. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. 24 ANDEAN CULTURE HISTORY habitation. Both, caves were below lava outcrops on the semi-desert plains. The two caves furnish evidence for an historical reconstruction. Their first occupants used stemmed projectile points, many rough scrapers, lava cylinders, and a variety of bone flaking tools (Fig. 2). Bones of. O * E I HC I Fig. 2. Stemmed points associated with extinct animals in earliest occupation level in South Chile caves. guanaco and of the extinct ground sloth and native American horse in the same level show that these animals
. Andean culture history. Incas; Indians of South America. 24 ANDEAN CULTURE HISTORY habitation. Both, caves were below lava outcrops on the semi-desert plains. The two caves furnish evidence for an historical reconstruction. Their first occupants used stemmed projectile points, many rough scrapers, lava cylinders, and a variety of bone flaking tools (Fig. 2). Bones of. O * E I HC I Fig. 2. Stemmed points associated with extinct animals in earliest occupation level in South Chile caves. guanaco and of the extinct ground sloth and native American horse in the same level show that these animals were eaten in abundance. In several con- temporary human burials the bodies had all been cremated. One skull, patiently reconstructed, is long headed and somewhat resembles the Lagoa Santa type. A sterile level formed of slabs which had fallen from the roof of the cave isolated the re- mains of this first period of occupation. In the. 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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