Photo by Hiram Bingham 

 A CORNIER OF THi: THRIIE-WINDOWElD 



TEMPLE 



In the walls of the temples on the Sacred 

 Plaza are several extraordinarily large granite 

 blocks. In the hole in the upper left-hand 

 corner of the picture rested one end of the 

 beam which supported the roof on the west 

 side of the Temple of the Three Windows. 

 The women are wives of our workmen. The 

 one on the right was wearing a green skirt 

 with a red waist and blue stripes ; the one on 

 the left had on a blue skirt and a red blouse 

 with black dots. 



the first ribs of a small number ot in- 

 dividuals." 



Consequently his first interest on reach- 

 ing Cuzco was to secure specimen ribs 

 of Cuzco domestic cattle. The very first 

 one that we were able to procure from a 

 local butcher shop told a new story. 



Dr. Eaton reports as follows: "The 

 plans for osteological work included the 

 dissection of the carcasses of beef ani- 



mals reared in the high altitudes of the 

 province of Cuzco. This study revealed 

 the fact that, under the life conditions 

 prevailing in this part of the Andes, and 

 possibly due to the increased action of 

 the respiratory muscles in the rarefied 

 air, domestic cattle can develop first ribs 

 of 'bisonic' form. 



There is, therefore, no reason for sup- 

 posing that the bovine rib found with the 

 human bones in the Ayahuaycco Que- 

 brada in 191 1 belongs to some species of 

 bison, and any theory attributing great 

 antiquity to the 'Cuzco man' based on 

 such a supposition is untenable. 



VALUABLK SPECIMENS EXCAVATED IN 

 CUZCO VALEEY 



"Systematic search in the Cuzco Val- 

 ley for ethnological and paleontological 

 material was carried on. Laborers were 

 employed and excavations made in the 

 terraces beneath the walls of the Sacsa- 

 huaman fortress ; in the gardens of the 

 Inca palace near the fortress and among 

 the ruins of the near-by hill called Pic- 

 chu. Several ancient graves on the hills 

 overlooking the village of San Sebastian 

 were explored. Much valuable material 

 was collected, including human skeletons, 

 belonging presumably to both the his- 

 toric and prehistoric periods, together 

 with the bones of contemporaneous lower 

 animals, implements and ornaments of 

 stone, bone, metal and shell, and pottery. 

 The so-called "ash deposits" of the city 

 were examined, and specimens were ob- 

 tained that will probably show that these 

 deposits do not go back of the Hispanic 

 period. 



"Two days were spent making a re- 

 connaissance of fossil beds near Ayus- 

 bamba [near Paruro], about 30 miles 

 southwest from Cuzco, and the results 

 of this brief visit gave such promise that 

 later in the season another trip was made 

 to this interesting locality in company 

 with the geologist and two topographers. 

 Although the locality had already been 

 visited several times by amateur collect- 

 ing parties, it was still possible to obtain 

 a considerable amount of vertebrate ma- 

 terial that will probably yield very satis- 

 factory results." 



GEOEOGICAE INVESTIGATIONS 



The geological examination of the 

 Cuzco Valley undertaken by Professor 



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