THE GRAVES. 



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ment had been made in the contracted position. The only artifact taken from the grave 

 was a pair of very broad-edged bronze tweezers (M. P. 764). 



Grave 46 also yielded a badly decayed female skeleton. The arrangement of these bones 

 in the grave sugg'ested the possibility that this was not an original burial. No artifacts 



Figure 40. — View of location 42 before excavation. Photograph by the author. 



were seen in this grave. The purpose for which the low stone walls were constructed is 

 not clear. 



Cave 47. 



One of the most remarkable burial places that we discovered in our search for graves 

 at Machu Picchu was the unique three-storied cave shown in text-figures 43 and 44. This 

 was near Cave 46. 



