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

  

  BURIAL 
  

  

  The 
  dead 
  were 
  interred 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  pottery 
  urns 
  described 
  above. 
  

   The 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  was 
  primary. 
  Individuals 
  of 
  all 
  ages 
  and 
  

   both 
  sexes 
  were 
  buried 
  in 
  this 
  fashion. 
  Burials 
  are 
  found 
  most 
  often 
  

   in 
  the 
  village 
  area, 
  although 
  occasional 
  burial 
  urns 
  are 
  found 
  unas- 
  

   sociated 
  with 
  evidences 
  of 
  occupation. 
  The 
  depth 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  urns 
  

   were 
  originally 
  buried 
  cannot 
  be 
  determined, 
  as 
  most 
  burials 
  have 
  

   been 
  found 
  partially 
  washed 
  out 
  in 
  eroded 
  terrain 
  or 
  deeply 
  buried 
  

   by 
  river 
  sediments. 
  Presumably 
  the 
  graves 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  urns 
  were 
  

   placed 
  were 
  not 
  deep. 
  

  

  The 
  urns 
  were 
  covered, 
  usually 
  with 
  an 
  inverted 
  pottery 
  bowl. 
  In 
  

   a 
  few 
  instances 
  stone 
  slabs 
  were 
  used 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  urn. 
  

   Occasional 
  stone 
  slabs 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  urns 
  suggest 
  that 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  graves 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  urns 
  were 
  placed 
  may 
  have 
  origi- 
  

   nally 
  been 
  stone-lined. 
  A 
  great 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  burial 
  urns 
  had 
  a 
  hole 
  

   in 
  the 
  bottom. 
  This 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  purposeful 
  breaking, 
  

   and, 
  as 
  such, 
  could 
  be 
  interpreted 
  as 
  "killing," 
  or 
  releasing 
  the 
  spirit 
  

   of 
  the 
  vessel 
  to 
  accompany 
  the 
  dead. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  possible 
  that 
  these 
  

   holes 
  were 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  attrition 
  and 
  wear 
  while 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  used 
  

   for 
  household 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  burial 
  urns 
  contained 
  small 
  amounts 
  of 
  charcoal 
  which 
  

   had 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  container 
  along 
  with 
  the 
  deceased 
  at 
  burial. 
  

   Only 
  about 
  10 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  urns 
  contained 
  burial 
  artifacts. 
  Pottery 
  

   and 
  stone 
  objects 
  were 
  the 
  usual 
  grave 
  gifts. 
  Schreiter 
  (1934) 
  de- 
  

   scribes 
  an 
  unusually 
  rich 
  La 
  Candelarian 
  grave 
  from 
  Santa 
  Barbara 
  

   which 
  contained 
  four 
  obsidian 
  arrowpoints, 
  a 
  stone 
  ax, 
  63 
  cylindrical 
  

   greenstone 
  beads, 
  sheet 
  mica, 
  miscellaneous 
  rocks, 
  and 
  charcoal. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  

   For 
  bibliographic 
  references, 
  see 
  page 
  663. 
  

  

  