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THE COLLECTION OF OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM MACHU PICCHU. 



Cave 35. 



Nothing was collected from this burial place, as the skeletal remains were almost entirely 

 consumed b}- decay ; in fact, the only recognizable parts were a fragment of the cranial 

 wall and the distal end of a humerus. It would not be wise to attribute this decay solely 

 to length of inhumation, as the grave was ill protected from moisture, and conditions were 

 favorable to early destruction of the bones. 



Figure 30. — Floor plan of Cave 33. In this diagram, as in several others, the projection of the sheltering 

 bowlder is represented by a broken line. 



Cave 36. 



This cave also was in the group of graves a little below the ruins. It contained the 

 osseous reinains of a young woman (Ost. Coll. 3185) of the coast. The position of those 

 bones that were to be seen above the ground is shown in text-figure 31. The greater part 

 of the skeleton was concealed within the grave, which had been filled with earth and 

 small stones, up to the shoulders of the mummj^ The manner in which the ends of some 



Figure 31. — Floor plan of Cave 36. Close to the bones lay the rncker-edged millstone described in the text. 



