THE GRAVES. "Jl 



Among the artifacts that undoubtedly came from this grave are the following : A ladle or 

 plate with a bird's head handle (M. P. 803), a hammer-stone 7.1 cm. x 5 cm. x 3.7 cm. (M. P, 

 1865), a small polishing stone (M. P. 2064), a stone knife or scraper (M. P. 2065), a large 

 hammer-stone 18 cm. x 14 cm. x 14 cm., and a large hammer-stone 27.5 cm. x 15 cm. x 10 cm. 



The last two pieces were not saved because of their weight, but Mr. Erdis describes them 

 as being bowlders with rounded sides, and having their two ends badly battered. One can 

 estimate only very roughly the weight of the larger of these two stone hammers, which 

 can hardly have been less than fifteen pounds — an implement that none but a strong man 

 would wish to use. There is every reason to suppose that the Indian whose grave contained 

 this outfit was a stone mason. 



A few pieces of broken bone remain from the portions of llama flesh placed in the cave. 



Cave 82. 



This cave was "half-way down the mountainside, east of the city." Remains of one 

 individual were found there, with a small fire-blackened olla (M. P. 851), a spindle whorl 

 (M. P. 622), a small stone knife or scraper (M. P. 1883) and a small problematic stone 

 object (M. P. 1884). 



The skeleton is that of a rather diminutive woman not more than thirty years of age, 

 whose metopic skull (Ost. Coll. 3237) exhibits a slight Ayniara deformation. Since this 

 cranial fashion seems rarely or never to have been affected by the Peruvians of the coast, 

 this woman may be regarded as a native of the highlands. 



Cave 83. 



This cave was very near the city, in fact only "200 feet northwest of the main gateway," 

 on one of the western andenes. Mr. Erdis was therefore able personally to supervise its 

 excavation. 



The human material comprises two fragmentary and decayed skeletons, one of them male, 

 judging from the size of the long bones, the other female, as shown by the sexual characters 

 of the pelvis. The few cranial fragments that were saved are practically worthless. 



Some llama bones were found in the cave; also a dog's skull and lower jaw, badly 

 decayed, and a femur and tibia of a paca. Agouti sp. (Ost. Coll. 3325). 



The following articles were also collected : 



M. P. 945. A very small jug, height 4 cm., diameter 5.4 cm. 



M. P. 1922, 1944, 2058. Pieces of paint. 



M. P. 1915, 1917- Knives or scrapers. 



M. P. 1916. Stone polisher. 



M. P. 1918. Pestle, length 5.7 cm., width 3.6 cm. 



M. P. 1919, 192 1. Small river pebbles. 



M. P. 1920. Small rough stone object. 



Cave 84. 



From this cave, "200 feet west of the main gateway" to the city, the remains of two 

 individuals were collected, each accompanied by a number of small personal articles that 

 are carefully referred by Mr. Erdis to the individual owners. 



