8o the collection of osteological material from machu picchu. 



Cave ioi. 



This cave must have been very near Cave lOO, for the Indians reported its location in 

 the same terms. As the contents of the two caves are also remarkably similar in character, 

 I have looked carefully for proof that the two recorded localities were really one and the 

 same. None have been observed in the skeletal material and pottery credited to these two 

 localities, and it may be assumed that no mistake was made. 



Ven,' little human material was collected, and even that is in the last stages of decay. 

 One individual only — an adult — is represented ; whether male or female, it is impossible to 

 state positively, but the latter sex is indicated. Among the smaller fragments of bone, a 

 right OS innominatum of a Peruvian Hare, Lagidium sp., occurs. 



An attractive piece of pottery, undecorated, but of an old design known from the coastal 

 region and from the highlands as well, is a flask (M. P. 860) with nearly spherical body, 

 surmounted by a tubular handle of semicircular form, from the summit of which the true 

 neck of the vessel arises (Plate XIV, figure i). 



Other articles from this cave are: A small pin, probably bronze, 8.8 cm. in length (M. P. 

 690) ; a stone token, unrecognized design (M. P. 691) ; a stone token, animal design (M. P. 

 692; a stone token, cross design (M. P. 693) and a broken pelike-shaped olla (M. P. 1074). 



The three stone tokens are shown on Plate III, figures 9-1 1. They should be compared 

 with articles of the same class from certain other burial caves. 



Cave 102. 



This cave might almost be regarded as within the city, its recorded location being "about 

 250 feet south of the Temple." As far as I can recall the lay of the land, the cave was 

 probably beneath a bowlder in a small irregular plot of ground near the brow of the western 

 mountain slope and beyond the westernmost houses. 



Skeletal remains of one adult individual (Ost. Coll. 3246) were collected, including a 

 rather small undeformed skull of the coastal type in fair state of presen'ation and exhibiting 

 female characters, together with various other bones not nearly so well presented as the 

 skull. Not enough of the pelvis was saved to render the sexual determination absolutely 

 certain. Very little pottery seems to have been found, the only recognizable piece among 

 the sherds being a small red flat-bottomed jug. It is neatly fashioned after an old model, 

 but shows no attempt at decoration beyond a few brush marks on the handle. 



Cave 103. 



The recorded location of this cave is 200 yards east of the foot of the main stairway. 

 The Indian excavators were unable to estimate distances accurately, and it is quite possible 

 that this cave was further down the mountainside than their statement would indicate; in 

 reality it may have been within a few hundred feet of Caves 100 and loi. The skeletal 

 material is extremely decayed and comprises fragments of two female skeletons, one indi- 

 vidual being- apparently in early adult life, the other middle-aged. Sherds from this cave 

 represent a beaker-shaped olla, two small jugs or flasks and a medium-sized two-handled 

 dish or olla with round or flat bottom. Otlicr articles are as follows: A silver pin, 8.1 cm. 

 in length (M. P. 694); a broken bronze pin (M. P. 698); a stone token, bird design 



