the graves. 63 



Caves 64, 65, 66. 



Caves 64, 65, and 66 were close together, about one-third the way down the mountain- 

 side, northeast of the city. They were excavated on the same day by the Indians, and 

 there seems to be some confusion in the material credited to the three localities. Because 

 of the fragmentary condition of the bones, I cannot separate the individuals with certainty. 



Cave 64 apparently contained the decayed fragments of one adult human skeleton of small 

 size and probably female. There were also a few recognizable pieces of llama bone, and 

 the middle third of the shaft of a small tibia (Ost. Coll. 3389) neatly cut off just above 

 the nutritive foramen (Plate IV, figure 13). This bone is probably from a small ungulate, 

 either a llama or a deer. It may represent a whistle in the making. Mr. Erdis has recorded 

 that some handsome potsherds were found at this grave. 



Cave 65 yielded the fragmentary remains of two individuals, one a child about seven 

 years of age (Ost. Coll. 3222), the other an infant of about twelve months. A plant-spine 

 "needle" with a ring of silver wire passed through the eye (M. P. 1640) may have been 

 the only piece of jewelry the older child possessed — a pin to fasten the shawl across the 

 breast. The wire ring would, of course, preclude its use as a needle. 



Cave 66. From this grave were taken two human skulls, three jaws, other miscellaneous 

 bones, some potsherds, a small bronze curette or spoon with the head in the form of a 

 humming bird or other long-billed bird (M. P. 571), a piece of quartz crystal, broken 

 bronze tweezers, and a small shred of brown cloth. 



The first human skull (Ost. Coll. 3223) is that of a young woman, nearly adult, whose 

 affiliation with the brachycephalic people of the coast is, I think, evidenced by a moderate 

 degree of occipital flattening. 



The second skull (Ost. Coll. 3224) is an adult female, also of the coast type, as denoted 

 by the cranial index 85.5. It is the smallest adult skull in the collection, having a capacity 

 of only 922 ccm. 



A few fragments of a third skull go with the third mandible. It seems to have been a 

 medium-sized skull with small mastoids and slight zygomata, but I should not wish to hazard 

 a guess regarding its se.x. 



The long bones from the three caves. Numbers 64, 65 and 66, are all within the female 

 range of size and proportion, but among a number of imperfect pelvic bones there are 

 two iliac fragments with somewhat narrow greater iliac notches. My doubt regarding the 

 sex of the skull 66C is largely based on the male aspect of these two specimens. 



Cave 67. 



This location was "half-way down the mountainside, northeast: of the city." One poorly 

 preserved adult skeleton was found, together with some potsherds and a large bronze pin 

 (M. P. 768) of the kind used by women. The fragmentary condition of the skull pre- 

 cludes accurate measurement, but it is female and appears to be of the undeformed mountain 

 type. It is certainly not of the pronounced coast type, and shows no traces of occipital 

 flattening. 



