﻿Vol. 
  2] 
  CULTURE 
  OF 
  N. 
  COAST 
  OF 
  PERU 
  — 
  LARCO 
  HOYLE 
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  it 
  was 
  usually 
  trimmed 
  off 
  at 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  but 
  sometimes 
  hung 
  

   down 
  to 
  the 
  shoulders. 
  A 
  variation 
  was 
  a 
  headdress 
  where 
  the 
  hair 
  

   was 
  tied 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  giving 
  the 
  head 
  a 
  conical 
  appearance. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  evidence 
  for 
  face 
  painting, 
  but 
  three 
  vessels 
  show 
  

   individuals 
  with 
  incisions 
  beside 
  the 
  eyes, 
  nose, 
  and 
  mouth, 
  which 
  

   suggest 
  that 
  the 
  Salinar 
  people 
  adorned 
  the 
  face 
  with 
  skin 
  incisions, 
  

   or 
  which 
  may 
  indicate 
  a 
  beard, 
  mustache, 
  etc., 
  etc. 
  

  

  Clothing 
  covering 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  never 
  well 
  depicted. 
  Some 
  figures 
  

   which 
  do 
  not 
  show 
  the 
  genitalia 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  individuals 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  long 
  shirt 
  of 
  some 
  sort. 
  However, 
  from 
  fragments 
  found 
  on 
  

   actual 
  bodies 
  of 
  the 
  dead, 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  clothing 
  was 
  worn. 
  

  

  They 
  wore 
  both 
  circular 
  and 
  tubular 
  ear 
  pendants, 
  finger 
  rings, 
  

   nose 
  pendants, 
  and 
  necklaces 
  of 
  stone, 
  shell, 
  or 
  pottery 
  beads. 
  These 
  

   beads 
  were 
  cylindrical, 
  spheroid, 
  or 
  truncated-conical 
  in 
  form. 
  They 
  

   also 
  wore 
  necklaces 
  composed 
  of 
  bell-like 
  pieces 
  of 
  pottery 
  and 
  pottery 
  

   phalli. 
  Bracelets 
  were 
  composed 
  of 
  small, 
  cut 
  snail 
  shells. 
  

  

  ARCHITECTURE 
  

  

  No 
  actual 
  buildings 
  have 
  been 
  identified 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Salinar 
  

   culture, 
  but 
  two 
  pottery 
  vessels 
  give 
  considerable 
  detail 
  upon 
  house 
  

   types. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  shows 
  a 
  round 
  tower 
  supported 
  by 
  step-designed 
  

   pillars. 
  A 
  decorative 
  frieze 
  of 
  continuous 
  loops, 
  which 
  are 
  perforated 
  

   in 
  the 
  center, 
  surrounds 
  the 
  tower. 
  The 
  roof 
  is 
  flat. 
  The 
  second 
  

   house 
  is 
  four-sided 
  and 
  pent-roofed 
  with 
  an 
  open 
  front 
  (pi. 
  66, 
  c). 
  

   The 
  stairsteps, 
  or 
  stepped 
  symbols, 
  are 
  the 
  vertical 
  supports 
  on 
  

   each 
  side, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  fastened 
  together 
  with 
  beams. 
  A 
  cross- 
  

   piece, 
  circular 
  in 
  cross 
  section 
  rests 
  upon 
  these 
  beams, 
  and 
  in 
  turn, 
  

   holds 
  up 
  the 
  roof. 
  The 
  roof 
  slopes 
  toward 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  

   A 
  great 
  central 
  upright 
  in 
  the 
  front-center 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  helps 
  support 
  

   the 
  crosspiece. 
  

  

  From 
  these 
  two 
  ceramic 
  representations, 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  a 
  

   quite 
  definite 
  architectural 
  style 
  is 
  observed. 
  It 
  is, 
  unfortunately, 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  know 
  what 
  materials 
  were 
  employed. 
  

  

  ARTS 
  AND 
  MANUFACTURES 
  

  

  Ceramics. 
  — 
  On 
  first 
  view, 
  Salinar 
  ceramics 
  (pis. 
  66, 
  67) 
  seem 
  rather 
  

   crude 
  and 
  simple; 
  but 
  closer 
  inspection 
  shows 
  a 
  marked 
  technological 
  

   improvement 
  over 
  Cupisnique 
  pottery. 
  The 
  paste 
  was 
  carefully 
  

   prepared 
  with 
  sifted 
  ingredients. 
  Firing 
  usually 
  resulted 
  in 
  an 
  even 
  

   red 
  color 
  throughout. 
  This 
  indicates 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  pottery 
  

   ovens 
  permitting 
  abundant 
  oxidization 
  during 
  baking. 
  

  

  Ninety-three 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  ware 
  studied 
  has 
  a 
  dull, 
  natural 
  red 
  

   surface 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  firing; 
  the 
  remaining 
  7 
  percent 
  is 
  black, 
  

   dark 
  red, 
  purple, 
  or 
  dark 
  brown, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  petrous 
  appearance 
  as 
  

   does 
  the 
  Cupisnique 
  pottery. 
  The 
  darker 
  vesssels 
  have 
  been 
  bur- 
  

  

  