THE GRAVES. 



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of the long bones projected, showed the interment to have been as usual in the contracted 

 position. While excavating the bones, two pins were found, thought to be of silver 

 and of the kind used by ancient Peruvian women to fasten their mantles. Beneath the 

 overhanging edge of the bowlder lay a broken beaker-shaped olla, and a large flat stone 

 supposed at first to be a covering stone of the grave, but later recognized as one of the 



Figure 32. — View of Cave 2>1 from a distance of 25 feet. Photograph by the author. 



Stones used in ancient times in grinding the ceremonial corn-meal. It was the only instance 

 noted where one of these stones was used to deck a grave at Machu Picchu. 



The manner of using the stone is well described by Garcilasso de la Vega,* and need not 

 be quoted here. The important fact to note is that, according to the same historian, bread 

 made from maize was not eaten upon ordinary occasions. 



* Royal Commentaries of the Yncas. Translation by Sir Clements Markham. First Part, Eighth Book, 

 Chapter IX. 



