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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  However, 
  only 
  direct, 
  primary 
  burial 
  is 
  suggested 
  by 
  the 
  disintegrated 
  

   skeletal 
  remains. 
  Both 
  the 
  shrines 
  and 
  tombs 
  were 
  painted 
  on 
  the 
  

   interior 
  to 
  conceal 
  the 
  imperfections 
  of 
  the 
  stones 
  and 
  the 
  irregularity 
  

   of 
  their 
  alignment. 
  Only 
  in 
  one 
  tomb 
  so 
  far 
  discovered 
  has 
  tbe 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  wall 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  an 
  even 
  height 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  small 
  stones 
  laid 
  

   on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  vertical 
  slabs. 
  

  

  STONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  polished 
  stone 
  axes, 
  there 
  are 
  numerous 
  tools 
  cut 
  

   from 
  andesite 
  and 
  similar 
  hard 
  rock, 
  such 
  as 
  points, 
  cleavers, 
  knives, 
  

   scrapers, 
  and 
  axes. 
  These 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  tools 
  of 
  the 
  sculptors, 
  

   judging 
  by 
  their 
  large 
  numbers. 
  Likewise, 
  technical 
  studies 
  of 
  the 
  carv- 
  

   ing 
  show 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  such 
  tools. 
  Also 
  associated 
  with 
  these 
  

   are 
  stone 
  mortars 
  or 
  low 
  metates, 
  rectangular 
  and 
  slightly 
  hollowed, 
  

   and 
  elongated 
  stone 
  pestles. 
  In 
  Tierradentro, 
  polished 
  stone 
  tools 
  

   are 
  more 
  abundant. 
  One 
  type 
  of 
  ax 
  has 
  a 
  cutting 
  edge 
  broader 
  than 
  

   the 
  tip; 
  another 
  has 
  lateral 
  projections 
  for 
  handles. 
  Standard 
  San 
  

   Agustin 
  style 
  cleavers, 
  gravers, 
  chisels, 
  and 
  carved 
  axes 
  are 
  also 
  found, 
  

   but 
  the 
  mortars 
  are 
  elliptical 
  and 
  circular 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  rectangular 
  in 
  

   shape, 
  and 
  some 
  have 
  sculptured 
  feet. 
  The 
  pestles 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  ovoid 
  

   in 
  form, 
  some 
  thick 
  and 
  others 
  almost 
  flat. 
  

  

  CERAMICS 
  

  

  San 
  Agustin 
  ceramics 
  are 
  distinctive 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  relatively 
  lim- 
  

   ited 
  number 
  of 
  shapes 
  and 
  the 
  meagerness 
  of 
  the 
  decorations. 
  The 
  

   vessels 
  are 
  predominantly 
  of 
  brown 
  and 
  pinkish 
  clays 
  tempered 
  with 
  

   sand. 
  The 
  most 
  frequent 
  shapes 
  are: 
  large 
  ollas 
  with 
  globular 
  or 
  

   angular 
  bodies, 
  characterized 
  by 
  great 
  rim 
  variation 
  including 
  fold-in, 
  

   fold-over, 
  and 
  out-flare; 
  small 
  ollas 
  with 
  similar 
  rim 
  variation; 
  con- 
  

   stricted 
  orifice 
  bowls 
  with 
  sharply 
  angular 
  bodies; 
  shallow 
  plates; 
  

   deep 
  dishes 
  with 
  concave 
  sides 
  and 
  rounded 
  bases 
  (fig. 
  98); 
  cups; 
  tri- 
  

  

  BLACK 
  RED 
  

  

  Figube 
  98. 
  — 
  Deep 
  dish 
  of 
  San 
  Agustfn 
  style. 
  Two-color 
  negative 
  design. 
  

   Found 
  in 
  Tierradentro 
  region. 
  (After 
  Bennett, 
  1944, 
  fig. 
  7.) 
  

  

  