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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  indications 
  that 
  these 
  Indians 
  practiced 
  human 
  sacrifice, 
  

   especially 
  of 
  children. 
  The 
  discovery 
  that 
  some 
  small 
  boys 
  were 
  

   buried 
  in 
  urns, 
  whereas 
  others 
  were 
  interred 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  leads 
  to 
  

   the 
  supposition 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  were 
  victims 
  of 
  sacrificial 
  rites. 
  In 
  

   Salinas 
  Grandes 
  on 
  the 
  Puna, 
  the 
  richly 
  clothed 
  body 
  of 
  a 
  6- 
  or 
  7-year- 
  

   old 
  boy 
  was 
  discovered 
  in 
  splendid 
  condition 
  buried 
  in 
  the 
  salt. 
  He 
  

   had 
  been 
  strangled 
  with 
  a 
  rope 
  which 
  was 
  still 
  about 
  his 
  neck. 
  

  

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  Figure 
  58. 
  — 
  Humahuaca 
  artifacts. 
  Left: 
  Bone 
  horn. 
  Right: 
  Wooden 
  panpipes. 
  

   (One-fifth 
  actual 
  size.) 
  (Courtesy 
  the 
  Museo 
  Argentino 
  de 
  Ciencias 
  Naturales 
  

   and 
  the 
  Museo 
  Etnografico 
  de 
  la 
  Facultad 
  de 
  Filosoffa 
  y 
  Letras, 
  Buenos 
  Aires.) 
  

  

  That 
  these 
  Indians 
  had 
  great 
  respect 
  for 
  the 
  dead 
  is 
  evident 
  from 
  

   their 
  funeral 
  practices 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  care 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  placed 
  near 
  

   them 
  personal 
  belongings, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  food 
  and 
  drink, 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  

   believed 
  tbey 
  might 
  need. 
  Burial 
  practices 
  distinguish 
  the 
  Quebrada 
  

   from 
  the 
  Puna. 
  In 
  the 
  former, 
  it 
  was 
  customary 
  to 
  bury 
  the 
  dead 
  

   in 
  stone 
  graves 
  or 
  tombs 
  in 
  their 
  own 
  homes, 
  although 
  a 
  few 
  actual 
  

   cemeteries 
  have 
  been 
  discovered. 
  On 
  the 
  Puna 
  (pis. 
  136, 
  bottom; 
  137), 
  

   the 
  usual 
  burial 
  place 
  was 
  a 
  cave 
  on 
  a 
  steep 
  hillside. 
  A 
  burial 
  vault 
  

   was 
  formed 
  by 
  sealing 
  off 
  the 
  cave 
  with 
  a 
  stone 
  and 
  mud 
  wall, 
  which 
  

   generally 
  had 
  a 
  small 
  rectangular 
  opening 
  in 
  the 
  front. 
  In 
  both 
  

  

  