TWO-HANDLED DISH USED BY THE INCAS EOR SERVING THEIR FOOD 



They were painted in three colors, with geometric patterns, the same on each side. The 

 dish was evidently intended to be set down between two persons, since it is equally attractive 

 on either side. ?4 natural size. 



THE 191 5 EXPEDITION 



It would be foolish to attempt to pre- 

 dict how much will be accomplished b}^ 

 the expedition in 1915; but as a portion 

 of the area to be covered has only just 

 been mapped, and several hundred square 

 miles lie in virtually unexplored terri- 

 tory, it is hoped that the results will prove 

 geographically interesting and scientific- 

 ally valuable. 



The personnel of the Expedition is 

 as follows :* Director, Hiram Bingham. 



Geologist, Herbert E. Gregory,"Ph. D., 

 Silliman Professor of Geology in Yale 

 University, Geologist of the Society's 

 19 1 2 Expedition. 



Naturalist, Edmund Heller, Naturalist 

 of the Smithsonian African Expedition, 

 under the leadership of Col. Theodore 

 Roosevelt. 



Botanist, O. E. Cook, Ph. D., of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



*A11 the members of the expedition (ex- 

 cepting Professor Gregory) sailed from New 

 York March 3, 1915, on S. S. Zacapa bound 

 for Peru. 



Surgeon and Physical Anthropologist, 

 D. E. Ford. M. D. ; Topographical Engi- 

 neer, Albert H. Bumstead, of the 1912- 

 1914 Expeditions; Topographer, Edwin 

 L. Anderson ; Chief Engineer, Ellwood 

 C. Erdis, of the 1912-1914 Expeditions; 

 Engineer, J. J. Hasbrouck, Ph. B. ; Chief 

 Assistant and Interpreter, Osgood Hardy, 

 M. A., of the 1912-1914 Expeditions; 

 Assistant Topographer, Clarence F. May- 

 nard, C. E. ; Assistant Botanist, G. B. 

 Gilbert, of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



THE MOST ATTRACTIVE ElEED EOR 

 EXPLORATION IN THE WORLD 



There is no part of the world which 

 offers to the scientific explorer a more 

 attractive field than the highlands of 

 Peru and Bolivia. 



In the first place, this region contains 

 the vestiges of the most ancient and most 

 advanced culture in South America. 

 These remains consist in part of the ruins 

 of roads and aqueducts ; walls and ter- 

 races, fortresses, towns and cities. Be- 

 sides the works of the ancient engineers 



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