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THE COLLECTIUN OF OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM MACHU PICCHU. 



I am disposed to recognize the lady with the choice pottery, the collie-dog, the toilet set, and 

 the handsome concave mirror, as one who had spent her life and progressed far in the 

 service of the Temple of the Sun. 



What grander or more appropriate resting place for her remains, when her service was 

 ended, could have been devised at Machu Picchu than this wonderful terrace, from which. 



Figure 24. — View from the Rock-sheltered Terrace of the mountains to the eastward of Machu Picchu. In 

 the foreground may be seen an old landslide, now covered by vegetation. Many ancient graves may have 

 been destroyed when this part of the Machu Picchu Mountain was swept down into the canon. Photograph 

 by the author. 



before tiie forest overgrew the andenes, the three magnificent views of city, river and 

 mountains that I have tried to show in the accompanying illustrations were presented to 

 the eye? 



The human skeleton (Ost. Coll. 3175) from this grave is of pathological interest. The 

 skull, views of which are shown on Plate XVII, is of an unusual form, yet there is no 

 convincing evidence of voluntary deformation. Although the woman was not past middle- 



