SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEON8 COLLECTION* 



VOL. CI, NO. 18, PL. 23 





Fig. 1. Some recent excavations in one of the old Nasca cemeteries, showing the abandoned 



skulls and bones 



Fig. 2. Excavations 3t Coyungo, showing a subterranean burial chamber and debris of the 



cotton-padded mummies 



ANCIENT CEMETERIES IN PERU, SHOWING THE RESULTS OF THE PEON'S WORK. THE SKULLS, 

 BONES, FABRICS ETC., ARE LEFT TO DESTRUCTION 



