. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. FiG. 6. Tablets and tube for mixing and inhaling snuff, Atacamefio, North Chile. els, bells, whorls, boxes, toggles, spoons, and goblets. Leather was used for making bags and armor. There are also coiled baskets, decorated calabashes, rather good weaving, and copper and gold objects. The Atacamefio culture compares favorably with the Cen- tral Andean development, but its extreme simplicity, as well as the absence of scientific reports, makes it difficult to identify precise parallels. Furthermore, not only its subdivisions but the time


. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. FiG. 6. Tablets and tube for mixing and inhaling snuff, Atacamefio, North Chile. els, bells, whorls, boxes, toggles, spoons, and goblets. Leather was used for making bags and armor. There are also coiled baskets, decorated calabashes, rather good weaving, and copper and gold objects. The Atacamefio culture compares favorably with the Cen- tral Andean development, but its extreme simplicity, as well as the absence of scientific reports, makes it difficult to identify precise parallels. Furthermore, not only its subdivisions but the time range of Atacamefio culture is yet to be established. For example, Tiahuan- aco type burials have been found in Calama, but w^hether these represent a distinct cultural occupation or whether they are contemporary with or earlier than Atacamefio has not yet been Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953; Bird, Junius Bouton, 1907-1982. Garden City, N. Y. , Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] Natural History Press


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