Across South America; an account of a journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí, with notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru . I. A ll,u\ariaii. 2-4. Skulls from 5- -^ I Indian. 6. Bola found at Choqquequirau. 7. VVliirl-bob- 8. Jar found in a grave, INTERIOR OK A BUILJJING Ai CH( jygL KCJL IRAU CHOQQUEQUIRAU 317 The Quichua Indian carriers and workmenwatched our operations with interest, but theybecame positively frightened when we began thecareful measurement and examination of the had been in doubt as to the objec
Across South America; an account of a journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí, with notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru . I. A ll,u\ariaii. 2-4. Skulls from 5- -^ I Indian. 6. Bola found at Choqquequirau. 7. VVliirl-bob- 8. Jar found in a grave, INTERIOR OK A BUILJJING Ai CH( jygL KCJL IRAU CHOQQUEQUIRAU 317 The Quichua Indian carriers and workmenwatched our operations with interest, but theybecame positively frightened when we began thecareful measurement and examination of the had been in doubt as to the object of ourexpedition up to that point, but all doubts thenvanished and they decided we had come there tocommune with the spirits of the departed Incas. As a rule, the evidence of deformation of the skullwas slight in a majority of the specimens one had been much flattened behindand another extremely so in front. There was noevidence of any having been trephined or of anydecorative patterns having been made on any partof either skulls or bones. Three of the skulls are nowin the Peabody Museum in New Haven, with theother articles I found here. On the steep hillside southeast of the terraces andgraves, we found many less important ruins, com-pletely covered by the forest. Were it possible to
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