. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. THE SETTING 7(.) rather extensive area. These are not villages nor, for that matter, even true habitation sites, but some of the sites consist of large artificial mounds con- taining stone-lined ami covered temples and carved idols. The Blabs are not well dressed, hut some are painted in geometric design. Other sites are iso- lated, Blab-lined tombs, some of which contain mono- lithic coffins. In other words, all of the construc- tion work seem- to have been of a religions nature. San Agustin is particularly famed for its stone carving
. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. THE SETTING 7(.) rather extensive area. These are not villages nor, for that matter, even true habitation sites, but some of the sites consist of large artificial mounds con- taining stone-lined ami covered temples and carved idols. The Blabs are not well dressed, hut some are painted in geometric design. Other sites are iso- lated, Blab-lined tombs, some of which contain mono- lithic coffins. In other words, all of the construc- tion work seem- to have been of a religions nature. San Agustin is particularly famed for its stone carvings of which over three hundred have been found. These include bas reliefs on large boulders,. 14. 8 ' _ itfn stone earvings. Tin- face on the right is eight or nine fret high. cylindrical stones with sculptured heads, carved ani- mal figures, elaborately carved base rock in stream beds, and many statues, some human and some an- thropomorphic (Fig. 14). The carved figures are depicted a- wearing headbands, ornaments, simple clothing, and holding Borne object in the hands. The sculpture is well executed and highly varied, daily in detail-. A- mentioned, some of these carvings are found in the temples, but others in isolated spots were possibly intended as grave mark- Grave accompanimenl i- limited. The ceram-. 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. New York, American Museum of Natural History
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