NO. l8 ANTHROPOLOGICAL WORK IX PERU — HRDI.ICKA 2~ 



lea. They doubtless represent a special clan or tribe of the coast 



people. 



In contrast to the cemeteries of Lomas and also to those at Con- 



ventillo. the burials in this locality were poor in fabrics, including 

 slings, but there were present wooden clubs made of the hea\ \ 

 huarango (a variety of mesquite). Another interesting condition 



was that some of the burials at least were made in stone-lined pits. 

 The bodies were buried in the contracted position. 



Pathologically, the bono of this cemetery showed a prevalence 



of arthritis ; but there were no well-developed '" mushroom " femora, 

 and only traces of osteoporosis. Otherwise the conditions agreed 

 with those of the rest of the coasl people in this vicinity. 



The cemeteries of Conventillo have yielded glass beads, copper 

 pins made in the European style and some other object- indicating 

 contact with the whites, and must therefore be classed as post- 

 Columbian: but they date probably from the early part of that 

 period. The burials, as at Lomas, were rich in fabrics and espe- 

 cially in slings, and the fabrics in general were identical in material, 

 colors and designs with those of Lomas. The skeletal remains 

 also, physically as well as pathologically, presented identically the 

 same conditions as those from the Lomas burial grounds. There 

 can be no doubt but that these remains belong to the same tribe of 

 people as do the majority, at least, of those of Lomas, and their 

 date is also a valuable index for the antiquity of those from the 

 more northern locality. 



The Acari ! 'alley. — The narrow valley of the Rio Acari, from 

 Chavina to Otapara (a distance of about 30 miles |, is dotted and in 

 some places overspread with the relics of the aboriginal population, 

 both ruins and cemeteries ( hg. i). Of these remains, those on the 

 south side of the river could not be examined closely on account 

 of the impassable condition of the stream at this time. 



Along the north side of the river ruins and cemeteries are found 

 in the vicinity of all sites where cultivation of the lowlands was 

 possible. The ruins show low walls or foundations, made of water- 

 worn stones, without any cement. Evidently the remainder of the 

 dwellings was of more perishable nature and has completely dis- 

 appeared. Idle enclosed spaces are rectangular and generally of 

 moderate dimensions. 



Burial grounds, merely tapped or excavated only in part, exist 

 near all the ruins. The skeletal remains exposed are fairly 

 abundant, but often in poor condition. Moderate fronto-occipital 



