NO. l6 EXPLORATION IN PERU HRDLICKA J 3 



One word more as to the skeletal material collected. The quan- 

 tity of this material, which exceeds that from any other limited 

 region in America or elsewhere, presents a reference series of the 

 highest value, which will be freely open to scientific investigators 

 who may wish to consult it. 



To the above brief report, the writer has added a bibliography, 

 which will enable the reader to appreciate what has hitherto been 

 done in Peruvian anthropology. Many of the specimens mentioned 

 separately, however, have been reported upon by two or even more 

 writers, so that the total number of described crania is much 

 smaller than would appear. Moreover, a great majority of the 

 enumerated skulls were deformed ; and the measurements or obser- 

 vations in many cases are very inadequate. Contributions of a more 

 general nature, or such as apply to special features (trephining, etc.) 

 are not included. 1 



The four plates of illustrations accompanying this paper show a 

 number of the more interesting specimens from the small archeo- 

 logical collection made by the writer in the valley of Chicama while 

 gathering the skeletal remains. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF PERU 



Blake, John H. Notes on a Collection from the Ancient Cemetery at the 

 Bay of Chacota, Peru. Eleventh Annual Report of the Peabody Mu- 

 seum of Archeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, 1878, pp. 277-304. 



Notes and some measurements on 7 skulls from Chacota (near 

 Arica). 

 Blake, Charles Carter. On the Cranial Characters of the Peruvian Races 

 of Man. Trans. Ethnol. Soc, N. S., Vol. 2, London, 1863, pp. 216-231. 

 General classification. 

 Blake, C. C. On a Skull from the Chincha Islands. Journ. Anthr. Soc, 

 Vol. 7, London, 1869, pp. lxvii-lxx. 



Notes, a few measurements and a discussion without importance. 

 Busk, George. Remarks on a collection of 150 ancient Peruvian skulls, pre- 

 sented to the Anthropological Institute by T. J. Hutchinson. 

 In Hutchinson (Thos. J.) : Two Years in Peru, Vol. 2, London, 



1873, PP- 309-318. 



Brief report on 43 skulls from Ancon, 60 from Pasmayo and 46 from 

 Canete valley. 



1 Historical, ethnographical and other works on Peru are given, to a large 

 extent, but with numerous errors, in Dorsey (Geo. A.) : "A Bibliography of 

 the Anthropology of Peru," Field Columbian Museum Publication No. 23, 

 Chicago, 1898. 



