Photo by lliram Ijingham 



A LARGE BURIAL CAVE: MACHU PICCIIU 



A flashlight view of cave No. 9, one of the larger burial caves, in the floor of which a 

 number of skeletons were found. On the ground among the rocks were pieces of beautiful 

 large pots, which may have been destroyed at the time of burial (see pages 446-447). 



riiuto by Hiram Bingham 

 COLLECTING THE SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS: MACHU 



PICCIIU 



A flashlight view of the interior of cave No. 11, showing the osteologist, Dr. Eaton, 

 and his Indian helpers during the excavation of a human skeleton. The man at the right 

 is a soldier kindly loaned to us by the Peruvian government to assist us m securmg laborers. 



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