. Bulletin. Ethnology. 368 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bdll. 155. Figure 79.—Plan of cultivation plots on flat near V-106. Canals shown hachure. Probably dates as Tomaval-La Plata Periods. in late period middens in this section, but I did not observe any irriga- tion systems. It is probable that some do exist. The Huancaco site V-139 is in this region, and I have surmised that the large rectangu- lar pen-type cultivation plots at that site date as Huancaco. They may, possibly, be later. Whatever their date, it is certain that pre- historic canal irrigation was brought to within a kilometer o
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 368 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bdll. 155. Figure 79.—Plan of cultivation plots on flat near V-106. Canals shown hachure. Probably dates as Tomaval-La Plata Periods. in late period middens in this section, but I did not observe any irriga- tion systems. It is probable that some do exist. The Huancaco site V-139 is in this region, and I have surmised that the large rectangu- lar pen-type cultivation plots at that site date as Huancaco. They may, possibly, be later. Whatever their date, it is certain that pre- historic canal irrigation was brought to within a kilometer of the sea in lower Viru-South as well as on the north side. In describing the appearance of Viru today, we have referred to some rectanguloid basins near the coast which were probably pukios or groundwater catchments for cultivation or water supply. These lie just back from the present active beach, and they are most clearly seen in the area to the southeast of V-297 and on the north side of the delta. These basins were man-made. Their floors are about 1 meter below the sun-ounding ground level, but the dirt taken from them has been stacked upon the intervening walls so that they give the impression of greater real depth than they actually have. Site V-286 (pi. 54, bottom), which is an area of pukio cribs farther from the delta than those to which we have just referred, had a pottery surface collection of Tomaval and later materials. More significant,. 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 Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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