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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  The 
  typical 
  Kecuay 
  statue 
  in 
  the 
  Aija 
  region 
  (pi. 
  34, 
  e-g) 
  represents 
  

   a 
  seated 
  male 
  or 
  female 
  figure 
  with 
  the 
  knees 
  drawn 
  up 
  and 
  the 
  toes 
  

   turned 
  in. 
  Male 
  figures 
  have 
  a 
  shield 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  arm, 
  hold 
  a 
  club 
  in 
  

   the 
  right 
  hand, 
  and 
  frequently 
  have 
  a 
  suspended 
  trophy 
  head 
  around 
  

   the 
  neck. 
  All 
  statues 
  are 
  decorated 
  with 
  elaborate 
  incised 
  designs 
  

   which 
  reproduce 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  elements 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  ceramics. 
  In 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Huaraz, 
  statues 
  are 
  found 
  which 
  represent 
  seated 
  male 
  

   figures 
  with 
  their 
  legs 
  crossed 
  and 
  their 
  hands 
  on 
  their 
  knees. 
  Except 
  

   for 
  the 
  head 
  band, 
  these 
  statues 
  are 
  not 
  decorated. 
  Their 
  assignment 
  

   to 
  the 
  Kecuay 
  Period 
  is 
  uncertain 
  since 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  definitely 
  

   associated 
  with 
  Kecuay 
  ceramics 
  or 
  ruins. 
  

  

  Other 
  stone 
  carving 
  in 
  the 
  Kecuay 
  region 
  includes 
  flat 
  slabs 
  or 
  

   lintels 
  with 
  relief 
  designs 
  representing 
  profile 
  pumas 
  and 
  small 
  human 
  

   figures, 
  and 
  human 
  or 
  puma 
  heads 
  on 
  rounded 
  tenons 
  for 
  wall 
  in- 
  

   sertion. 
  Again 
  positive 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  Kecuay 
  Period 
  has 
  not 
  

   been 
  established. 
  These 
  carved 
  slabs 
  and 
  sculptured 
  heads 
  were 
  

   probably 
  intended 
  for 
  building 
  units. 
  However, 
  the 
  stone 
  carvings 
  

   are 
  rarely 
  found 
  in 
  buildings 
  but 
  are 
  scattered 
  at 
  random 
  around 
  the 
  

   hills 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  fields. 
  It 
  is 
  suggested 
  from 
  the 
  seated 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  

   statues 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  intended 
  as 
  representations 
  of 
  

   mummy 
  bundles 
  and 
  as 
  such 
  associated 
  with 
  ancestor 
  worship. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  North 
  Highlands, 
  Kecuay 
  ceramics, 
  burials, 
  and 
  house 
  refuse 
  

   are 
  associated 
  with 
  subterranean 
  galleries. 
  A 
  typical 
  gallery 
  has 
  a 
  

   round 
  or 
  square 
  shaftlike 
  entrance 
  about 
  26 
  inches 
  (65 
  cm.) 
  in 
  diameter 
  

   and 
  about 
  7 
  feet 
  (2 
  m.) 
  deep. 
  At 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  shaft 
  a 
  doorway 
  

   enters 
  a 
  gallery 
  which 
  is 
  from 
  25 
  to 
  65 
  feet 
  (7 
  to 
  20 
  m.) 
  in 
  length. 
  

   Great 
  slabs 
  line 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  cover 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  gallery, 
  with 
  the 
  

   spaces 
  between 
  the 
  slabs 
  chinked 
  with 
  small 
  stones. 
  The 
  slabs 
  are 
  

   hewn 
  into 
  rough 
  shapes, 
  but 
  are 
  not, 
  properly 
  speaking, 
  dressed 
  

   stonework. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  many 
  types 
  of 
  houses 
  and 
  perhaps 
  temples 
  in 
  the 
  Callejon 
  

   de 
  Huaylas. 
  Above 
  ground 
  are 
  stone 
  houses 
  with 
  one, 
  two, 
  and 
  four 
  

   rooms, 
  and 
  houses 
  or 
  temples 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  floors. 
  Subterranean 
  

   constructions 
  are 
  also 
  numerous, 
  including 
  the 
  galleries 
  mentioned 
  

   before, 
  houses 
  of 
  one 
  room, 
  houses 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  room 
  and 
  two 
  to 
  

   seven 
  side 
  niches, 
  and 
  houses 
  with 
  two 
  floors 
  below 
  ground. 
  The 
  

   subterranean 
  houses 
  all 
  employ 
  a 
  slab 
  building 
  technique, 
  and 
  the 
  

   above-ground 
  houses 
  usually 
  use 
  split 
  stones 
  piled 
  up 
  for 
  walls. 
  It 
  is 
  

   not 
  possible 
  to 
  assign 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  types 
  to 
  specific 
  periods. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  the 
  houses 
  built 
  above 
  ground 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  

   Tiahuanaco-influenced 
  Middle 
  Periods. 
  Others 
  of 
  the 
  above-ground 
  

   and 
  subterranean 
  houses 
  are 
  probably 
  assignable 
  to 
  the 
  Kecuay 
  

   Period. 
  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  much 
  more 
  scientific 
  work 
  is 
  needed 
  in 
  the 
  

   North 
  Highlands. 
  

  

  