Archæological investigations on the island of La Plata, Ecuador . Fig. 43, Representative Squared and Circular Enqraved Stones. April, igoi. The I,sland of La Plata—Dorsey. 261 RECTANGULAR AND CIRCULAR ENGRAVED STONES. With equal frequence both in the refuse heaps on the plateauand in the drift earth at its base were large numbers of engravedrectangular and circular stones. The stone used for all of the squared and rectangular blocksand for a few other forms which were encountered is a volcanic tuff,grayish white in color. The stones were probably brought to their pres-ent condition by the gri
Archæological investigations on the island of La Plata, Ecuador . Fig. 43, Representative Squared and Circular Enqraved Stones. April, igoi. The I,sland of La Plata—Dorsey. 261 RECTANGULAR AND CIRCULAR ENGRAVED STONES. With equal frequence both in the refuse heaps on the plateauand in the drift earth at its base were large numbers of engravedrectangular and circular stones. The stone used for all of the squared and rectangular blocksand for a few other forms which were encountered is a volcanic tuff,grayish white in color. The stones were probably brought to their pres-ent condition by the grinding or rubbing process. The incised lineswere probably made with some sharp instrument and they are extraordi-narily clean cut. In fact when one first examines one of these lines,so clean is it, there is such a total absence of the scratchings whichwould have resulted had the line been laboriously incised, one istempted to believe that the specimens were made of clay and that thelines were engraved while the clay was wet. As a matter of fact, it isprobable
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