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  SAN 
  AGUSTIN 
  AND 
  TIERRADENTO 
  HERNANDEZ 
  DE 
  ALBA 
  859 
  

  

  modeled 
  anthropomorphic 
  or 
  zoomorphic 
  figures, 
  all 
  with 
  the 
  puncta- 
  

   tions 
  filled 
  with 
  white 
  paste 
  (pi. 
  175, 
  bottom). 
  Some 
  simple 
  black-on 
  - 
  

   red 
  and 
  plain 
  black 
  ware 
  is 
  also 
  found. 
  These 
  ceramic 
  types 
  are 
  

   unique 
  in 
  Colombia 
  and 
  vaugely 
  suggest 
  Amazonian 
  affiliations. 
  

  

  Gold 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  metal 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  association 
  with 
  

   Tierradentro 
  style, 
  and 
  even 
  this 
  is 
  rare. 
  Stone 
  artifacts 
  include 
  

   polished 
  axes, 
  chisels, 
  stone 
  heads, 
  and 
  circular 
  grindstones, 
  some 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  painted 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  in 
  black, 
  white, 
  and 
  red. 
  One 
  four- 
  

   footed 
  grindstone 
  has 
  been 
  reported. 
  Two 
  crude 
  statues 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  subterranean 
  chambers, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  stone 
  carving 
  of 
  

   Tierradentro 
  style 
  is 
  unknown. 
  

  

  The 
  Tierradentro 
  style 
  has 
  so 
  far 
  been 
  encountered 
  only 
  in 
  these 
  

   subterranean 
  tombs. 
  No 
  habitation 
  sites 
  or 
  surface 
  finds 
  have 
  as 
  

   yet 
  been 
  identified 
  with 
  this 
  period. 
  Disintegrated 
  remains 
  of 
  

   skeletons 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  broken 
  urns 
  or 
  in 
  pits 
  in 
  the 
  floors. 
  Many 
  of 
  

   the 
  burials 
  were 
  secondary, 
  since 
  the 
  bones 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  red 
  

   paint, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  suggestion 
  of 
  cremation. 
  

  

  Neither 
  the 
  Andaqui 
  who 
  dwelt 
  in 
  the 
  San 
  Agustin 
  region 
  nor 
  the 
  

   Pdez 
  living 
  in 
  Tierradentro 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  Conquest 
  were 
  aware 
  of 
  

   the 
  archeological 
  remains 
  in 
  their 
  territories. 
  Likewise, 
  the 
  culture 
  

   of 
  these 
  Indians 
  gives 
  no 
  indication 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  be 
  the 
  descendants 
  

   of 
  the 
  peoples 
  who 
  left 
  these 
  monuments. 
  Ultimate 
  identification, 
  

   then, 
  of 
  the 
  builders 
  of 
  San 
  Agustin 
  and 
  Tierradentro 
  must 
  await 
  

   broad 
  comparison 
  throughout 
  the 
  Andean 
  region, 
  and 
  above 
  all 
  more 
  

   excavation. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  

  

  Bennett, 
  1934; 
  Bovallius, 
  1886; 
  Caldas, 
  1942; 
  Codazzi, 
  1862; 
  Cuervo 
  Mdrquez, 
  

   1920; 
  Gonzalez 
  Su&rez, 
  1908-10; 
  Jij6n 
  y 
  Caamano, 
  1914; 
  Joyce, 
  1912, 
  1916; 
  

   Kroeber, 
  1927 
  a; 
  Lothrop, 
  1937 
  b; 
  Mead, 
  1924; 
  Perez, 
  1863; 
  Posnansky, 
  1912; 
  

   Preuss, 
  1931; 
  Spinden, 
  1917; 
  Tello, 
  1923, 
  1929; 
  Uhle, 
  1922 
  b; 
  Verneau 
  and 
  Rivet, 
  

   1912-22; 
  Villar 
  C6rdoba, 
  1923; 
  Weiner 
  1880. 
  

  

  