio Valley. Whether it will 

 be found to be similar to that of the modern red-skins of 

 the Ohio Valley and of the eastern United States in gen_ 

 era) remains to be seen — the number ot Iroquois skele- 

 tons examined not being sufficiently large to enable us to 

 draw any satisfactory conclusion. 



The two peoples of ancient Peru, the Yuncas of the 

 coast and the Quichuas of the interior ])lains and valleys, 

 are fairlj'^ well represented ; the former it is believed to 

 an extent quite satisfactory. 



Observations on the luml)ar curve among the peoples 

 of the east coast of South America are especially desir- 

 able, for it seems to me not unlikely that the results 

 from that region may equal or even surpass those of 

 Australia in the height of the lumbo-vertebral index. 

 It may be further stated that only the spines of normal 

 adults, unless otherwise indicated, have been used in the 

 preparation of this paper. 



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