of them were 2 to 4 feet under 

 the surface. It seemed as though 

 it had been the custom for a long 

 period of time to throw earthen- 

 ware out of the windows of this 

 edifice. 



At the end of a week of hard 

 and continuous labor we had not 

 succeeded in finding a single skull, 

 a single burial cave, nor any pieces 

 of bronze or pots worth mention- 

 ing. We did not like to resort to 

 the giving of prizes at such an 

 early stage. A day or two spent 

 in hunting over the mountain side 

 with the Indians for burial caves 

 yielding no results, we finally of- 

 fered a prize of one sol (50 cents 

 gold) to any workman who would 

 report the whereabouts of a cave 

 containing a skull, and who would 

 leave the cave exactly as he found 

 it, allowing us to see the skull ac- 

 tually in position. 



the; se;arch for burial, caves 



The next day all the workmen 

 were allowed to follow their own 

 devices, and they started out early 

 on a feverish hunt for burial 

 caves. The half dozen worthies 

 whom we had brought with us 

 from Cuzco returned at the end 

 of the day tattered and torn, sad- 

 der and no wiser. They had 

 hewed their way through the 

 jungle, one of them had cut open 

 his big toe with his machete, their 

 clothes were in shreds, and they 

 had found nothing. 



But the Indians who lived in 

 the vicinity, and who had un- 

 doubtedly engaged in treasure- 

 hunting before, responded nobly 

 to the offer of a prize, and came 

 back at the end of the day with 

 the story that they had discovered 

 not one, but eight, burial caves, 

 and desired eight soles. 



This was the beginning of a 

 highly successful effort to locate 

 and collect the skeletal remains of 

 the ancient inhabitants of Machu 

 Picchu. Fifty-two graves in and 

 near this ancient city were exca- 

 vated by Dr. Eaton, our osteolo- 

 gist, and fully as many more were 



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