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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  consequently 
  accept 
  with 
  reservation 
  Ambrosetti's 
  (1905 
  a) 
  term 
  

   "Calchaqui 
  bronze." 
  

  

  The 
  Calchaqui 
  region 
  also 
  has 
  tupus 
  (fig. 
  62, 
  c, 
  d), 
  pectoral 
  disks, 
  

   figurines, 
  bracelets, 
  and 
  rings 
  of 
  gold 
  and 
  silver. 
  Gold 
  was 
  wrought 
  

   in 
  sheets. 
  In 
  Los 
  Barreales 
  were 
  found 
  gold 
  and 
  silver 
  objects 
  simi- 
  

   larly 
  wrought 
  in 
  sheets 
  and 
  richly 
  decorated. 
  

  

  Stonework. 
  — 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  tool 
  is 
  the 
  large 
  ax 
  made 
  of 
  

   hard, 
  heavy 
  rock 
  (quartzite, 
  granite, 
  etc.) 
  with 
  a 
  beveled 
  cutting 
  edge 
  

   and 
  usually 
  with 
  a 
  three-quarters 
  groove 
  (pi. 
  144, 
  g-i) 
  but 
  sometimes 
  

   with 
  a 
  full 
  groove 
  (Salas, 
  1940). 
  Some 
  ax 
  heads 
  are 
  beautifully 
  deco- 
  

   rated, 
  e. 
  g., 
  one 
  discovered 
  at 
  Huaycama. 
  Decoration 
  is, 
  however, 
  

  

  Figure 
  63. 
  — 
  Diaguita 
  Barreales 
  black 
  incised 
  ware 
  from 
  La 
  Aguada. 
  A 
  man 
  

   with 
  a 
  spear 
  thrower. 
  (After 
  Debenedetti, 
  1931, 
  pi. 
  32,*a.) 
  

  

  more 
  frequent 
  on 
  mortars 
  than 
  on 
  axes. 
  Mortars 
  are 
  either 
  vertical 
  

   (pi. 
  144, 
  a, 
  b) 
  or 
  horizontal 
  (metates), 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  direction 
  in 
  

   which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  carved. 
  They 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  stone 
  pestles. 
  

   Tombs 
  have 
  yielded 
  small 
  zoomorphic 
  representations, 
  called 
  ilia 
  or 
  

   amulets. 
  According 
  to 
  Ambrosetti 
  (1897), 
  these 
  were 
  intended 
  to 
  

   bring 
  about 
  the 
  multiplication 
  of 
  the 
  herds. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  small 
  

   human 
  figures. 
  A 
  few 
  stone 
  masks 
  have 
  been 
  found, 
  for 
  instance 
  one 
  

   from 
  Fuerte 
  Quemado. 
  Bolas 
  stones 
  (libes), 
  spindle 
  whorls, 
  beads 
  

   (guaycas), 
  stone 
  hammers, 
  arrowheads, 
  and 
  spear-thrower 
  hooks 
  are 
  

   among 
  other 
  stone 
  objects. 
  In 
  the 
  subarea 
  of 
  Los 
  Barreales, 
  stone 
  

   jars 
  and 
  mortars 
  have 
  anthropomorphic 
  and 
  zoomorphic 
  decorations. 
  

  

  