/S THE COLLECTION OF OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM MACHU PICCHU. 



Cave 93 (Plate III, figures i and 2), are compared with the tokens Numbers 668 and 



669 from this cave (Plate III, figures 3 and 4). The question of tlie true significance of 



these remarkable stone objects clearly offers a most interesting problem for ethnological 



Cave 98. 



This cave was reported to be "one mile southeast from the city, in a saddle of the 

 Machu Picchu mountain." A glance at the map of the mountain makes it seem probable 

 that the location was a little nearer the city — perhaps only about three-quarters of a mile 

 distant — and on the further boundary of what may be termed the upper grave region. 



A small man (Ost. Coll. 3245) was buried here, whose skull, if unaccompanied by the 

 pelvis, might easily be mistaken for that of a woman. It is diminutive, and though not in 

 condition for accurate measurement probably had a capacity of but little over 1200 ccni. 

 Those parts of the skull which in the male sex are usually of large size and rugose are 

 here developed only to a very slight degree. As the sacrum, the right innominate bone, 

 and the greater part of the left innominate bone have been preserved, the sex of this 

 individual may be stated positively, notwithstanding the indifferent sexual development of 

 the skull. 



No pottery was recorded from this cave, the only articles listed being: A part of a small 

 wooden dish (M. P. 675), a broken wooden spindle whorl* (M. P. 676), a stone counter 

 3.9x3.0x0.8 cm. (M. P. 677) and two small bone implements that may have served as 

 awls (M. P. 678, 679). 



Cave 99. 



The location recorded for this cave is the same as for the last. Pieces of a human skull 

 and jaw, with a few other badly decayed bones, were collected, also some llama bones and 

 the lower jaw of a small rodent. A few potsherds, and seven implements described by 

 Mr. Erdis as polishing stones complete the list. 



The diminutive size and female contour of the adult skull are good indications of its 

 sex, additional evidence being furnished by a pair of small slight femora. 



The occurrence in the cave of the seven "polishing stones," which were not saved "as 

 they were ordinary and heavy" and which should not, perhaps, be regarded as a woman's 

 tools, presents no difficulty whatever, since there is also a pair of short but very heavy femora 

 that point to the interment at some time of a muscular man of low or moderate stature, 

 in the same cave. 



A ladle or plate with loop handle (M. P. 1044) is the only piece of pottery identified 

 among the sherds. 



The rodent lower jaw proves to be an excellent specimen of a paca. Agouti sp. (Ost. 

 Coll. 3326), with nearly complete dentition. It is a welcome addition to the osteological 

 collection, as it presumably belongs to the new sjK'cies described on page 89. 



♦ Quoted from ihc Provisional List of Pottery, Bronzes, etc.. foinul nt Macliii Picclui. T liave not examined 

 the specimen. 



