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THE COLLECTION OF OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM MACHU PICCHU. 



Llama meat seems to have been provided for the needs of the two persons buried in this 

 grave, but tlie provision was not over generons, judging from the indications afforded by 

 the distal end of a humerus and one phalanx, which were all the llama bones that were, 

 found. The human bones were scattered about the cave, and it was noted that the proximal 

 ends of the femora and the distal ends of the tibia" and fibula; were most decayed, show- 

 ing that the mummies had originally been placed sitting in the contracted position. With 

 regard to the human skeleton, No. 3204, as in other cases coming to our attention, the 

 absence of the mandible may be the result of temporary removal of the mummy from the 

 cave for ceremonial purposes. 



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Figure 43. — Horizontal plan of the Three-storied Burial Cave 47. 



The pottery found in this cave included a beaker-shaped olla (M. P. 

 a diota-shaped pot (M. P. 936). 



961) and 



Cave 49. 



This cave was in the upper grave region not far from the Rock-sheltered Terrace. It 

 contained the skeleton of a woman about twenty-five years of age (Ost. Coll. 3206). The 

 undeformed skull is of the coastal type. From the manner in which the long bones are 

 afifected by decay, it is evident that burial was in the contracted position. 



Cave 50. 



This cave was located beneath a large bowlder not far from the huts occupied by my 

 Indian assistants, who posed at the entrance while the photograph reproduced in text-figure 

 45 was taken. 



