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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  baga. 
  The 
  techniques 
  include 
  solid 
  and 
  hollow 
  casting, 
  soldering, 
  

   welding, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  wire, 
  and 
  decoration 
  with 
  repousse. 
  

  

  7. 
  SAN 
  AGUSTIN 
  

  

  The 
  San 
  Agustin 
  zone 
  surrouuds 
  a 
  small 
  pueblo 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  

   near 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Magdalena 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Huila. 
  The 
  country 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  rolling 
  hills 
  and 
  some 
  

   sharper 
  peaks, 
  all 
  forest-covered 
  but 
  with 
  rich 
  soil. 
  The 
  region 
  is 
  well 
  

   watered, 
  with 
  many 
  small 
  streams, 
  closed 
  in 
  by 
  coarse 
  vegetation. 
  

  

  d 
  e 
  

  

  Figure 
  97. 
  — 
  Tairona 
  black 
  ware 
  ceramic 
  types. 
  (After 
  Mason, 
  1939.) 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  no 
  outstanding 
  intermont 
  basins, 
  nor 
  is 
  there 
  evidence 
  of 
  

   any 
  large 
  concentrated 
  population 
  in 
  the 
  past. 
  Archeologically, 
  the 
  

   designation 
  San 
  Agustin 
  does 
  not 
  refer 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  outstanding 
  ruin, 
  

   or 
  groups 
  of 
  ruins, 
  but 
  rather 
  to 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  isolated 
  small 
  

   sites 
  which 
  conform 
  in 
  general 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  style. 
  Many 
  large 
  stone 
  

   statues 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  around 
  this 
  area, 
  and, 
  consequently, 
  it 
  has 
  

   long 
  drawn 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  amateurs 
  and 
  professionals 
  alike. 
  With 
  

   the 
  possible 
  exception 
  of 
  Santa 
  Marta, 
  San 
  Agustin 
  is 
  the 
  best-known 
  

   archeological 
  region 
  in 
  Colombia. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  done, 
  

   however, 
  and 
  some 
  excellent 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  outstanding 
  remains, 
  little 
  

   attention 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  ceramics 
  or 
  to 
  archeological 
  materials 
  

   which 
  do 
  not 
  pertain 
  to 
  the 
  San 
  Agustin 
  style. 
  

  

  