42 THE COLLECTION OF OSTEOLOGICAL MATERL\L FROM MACHU PICCHU. 



board, even wlien no pressure was intentionally exerted on the forehead. With this skeleton, 

 the sherds of a two-handled dish were collected. 



Graves 44, 45 and 46. 



These locations, about 800 feet north of the ruins, were beneath the veiy attractive rock- 

 shelter shown in text-figure 41. The under surface of the bowlder is flat, and about 15 



Figure 39. — View of human bones at location 40. A femur and tibia, still united by dried tissues, are seen 

 in the foreground. Photograph by the author. 



feet long and 10 feet wide. The relative 'position of the locations is further explained by 

 text-figure 42. To my great surprise, the cave designated as Grave 44 contained not a single 

 bone nor potsherd. At location 45, we were more successful. Excavating at this i)oint, 

 a poorly preserved skeleton was found, probably female, though the sex is doubtful. Inter- 



