16 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 
excavated at Las Guacas the soil was looser throughout, and here it was impossible 
to distinguish the outlines of the cavities. 
Before starting the work here recorded we first had to dig through a piece of 
ground on the western side, which had been previously partly excavated in a super- 
ficial way. Here we met with a number of broken metates, some potsherds and 
other fragments. Only after we had struck parts where the soil had not recently 
been disturbed did our task of recording the finds seriously begin. 
The detailed results of the excavations carried out are given in the following 
pages. 
Burial No. I. 
(See Map, Plate XLVII.) 
At the depth of one and one half meter three semicircular pits were found, 
arranged triangularly and joining in a common center as shown on the plan. In 
these pits were deposited close to the bottom the now almost entirely decayed bones 
of five skeletons. The bones were placed in heaps close to the skulls, showing here, 
as in every other part of the cemetery, the prevalence of the method of bunched 
burials. In two cases metates (b and d) had each been placed immediately above a 
skull, thus protecting them from the pressure of the soil. The following artefacts 
were met with in this burial: 
a. (Pl. IIT, Fig. 3.) Metate of grayish basaltic lava, plain, nearly rectangular 
in shape, three-legged, with slightly curved body, which shows signs of considerable 
wear. Legs cylindrical. Length 45 cm., breadth 33 em., height at the middle of 
plate 13 em., thickness of the plate about 3em. Found standing leaning to the 
right near the south wall, 1.95 m. below the surface. 
b. Rectangular plain metate, almost flat, with three short 
cylindrical legs. Resemblesa. Shows signsof wear. Length 
42cm., breadth about 28 cm., height about 5 em., thickness 
of plate about 1 cm. Found standing close to the last (a) at 
2.1 m. below the surface. (Cat. No. 2422.) 
ce. (fig. 3.) Small human figurine of clay in sitting posi- 
tion. Color reddish yellow. The breasts and arms adorned 
with designs in black. The head-dress painted red. Sex not 
marked. The body is hollow, broken. Height 10.5 em., 
Fig. 3. Small Figurine. breadth at the elbows 7 em. Found lying on the top of 
Se pias metate b. Figurines of this type are of rather common oc- 
currence in this burial-ground. 
d. (Pl. IV, Figs. 1, 2, and Pl. V, Fig. 1.) Unusually large, rectangular metate 
