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  Eaton 
  — 
  Vertebrate 
  Remains 
  in 
  the 
  Guzgo 
  Gravels. 
  

  

  preservation. 
  Portions 
  of 
  six 
  human 
  femora 
  were 
  obtained 
  — 
  

   showing 
  that 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  individuals 
  had 
  been 
  buried 
  

   together. 
  A 
  fragmentary 
  skull 
  was 
  found 
  impaled 
  on 
  the 
  

   distal 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  femur, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  being 
  fractured 
  so 
  

   as 
  to 
  admit 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  bone 
  within 
  the 
  brain-chamber. 
  

   This 
  may 
  have 
  resulted 
  from 
  the 
  compression 
  of 
  the 
  alluvium 
  

   by 
  the 
  landslip, 
  if 
  the 
  body 
  represented 
  by 
  these 
  two 
  bones 
  

   was 
  interred 
  in 
  the 
  conventional 
  sitting 
  position 
  with 
  raised 
  

   knees. 
  Among 
  the 
  other 
  human 
  skeletal 
  parts 
  found 
  here 
  

   were 
  the 
  left 
  parietal 
  of 
  a 
  second 
  skull, 
  a 
  few 
  crumbling 
  ver- 
  

   tebrae, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  innominate 
  bones 
  (male), 
  four 
  tibiae, 
  three 
  

   fibulae, 
  and 
  several 
  podials. 
  Besides 
  the 
  human 
  remains 
  and 
  a 
  

   few 
  llama 
  bones, 
  the 
  grave 
  contained 
  the 
  upper 
  portions 
  of 
  a 
  

   horse's 
  tibia 
  and 
  radius. 
  As 
  these 
  equine 
  bones 
  were 
  

   associated 
  with 
  human 
  remains 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  that 
  bones 
  of 
  

   llama 
  and 
  ox 
  were, 
  in 
  the 
  grave 
  excavated 
  in 
  1911, 
  and 
  that 
  

   llama 
  bones 
  alone 
  were 
  in 
  many 
  graves 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Inca 
  empire, 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  they, 
  or 
  more 
  cor- 
  

   rectly 
  the 
  flesh 
  attached 
  to 
  them, 
  were 
  also 
  intended 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  

   provision 
  for 
  the 
  supposed 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  dead. 
  Whether 
  such 
  

   a 
  use 
  of 
  horse-flesh 
  fully 
  satisfied 
  the 
  local 
  conventions 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  human 
  burial, 
  remains 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  surmise. 
  

  

  Ruined 
  graves 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  two 
  other 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  walls 
  

   of 
  the 
  quebrada. 
  Their 
  contents 
  were 
  extremely 
  meager, 
  and 
  

   beyond 
  adding 
  to 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  graves 
  observed, 
  they 
  

   were 
  of 
  no 
  special 
  interest. 
  Local 
  traditions, 
  in 
  Peru, 
  are 
  not 
  

   always 
  reliable, 
  but 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  Ayahuaycco 
  

   " 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  " 
  — 
  and 
  the 
  tradition, 
  recorded 
  by 
  Professor 
  

   Bingham,* 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  once 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  burial 
  place 
  for 
  plague 
  

   victims, 
  seem 
  very 
  appropriate. 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  quebrada 
  three 
  more 
  middens 
  

   were 
  observed. 
  Two 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  still 
  being 
  built 
  up 
  with 
  

   the 
  unsightly 
  debris 
  of 
  the 
  neighboring 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  The 
  

   third 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  bank 
  near 
  the 
  stone 
  water-tank. 
  Over- 
  

   lain 
  by 
  the 
  gravel 
  wash 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  adjacent 
  slope, 
  

   it 
  had 
  an 
  appearance 
  of 
  pseudo-antiquity; 
  but 
  after 
  a 
  brief 
  

   examination, 
  bones 
  of 
  domestic 
  animals 
  of 
  European 
  origin 
  

   were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  low 
  T 
  er 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  deposit, 
  showing 
  that 
  

   although 
  this 
  midden 
  may 
  be 
  considerably 
  older 
  than 
  the 
  two 
  

   others, 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  modern 
  city, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  date 
  from 
  

   pre-Hispanic 
  times. 
  Where 
  the 
  middens 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  Inca 
  city 
  

   are 
  located, 
  and 
  what 
  interesting 
  relics 
  they 
  may 
  contain, 
  are 
  

   problems 
  that 
  will 
  perhaps 
  not 
  be 
  solved 
  until 
  the 
  government 
  

   permits 
  extensive 
  work 
  of 
  excavation 
  in 
  the 
  public 
  plazas, 
  and 
  

   the 
  owners 
  of 
  modern 
  houses, 
  built 
  upon 
  ancient 
  ruins, 
  are 
  

   persuaded 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  livelier 
  interest 
  in 
  Peruvian 
  archeology 
  

   than 
  they 
  do 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  Journal, 
  1. 
  c., 
  p. 
  302. 
  

  

  